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A witchcraft case in which the accuser becomes the accused is up for sale in Law Books: Property of the Los Angeles Law Library, on March 5th in Bonhams Knightsbridge salerooms. The sale of this collection of important European legal books could achieve over £600,000.
A book describing the case, “…
The A. Dean Larsen Book Collecting Conference for 2014, which will be held March 13-14, is reaching out to a new generation of collectors. The conference will feature sessions on collecting Victorian peepshows and panoramas. There will be a session looking at the work of the author Orson Scott Card…
In the year that marks the First World War Centenary, over 100 sheets of German WWI aerial reconnaissance photographs sold for £1,220 ($2,000) at Dreweatts & Bloomsbury Auctions Bibliophile sale in Surrey.
Aerial photography was first developed by famous French Photographer and balloonist…
NEW YORK, NY—This spring, the New-York Historical Society will continue its acclaimed series of exhibitions celebrating John James Audubon’s legendary original watercolors. Audubon’s Aviary: Parts Unknown (Part II of The Complete Flock) will offer an unprecedented opportunity to explore the…
An archive of previously unseen papers about the 1917 Arab Revolt written by Lawrence of Arabia’s superior officer and close friend, Lieutenant-Colonel Stewart Francis Newcombe, is to be sold at Bonhams sale of Books, Maps, Manuscripts and Historical Photographs in London on 19 March. It is…
As the Sochi Winter Olympic Games focuses world attention on the future of Russia, Dreweatts & Bloomsbury Auctions offer the opportunity to explore the country’s vivid history with a 19th century French book on Russian customs in their Thursday 6th March 2014 sale of Printed Books and…
A scarce first edition book recounting a significant moment in the anti-slavery movement is being offered as part of the Law Books: Property of LA Law Library sale, on March 5th in Bonhams Knightsbridge salerooms. The sale of this collection of important European legal books could achieve over…
February 19, 2014, Chapel Hill, NC—Antiquarian book dealers, collectors, and the intellectually curious will gather in New York City for Rare Book Week, April 1-8, 2014. Coordinated by Fine Books & Collections magazine, Rare Book Week is the largest gathering of its kind anywhere in the world.
The world’s largest known collection of Art Deco bookends is to be sold at Bonhams in London.
