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A new exhibition at The Grolier Club looks at the Irish Literary Revival of the late 19th and early…
The Ephemera Society of America's Ephemera 46 Fair opens today and runs through March 22 with…
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POUGHKEEPSIE, NY—Vassar will mark the 75th birthday year of Red Hook resident and multi-media artist Werner Pfeiffer with the exhibition “Reexamining Books: Book Objects and Artist’s Books by Werner Pfeiffer,” which will appear across campus in three locations—The Main Library (Thompson), the Art…
(NEW ORLEANS, LA) - Aug. 10, 2012 - New Orleans Auction Galleries is proud to announce record-breaking sales from its July auction, the first under new ownership.
During the War of 1812, British troops set fire to the Library of Congress, destroying the collections within. Two hundred years later, however, a library has now captured the war: Indiana University’s Lilly Library, have digitized hundreds of manuscripts, books, maps, and prints that illuminate…
LAS VEGAS, NV -Bauman Rare Books, the country’s premier rare and antiquarian bookseller, is offering an extremely rare copy of what is considered the Bible of modern day economics: a first edition of Adam Smith’s An Inquiry Into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
Inevitably today, when you open the pages of the New York Times or an issue of National Geographic, you will encounter a thematic map. It may highlight an historic walking tour, locate where to find the cheapest gas, or identify global warming hotspots. Though the topics are endless, their…
BOSTON, MA -The annual fall gathering for booklovers, the Boston International Antiquarian Book Fair, will return to the Hynes Convention Center in Boston’s beautiful Back Bay, November 16-18, 2012. The offerings are wide and diverse from over 120 dealers from the United States,…
[BROOKLYN, NY] Artist and graphic designer Mike Perry presents Wondering Around Wandering (WAW), a three-month exhibition, open community event space, and working studio in Brooklyn’s emerging Crown Heights neighborhood. From September 15 through November 25, 2012, Perry and friends will take…
DALLAS - Fans of the late, great Elvis Presley will have a unique chance to acquire a piece of The King, 35 years after his death - including an Elvis Presley 1954 Eagles Nest original hand-painted concert poster, Memphis TN (estimate: $30,000+), from the beginning of his career - when…
An intriguing early portrait of Robert Burns, Scotland's greatest poet and song-writer, is to be offered for auction in Part I of Bonhams Annual Scottish Sale on August 20th in Edinburgh. It is conservatively estimated at £5,000-7,000.
For natural history print collectors, the auction includes a unique proof copy of Audubon’s Great Blue Heron, from The Birds of America ($80,000-$120,000). Other Audubon prints from The Birds of America include The Large Billed Puffin, Wilson’s Phalarope, and Sooty Tern, and from the Quadrupeds of…
