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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…
Events
On the occasion of Russian Art Week (30 May?6 June 2014) Shapero Rare Books will explore how Europeans have perceived Russia, including its peoples, dress and traditions, through a focused exhibition of exceptional visual records and foreign accounts from the 17th to 19th century.
Auctions
PBA Galleries is pleased to offer the Library of Dr. Elmer Belt in Sale 533 to be held on Thursday, May 22nd, 2014.  Dr. Elmer Belt (1893-1980) was a renowned surgeon and noted bibliophile. An early member of Southern California's bibliophile society, the Zamorano Club, and the fifth recipient…
Auctions
New York—On April 3, Swann Galleries offered Astronomy & Science Books from the Library of Martin C. Gutzwiller, the Swiss-American physicist best known for his work on chaotic systems in classical and quantum mechanics, at
Auctions
NEW YORK—On March 27, Swann Galleries conducted their annual auction devoted to Printed & Manuscript African Americana, which attracted many institutional bidders and saw record results for rare books
Auctions
On 24 June Sotheby’s will stage Presley to Punk: A Rock & Roll History—a sale of rock and pop music material that will showcase important manuscripts and objects as pieces of 20th century cultural history.
Auctions
A superb copy of Jane Austen's fourth novel Emma, valued at £15,000-20,000, will be sold by Lyon & Turnbull on the 7th May 2014. The book is inscribed "Lady M. Dalrymple, Oxenford Castle", in volume one and "Oxenford Castle" is inscribed in volume three.
Auctions
BOSTON, MA—May 1, 2014—Skinner, Inc. announces a Fine Books & Manuscripts auction on May 31st featuring early American documents, rare books, manuscripts, natural history prints, and antique maps. Department director Devon Gray notes, “New England culture treasures books, history, and education…
Auctions
DALLAS—Milton Avery’s From the Studio, 1954, a tour-de-force from the artist’s most sophisticated and modern period, could sell for $800,000+ in Heritage Auctions’ American Art Including Western, California, & Golden Age Illustration auction May 10 in Dallas.
Exhibit
New Haven, Conn.—An exhibition opening Friday at Yale University’s Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library presents 15 small, recently acquired collections that emphasize the richness and variety of the library’s holdings.  
Auctions
One of the first printed atlases, Cosmographia, showing a Greco-Roman interpretation of Britain, will be offered in Dreweatts & Bloomsbury Auctions’ Important Books sale on Monday 19th May at their saleroom in London’s Mayfair, alongside