A complete three-volume set of J. R. R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings in first editions,…
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In addition to a good selection of bibliography from a bookseller’s reference library (teamed with the bookseller’s partner’s rug and textile reference library), the AntiquarianAuctions.com in the US sale #15 includes a number of unique and very rare titles.
One of the scarcest and most important documents in the history of the United States, the very first printing of the reward poster for the capture of John Wilkes Booth and two other conspirators in the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln, has sold for $166,375 at Nate D Saunders Auctions.…
The sixth-century Gospels of Augustine of Canterbury are the oldest surviving illustrated Latin Gospels in the world and the oldest non-archaeological artefact of any kind to have survived in England, continuously owned and in use for 1,400 years. The Gospels were shown to HM the King (then Prince…
The ABAA New York International Antiquarian Book Fair (NYIABF) successfully returned to the Park Avenue Armory for its 63rd edition in New York City.
Over 1,500 visitors flowed into the Park Avenue Armory throughout the evening to enjoy offerings from …
The Folger Shakespeare Library is reopening its historic home on Capitol Hill to the public on November 17, 2023, after a major three-year building renovation that will allow the Folger to share more of its collection and resources than ever before and put its collection of Shakespeare First Folios…
Cricket. A Collection of All the Grand Matches of Cricket played in England within Twenty Years, viz. from 1771 to 1791 by William Epps will be offered by Peter Harrington for £225,000 at Firsts: London’s Rare Book Fair next month.
Hindman’s May 11 Fine Printed Books & Manuscripts including Americana auction pays tribute to trailblazers, with works related to explorers like Meriwether Lewis, William Clark, and the crew of the H.M.S. Investigator, along with important editions by Jane Austen and Ian Fleming.
Incline Press proprietor, printer and binder Graham Moss, has published over 120 limited edition books in traditional private press fashion over the last 30 years, carefully choosing the metal type, paper and binding for each of them, creating a beautiful collection of sought-after work.
A revealing new Princeton University Library exhibition Nobody Turn Us Around: The Freedom Rides and Selma to Montgomery Marches: Selections from the John Doar Papers showcases photographs and documents from two watershed events during the 1960s U.S. civil rights movement, the Freedom Rides of 1961…
Animals: Art, Science and Sound at the British Library reveals how the intersection of science, art and sound has been instrumental in our understanding of the natural world and continues to evolve today.
From an ancient Greek papyrus detailing the mating habits of dogs to the earliest photographs…
