A complete three-volume set of J. R. R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings in first editions,…
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A John Steinbeck handwritten letter offering his wise, fatherly advice on matters of the heart sold for $32,426, according to Boston-based RR Auction.
Spencer W Stuart, Collections Advisor, is pleased to announce the publication of Contemporary Issues in Rare Book & Manuscript Collecting to be published January 2023.
LONDON - Christie’s Science and Natural History online auction, which will be open for bidding until 25 October, presents a journey back in time, from the present day to the formation of the solar system 4.5 billion years ago.
Three times each year, book collectors gather to attend major antiquarian book fairs, sponsored by the Antiquarian Booksellers’ Association of America in California (February), New York City (April), and Boston , this year November 6-13, will delight booklovers with fairs, special events, tours,…
On October 20, 2022, PBA Galleries will be hosting a sale with nearly 450 lots of rare materials on history, exploration, conflict, cultural development, social progress, technical innovation, and more, both in the Americas and around the globe. Included are books, manuscripts, maps, prints, views…
Two volumes bound in one of two key works in the history of Dutch exploration in the 17th century come for sale at Chiswick Auctions this month.
New York – Christie’s Valuable and Important Books and Manuscripts from the Library of Edward R. Leahy totaled $4,473,378 with 94% of the lots sold. Leading the sale was Mr. Leahy’s spectacular collection of modern British illuminated manuscripts and fine bindings,…
New York – An autograph scientific manuscript using the new concept of logarithms to determine the movement of the planets by Johannes Kepler (1571-1630) comes to auction on October 25 at Bonhams’ History of Science and Technology, including Space History in New York. The manuscript, estimated at $…
Los Angeles — The Hammer Museum at UCLA presents Joan Didion: What She Means, an exhibition as portrait of the author Joan Didion organized by Hilton Als—writer, curator, and critically acclaimed New Yorker contributor—in collaboration with Hammer chief curator Connie Butler and curatorial…
As the four Folios of Shakespeare are the highest prize of English book-collecting, and the Foligno Dante of Italian, so the early editions Don Quixote printed during of Miguel de Cervantes’s lifetime - are the highest prize of Spanish book-collecting.
