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An archive of correspondence between magician Karl Germain and his assistant Paul Fleming is the…
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News September 21, 2023
The Grolier Club in New York City presents an exhibition this fall about the power of books and ideas at a time of censorship and repression.
News September 21, 2023
A signed book from the dawn of the atomic age featuring the signatures of J. Robert Oppenheimer, Albert Einstein, Niels Bohr, and other nuclear researchers goes under the hammer at RR Auction this week.
Auctions September 20, 2023
Three illustrations from Beatrix Potter's There was an Old Woman Who lived in a Shoe lead Heritage Auction's October 6 Illustration Art sale which also features work by Alberto Vargas, Gil Elvgren, and Charles Addams, plus examples from the pulp and pin-up genres.
News September 20, 2023
The 2023 Honey & Wax Book Collecting Prize has been won by Auroura Morgan, owner of Black Lantern Tattoo Co., Nashville, Tennessee, for Hybrid Botanicals: A Modern Tattoo Artist’s Reference Collection.
News September 20, 2023
Kenneth Gloss, who runs the Brattle Book Shop in Boston, will speak at New York’s Grolier Club to talk about the 'improbable finds' of his decades-long career in an in-person and virtual presentation on October 5 which is open to the public.
News September 19, 2023
Potter & Potter Auctions’ 'Lieutenant Nobu Shirase and the Japanese Antarctic Expedition, 1910-1912: The Important Collection of Chet Ross Sale' will be held on October 12 featuring his historic collection of publications plus other materials related to exploration, travel, and the polar…
To celebrate the 20th anniversary of opening to the public, Chawton House is bringing together some of the most precious treasures in the collection for the first time. Covering the Knight and Austen family history, the women – including Jane Austen – who have shaped the estate and the remarkable…
News September 18, 2023
Helping Ukrainian Books and Booksellers (HUBB) is preparing an international rare book sale to support colleagues under fire. The online auction is scheduled for the middle of November and its organizers are actively seeking donations of rare and collectible books, manuscripts, artwork, and…
News September 18, 2023
For nearly seven decades, Jack Kuster pursued his dream of amassing an extraordinary collection of autographs, spanning the golden era of Hollywood through to the modern age.
News September 18, 2023
The British Library has announced that it has acquired the archive of politician and academic Shirley Williams (1930-2021), commonly regarded as one of the most influential figures in British social democracy in the latter half of the 20th century.
