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NEW YORK—The top lot in Swann Galleries’ annual auction of Rare & Important Travel Posters on October 18 was a scarce image by an unknown artist celebrating the Wright Brothers. The Nation, State and City Welcome the W
New York—Swann Galleries’ December 12 auction of Classic Photographs & Photobooks offers many examples of envelope-pushing photobooks exploring sexual themes, a run of Pop Art works in the photogra
On 27th November 2013, Sotheby’s London will offer a first edition of the most important book in the history of science-Sir Isaac Newton’s Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica (“Mathematical principles of natural philosophy”), which was published for the Royal Society in 1687. The highlight…
Antarctic Days: Sketches of the Homely Side of Polar Life, written and illustrated by two of Sir Ernest Shackleton’s men, is among the chilly highlights at Bonhams Travel & Exploration sale on Wednesday 4 December in London’s Knightsbridge. Number 14 of the 280 copies of the deluxe edition, the…
New York—Swann Galleries’ auction of Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Historical Prints, Ephemera on Thursday, December 5 offers one-of-a-kind and scarce variants in addition to desirable botanical and ornithological plates.
Beverly Hills, California—Julien’s Auctions, the world’s premiere music and entertainment memorabilia auction house has announced a very rare opportunity to own Grateful Dead’s Jerry Garcia’s Custom Travis Bean TB500 Electric Guitar at a two-day auction event featuring the best of rock royalty. On…
WINTERTHUR, DELAWARE—Costumes of Downton Abbey, a major exhibition of costumes from the award-winning Downton Abbey television series, will open at Winterthur Museum, Garden & Library on March 1, 2014 through January 4, 2015.
Forty costumes and accessories worn upstairs and downstairs on the…
The fascinating history of the American Dream of home ownership is highlighted in the groundbreaking exhibition Selling the Dwelling: The Books that Built America’s Houses, 1775-2000 at the Grolier Club, on public view from Decem
NEW YORK, November 13, 2013—Columbia University Libraries/Information Services’ Rare Book & Manuscript Library (RBML) is pleased to announce the acquisition of the archive of Granary Books, one of the country’s most significant artist book publishers operating today.
