A complete three-volume set of J. R. R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings in first editions,…
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Long Island University’s Palmer School of Library and Information Science is pleased to announce the appointment of J. Fernando Peña as Director of its highly regarded program in Rare Books and Special Collections. Mr. Peña succeeds Dr. Deirdre C. Stam who directed the program for nine years…
The British Library has announced an ambitious fundraising campaign to acquire the St Cuthbert Gospel for the nation. Created in the 7th century and intimately associated with one of Britain’s foremost saints, the Gospel is the earliest surviving intact European book and one of the world’s most…
AUSTIN, Texas—"Banned, Burned, Seized, and Censored," an exhibition at the Harry Ransom Center, reveals the rarely seen "machinery" of censorship in the United States between the two world wars.The exhibition runs from Sept. 6 to Jan. 22, 2012, at the Ransom Center, a humanities research library…
AUSTIN, Texas—The Harry Ransom Center's exhibition "The Greenwich Village Bookshop Door: A Portal to Bohemia, 1920-1925" showcases how one artifact, in this case a door from a Greenwich Village bookshop in the 1920s, can serve as a starting point to reconstruct the history of a time and place.
The Henry Beston Society will present a program on the author Henry Beston and his classic book, The Outermost House on Tuesday, July 26, at 7:00 PM at the Salt Pond Visitor Center in Eastham. It is accessible, free, and sponsored by Friends of the Cape Cod National Seashore.
Upper Saddle River, NJ - On July 21, Leighton Galleries will offer 400 lots including Artworks, Silver, Jewelry, Furniture and Special Collections including Coins, Sports Memorabilia, Collectible Toys, Swarovski Crystal & Porcelain Figurines... all for sale to the highest bidder.
New York, NY— The more than 400 calligraphic characters that will comprise Chinese artist Xu Bing’s The Living Word 3 at The Morgan Library & Museum will begin being put in place Monday, July 12. The work will be completed on Tuesday, July 19, in the Morgan’s glass-enclosed Gilbert Court and…
July 8 -- DALLAS, TX - Effective July 8th the assets of Greg Martin Auctions of San Francisco, CA, one of the nation’s top auction houses of antique arms & related historic memorabilia were acquired by Heritage Auctions, the world’s largest collectibles auctioneer.
July 6, 2011--American regional writing gained increasing popularity in the years following the Great Depression and beyond. The period 1938 to 1980 was an especially fruitful one for this type of documentation of the nation’s people, history and culture, as well as America’s natural treasures -…
Elsevier announced today the launch of an online catalogue of the Elsevier Heritage Collection, comprising over 2,000 rare books with more than 1,000 distinct titles published by the original Elzevier publishing house from 1580 to 1712. Based in the Netherlands and closely tied to…
