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A complete three-volume set of J. R. R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings in first editions,…
Christ Church Oxford and the Bodleian Libraries have become joint owners of an exceptionally rare…
News
Today, the Antiquarian Booksellers’ Association of America joined with the Authors Guild, the American Association of Publishers, and other organizations, objecting to the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN’s) plan to sell top-level domains to private companies.  Online…
Auctions
March 2013—New York. Christie’s is pleased to announce the sale of one of the most celebrated American book collections —The Collection of Arthur & Charlotte Vershbow. The collection will be sold throughout 2013 in four parts, with an inaugural evening sale of highlights from Schongauer to…
Auctions
DALLAS — A copy of The Beatles’ Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band — sporting four crisp signatures by the Fab Four on the iconic gatefold — is expected to bring well in excess of $30,000 as the top highlight on the music side of Heritage Auctions’ March 30 Entertainment & Music Memorabilia…
Book Fairs
Bound to be provocative!  Richard Minsky's Controversial “Bill of Rights” Exhibition Comes to the Boston Book, Paper & Photo Expo, May 4 Expo Also Features a Presentation on Tasha Tudor, and 75 Dealers of Rare Books, Manuscripts, Historic Documents & Ephemera 
Recent Publications
March 11, 2013 — London, U.K. — The Folio Society announces the publishing of an impressive four-volume edition of Three Kingdoms. Hailed as ‘The Iliad of China’, it is an epic historical novel documenting the turbulent years when the Chinese empire was divided into three warring kingdoms. Chinese…
Auctions
Beverly Hills, California — March 11, 2013 — Julien’s Auctions, the world’s premier entertainment celebrity memorabilia auction house has announced its Hollywood Legends auction of over 800 items including exceptional screen worn wardrobe, props,  photographs, jewelry and celebrity owned items…
Exhibit
More than 200 of the finest and most poignant photographs of the American Civil War have been brought together for the landmark exhibition Photography and the American Civil War, opening April 2 at The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Auctions
DALLAS — Marlon Brando’s 1954 ‘Best Actor’ Golden Globe award for his performance in On the Waterfront is expected to bring $10,000+ to highlight a never-before-offered selection of his personal property in Heritage Auction’s March 30 Entertainment & Music Memorabilia Signature® Auction.  
Auctions
Los Angeles — Bonhams is pleased to announce its June 24 auction of the Doll Collection of Alexandra and Sidney Sheldon in Los Angeles.  The 400 lot collection was compiled by the noted author and his wife and features stunning, hand crafted dolls from the 1920s, 1930s and 1940s, primarily…
Auctions
DALLAS — A magnificent and massive Casablanca (Warner Brothers, 1942) six sheet (81" X 81") large format movie poster, one of just two copies known, is expected to bring $60,000+ when it comes across the auction block as the centerpiece of Heritage Auction’s March 23-24 Vintage Movie Poster…