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Dickensian London: The Magic Lantern City is a new exhibition exploring the city which…
The Jack Kerouac Center has released new architectural renderings by Boston-based Flansburgh…
Auctions
ITHACA, NY—National Book Auctions, located in Ithaca, NY hosted a Sunday, May 6th auction that featured a broad range of rare antique books, as well as a quantity of ephemera and artwork. An impressive collection of World’s Fair ephemera and other material was sold from the estate of Charles Rand…
Auctions
A magnificent copy of the first edition of what has been described as the most beautiful book on fish ever published leads Bonhams sale of the Angling Library of Alan Jarvis at Knightsbridge on Tuesday 22 May.
Events
Sandra Hindman, the owner of Les Enluminures, known for its museum quality Medieval and Renaissance Illuminated Manuscripts and art, has opened a new gallery in New York. This is in addition to its Paris gallery of more than twenty years, located opposite the Louvre at Les Louvre de Antiquairs.Les…
Auctions
Beverly Hills, California, May 2012—Julien’s Auctions, the world’s premier entertainment and celebrity estate auction house and the Les Paul Foundation have partnered for an auction of extraordinary property and collection of guitars, equipment, musical artifacts and personal effects from the…
Exhibit
Amherst, MA—The Snowy Day and the Art of Ezra Jack Keats, the first major United States exhibition to pay tribute to award-winning author and illustrator Ezra Jack Keats (1916-1983), whose beloved children’s books include Whistle for Willie (1964), Peter’s Chair (1967), and The Snowy Day (1962),…
Recent Publications
WORCESTER, MA— To celebrate its bicentennial, the American Antiquarian Society (AAS) commissioned Philip F. Gura to write The American Antiquarian Society, 1812-2012: A Bicentennial History.
Exhibit
“Beaten & Bound” is a look at a unique group of contemporary book and paper artists at the Lubeznik Center for the Arts, Michigan City, IN. Much like glassblowing, paper-making and book binding are ancient craft forms that had a major re-birth and resurgence in the twentieth century and…
Exhibit
The Grolier Club is pleased to present a major exhibition that explores the legacy of Aaron Burr. Opening to the public on May 16, Aaron Burr Returns to New York: An Exhibition on Burr and His Contemporaries marks the 200th anniversary of Burr's return to New York, ending a self-imposed exile to…
Exhibit
Fred Torres Collaborations is pleased to announce the exhibition Courtney Love And She’s Not Even Pretty on view from May 3 through June 15, 2012. This is the first exhibition of Courtney Love’s drawings, which will feature over 45 works by the artist. A limited edition catalogue has been published…
Auctions
New York—On March 15 Swann Galleries offered Part II of the Eric C. Caren Collection: How History Unfolds on Paper. Caren’s collection aimed to document every important event in modern history through books, manuscripts, autographs, photographs, posters and ephemera that span the 16th century…