A complete three-volume set of J. R. R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings in first editions,…
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New York—On Thursday, September 12, Swann Galleries will conduct an auction of 19th & 20th Century Prints & Drawings that features unique works by Salvador Dalí, Fernand Léger, Joan Miró, László Moholy-Nagy and P
(Boston, MA, August 22, 2013)—Since the year 2000, the Boston Athenæum has added more than fifty paintings and sculptures to its collection of fine arts. Collecting for the Boston Athenæum in the 21st Century: Paintings and Sculpture, on view in the Athenæum’s Norma Jean Calderwood Gallery from…
New York, NY, August 22, 2013—England’s Man Booker Prize turned Possession into an instant best seller, propelled The English Patient and Life of Pi onto the screen, and made a star out of an advertising copywriter named Salman Rushdie. Throughout its history, it has been a dynamic force in…
NEW YORK — The single largest archive of Pierre-Auguste Renoir’s personally-owned objects — from his signature polka-dot scarf to the original plaster maquette of La Grande Venus Victrix, recently discovered in a shed in France — will highlight an expansive grouping dedicated to the Impressionist…
"The Complete Justine, Philosophy in the Bedroom and other Writings," translated by Austryn Wainhouse, is one of the items in the SU Libraries' newly acquired Wainhouse archive.
The Antiquarian Booksellers' Association of America announces the winners of the National Collegiate Book Collecting Contest.First Prize: Elias Serna, University of California-Riverside, The Chicano Movement
Second Prize: Ashley Young, Duke University, New Orleans'…
This lot is a treasure trove of memorabilia featuring "The King of the Cowboys" Roy Rogers (1911-1998). Born Leonard Slye in Cincinnati, Ohio, Rogers began in show business as a singer with various vocal groups, culminating with being a co-founder of the Sons of the Pioneers in the 1930s. Rogers…
New York, NY, August 19, 2013—This fall, the Morgan Library & Museum will display a selection of exceptional documents from the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History, one of the country’s foremost collections of Americana. The presentation, which will be on view from September 10, 2013,…
Handwriting was thought to reflect one’s personality in the East Asian tradition, but not in the sense of Western graphology or “handwriting analysis.” Rather, through copying of revered models and through creative innovation, handwriting style conveyed one’s literary education, cultural…
Glenn Horowitz Bookseller is pleased to announce Almond Zigmund: Interruptions Repeated (Again and Again), an exhibition of sculpture and works on paper, opening in our upstairs gallery on August 25 and on view through September 22. A reception for the artist will be held on Sunday August 25 from 4…
