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SAN MARINO, Calif.—The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens has acquired an extensive collection of rare books and manuscripts by Evelyn Waugh (1903-1966), considered one of the greatest English prose satirists of the 20th century. The collection establishes The Huntington as…
Believed to be the largest in the world, a collection of Harp music is to be offered alongside antiquarian books and works on paper in Dreweatts & Bloomsbury Auctions’ first Bibliophile sale of 2014 on Thursday 23rd January.
January 15, 2014—BENTONVILLE, AR—Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art has acquired a rare Frank Lloyd Wright Usonian house, known as the Bachman Wilson House, located in the Borough of Millstone in Somerset County, N.J.
LOS ANGELES (January 14, 2014)—In commemoration of the 450th anniversary of William Shakespeare's birth in 2014, the
For Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, the biggest values in life were neither the state finances nor his immense private property, but the books of his personal library. Heinrich Heine regarded the world of books as the most powerful universe mankind ever created. And for Jorge Luis Borges the library…
New Haven, Conn.—Three exhibitions opening Saturday, Jan. 18, at Yale University’s Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library explore an eclectic mix of subjects: a cultural history of the color blue, decorated endpapers in books, and the documentary legacy of a noted British bon vivant.
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An important archive of material relating to William Penn and his family over several generations is to be sold at Bonhams Gentleman’s Library Sale in London on 28th January. The 25 lots, which are being offered individually, are estimated to make a total of up to £40,000.
FALLS CHURCH, Va.—Waverly Auctions’ Jan. 16 Catalog Sale features antique maps, books, atlases and documents from some of the country’s finest private collections.
New York—Swann Galleries’ 2014 auction of 20th Century Illustration on January 23 offers rare, sought-after original works of art by well-known illustrators, cartoonists and children’s book creators, including early examples by Dr.
