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New Haven, Conn.—The Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library at Yale University has acquired “an extraordinary treasure trove” of medieval and Renaissance books and manuscript fragments that once belonged to scholar and rare-book dealer Otto Frederick Ege, who made a controversial practice of…
London, 15 November 2015—A deluxe illustrated edition of J.K. Rowling's “Harry Potter and The Philosopher’s Stone” containing inscriptions from the author (“The Book that changed my life.?J.K. Rowling”), and the illustrator ("Mine too!
Amherst, MA (November 12, 2015)—The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art is pleased to announce four new members to its Board of Trustees: Kate Geis, William Gorth, Chris Loker, and John Mendelson. All four members join a diverse board of professionals who oversee The Carle’s strategic and…
Minnesota Center for Book Arts announces 2015 Winter Book From the Center: On Community and the Practice of Making, featuring writing from members of MCBA’s artist community.
Publication Party: Saturday, December 12, 2015; 6-9pm
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New York—Swann Galleries’ October 15 auction of Icons & Images: Fine & Vernacular Photographs brought over $1.4 million and saw particular success for female photographers and documentary photographers.
DALLAS—The only known surviving April 14, 1912 first class dinner menu from the R.M
LOS ANGELES—From February 12 - 14, 2016, thousands of book lovers, rare book dealers, and scholars will converge at the Pasadena Convention Center for the
A charming sketch by Winnie the Pooh illustrator E. H.
SAN FRANCISCO—On the eve of its centenary, the Brick Row Book Shop of San Francisco is the primary contender for oldest bookstore in the United States. The elegantly appointed shop in Union Square was first established in New Haven in December 1915, with additional branches springing up in…
Poignant letters—never before made public—to Antarctic hero Dr Edward Wilson, who froze to death with Captain Scott on their doomed return from the South Pole in 1912, are to be
