A new exhibition at The Grolier Club looks at the Irish Literary Revival of the late 19th and early…
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As part of the Britten 100 celebrations taking place all over the world, this new exhibition explores the literary, political and historical inspirations behind some of Benjamin Britten’s greatest works, providing a rare opportunity to see exhibits drawn from the British Library’s world class music…
Setting off from Damascus in 1876, Charles Doughty travelled for 21 months across the deserts of arabia, through regions almost entirely unknown to Western eyes.
Minnesota Center for Book Arts (MCBA) is proud to announce the five finalists for this year's MCBA Prize — the first honor to recognize book art from across the field and around the world.
New York—On Thursday, June 20 Swann Galleries will conduct an auction of 19th & 20th Century Literature that features fine examples of mystery and detective fiction, children’s literature and science fiction; a
A First Edition of F Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby and E.M. Forster’s personal copy of The Seven Pillars of Wisdom by T.E. Lawrence (otherwise known as Lawrence of Arabia) are among the gems that will be on sale at the 56th London International Antiquarian Book Fair.
The Fair, which will…
On 11 June 2013 the Books and Manuscripts sale at Sotheby’s New York will include a particularly important first edition of The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald which once belonged to the critic and author Malcolm Cowley. Although the sales at the time were disappointing in comparison to the…
A copy of the famous photograph showing British Prime Minister, Winston Churchill, welcoming the American President, Franklin D. Roosevelt (FDR), on board the British battleship HMS Prince of Wales on the morning of 10 August 1941 is for sale at Bonhams Books, Maps, Manuscripts and Photographs sale…
DALLAS — The Amazing Spider-Man proved himself the top hero over the three-day span of Heritage Auctions’ $4+ million May 16-18 Comics Signature® Auction as John Romita, Sr.’s The Amazing Spider-Man #85 Kingpin and the Schemer Cover Original Art (Marvel, 1970) and a CGC-certified 8.0 copy of…
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania—May 23, 2013—Library Company Director John Van Horne has announced that he will retire in May 2014 after almost 30 years at the helm. When he took over leadership of the Library Company of Philadelphia in 1985, special collections libraries operated pretty much the way…
Bauman Rare Books announces an exceptional exhibit featuring a collection of rare Bibles and related works produced from the 15th through the 19th century. The exhibit, open to the public, is located within Bauman’s gallery at The Shoppes at The Palazzo in Las Vegas, NV. Entitled “In the Beginning…
