A complete three-volume set of J. R. R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings in first editions,…
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The National Sporting Library and Museum, Middleburg, Virginia, celebrates the opening of its Sporting Art Museum in October 2011.
The Michigan State University Libraries, together with the Jewish Studies Program in MSU's College of Arts and Letters, are pleased to announce a major gift to the University: the Irwin T. and Shirley Holtzman Collection of Israeli Literature.Notable for both its breadth and depth, the collection…
Baltimore—In 1999, the Walters Art Museum and a team of researchers began a project to read the erased texts of The Archimedes Palimpsest—the oldest surviving copy of works by the greatest mathematical genius of antiquity. Over 12 years, many techniques were employed by over 80 scientists and…
[ITHACA, NY] National Book Auctions, located in Ithaca, NY hosted early and late-June auctions featuring a wide assortment of Ireland-related material, incunabulum, children’s books and signed first editions. Among the featured items was an 1819 First Edition of “Constitutional Law: Comprising The…
New York, New York--The Morgan Library & Museum, which holds one of the world's premier collections of drawings dating from the era of Michelangelo and Raphael to the modern period, announced today the creation of a new institute to support research in the drawings field and to nurture new…
NEW YORK, NY--MULTIPLE, LIMITED, UNIQUE: Since 2008, the Center for Book Arts has been involved in a Collections Initiative, which includes the in-depth cataloguing and preservation of our extensive collection of artist books, prints, catalogues, and ephemera. These works are now available to the…
New York—A three-sheet map of Connecticut and parts adjacent, New Haven, 1777, far exceeded its pre-sale estimate to become the top lot at Swann Galleries’ Maps & Atlases auction on June 2. The map, which was estimated at $3,000 to $4,000, saw a great deal of preview…
[ITHACA, NY] National Book Auctions, a live auction gallery located in Ithaca, NY, is hosting a Sunday June 26 auction, which is open to the public. This auction features an assortment of scarce books containing important illustrations among a variety of landmark literary titles. Included is…
KEY WEST, Florida Keys — The flourishing Key West literary community that dates back to Ernest Hemingway’s 10-year residence is to be celebrated July 19-24 during Hemingway Days 2011. Literary highlights include the culmination of the Lorian Hemingway Short Story Competition, directed by author and…
Holabird-Kagin Americana is gearing up for another massive sale of rare and collectible Western Americana, Numismatica and Historical Ephemera. The Reno, Nevada based business realized approximately $1 million for their March “Golden West” Auction held in Sacramento, where the world-famous “…
