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The Chelsea Rare Book Fair returns to the Chelsea Old Town Hall on the Kings Road in London on…
More than 70 Bibles and devotional works from from the Estate of Robert Funk will go under the…
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A newly discovered letter by Evelyn Waugh (1903-1966) written when he was just 16 features in Bonhams sale of Fine Books, Manuscripts, Atlases and Historical Photographs in London on Wednesday 18 March. Letters by the juvenile Waugh are extremely rare and only one is known to…
The Library of Congress is acquiring the manuscripts, papers and related personal items of celebrated American composer, pianist and conductor Marvin Hamlisch. The collection, donated by Hamlisch’s wife, Terre Blair Hamlisch, is now open to researchers.
AntiquarianAuctions.com is pleased to launch its upgraded website. For over 5 years, AntiquarianAuctions.com has been running successful online rare book auctions, growing its database and traffic exponentially.
AntiquarianAuctions.com was set up by Paul Mills of Clarke’s Africana in Cape Town,…
(Amherst, MA—February 10, 2015) The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art is pleased to present Tall Tales and Short Tales: The Art of Uri Shulevitz, a retrospective of the work of Caldecott award-winning artist Uri Shulevitz. Organized by Curator Emeritus Nick Clark in celebration of…
San Francisco—Bonhams' auction of Important Western Americana: Property of a Collector in California achieved more than $1.8 million on February 9 at Bonhams in San Francisco. The auction's top 10 lots all exceeded their pre-sale estimates, many by two or three times, as a result of spirited…
An auction where the highest priced lot, in this case a 1632 Second Folio edition of William Shakespeare, selling for $114,000, is something of an afterthought, does not occur very often. Yet such was the case at PBA Galleries’ auction of Rare Books & Manuscripts with Early Medical Works from…
Monday 9 February 2015: Judges of The Folio Prize 2015 have today announced the eight titles on the much anticipated shortlist:
10:04 by Ben Lerner (Granta)
All My Puny Sorrows by Miriam Toews (Faber)
Dept. of Speculation by Jenny Offill (Granta)
Dust by Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor (Granta)
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April 24, 2015 is the bicentenary of the birth of Anthony Trollope; commemorative events will be taking place throughout the year culminating in a service at Westminster Abbey in December. The Folio Society will mark the anniversary with the first ever publication of The Duke’s Children in its…
On Saturday, 7th February 2015, at approximately 12.00 noon, at a ‘secret’ venue somewhere in the heart of London, the Trollope Society will be releasing 200 pillar box red helium balloons with the TROLLOPE200 logo and an attached label with instructions. Those discovering the balloons on their…
