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One of the world’s most significant Hindu scriptures has left the University of Oxford's Bodleian…
A three-page typed letter signed by Virginia Woolf and a handwritten draft manuscript page by…
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An unprecedented 112 authors, poets and illustrators will speak and
meet with their readers at the 2011 National Book Festival, sponsored by
the Library of Congress. The event, to be held Saturday, Sept. 24 and
Sunday, Sept. 25 on the National Mall - rain or shine - also will offer
more…
In December 2011 the Grolier Club of New York will host an exhibition on the history of the French national printing establishment, the Imprimerie Nationale, arguably the most important printing house in Europe. Drawn from the vast and comprehensive archives of the Imprimerie Nationale,…
LOS ANGELES—The J. Paul Getty Museum today announced the acquisition of the Abbey Bible, an Italian illuminated manuscript that exemplifies the highest achievements of the Gothic era. The Bible is named for a previous owner, who was a celebrated collector of Italian manuscripts.????
The Book as Memorial: Book Artists Respond to and Remember 9/11September 6 - December 16, 2011
San Francisco, CA - September 1, 2011 - From October 27 - 30, The San Francisco Fall Antiques Show, presents TREASURE TALES - a six-part lecture series. The theme of this year’s show, Hidden Treasures, is inspired by the pearl, the treasure hidden within an oyster shell that is the…
From September 14 through November 12, 2011, The Grolier Club presents an exhibition of vintage Hollywood photography tracing the careers of the leading photographers and many of the great stars of the “Golden Age” of motion pictures. Silver Screen/Silver Prints is drawn from the collection…
The Grolier Club is pleased to present an exhibition focusing on the distinguished holdings of Hersh and Fern Cohen, whose household encompasses two major, and complementary, collections. On view in the Grolier’s second floor Gallery from September 8 - November 4, 2011, Steel and Roses:…
New York—On Thursday, September 15, Swann Galleries will conduct a sale devoted to the Eric C. Caren Collection, which encompasses books, manuscripts, autographs, photographs, broadsides and ephemera that span the 16th century through the 1970s.
Rare Book School welcomes applications for its upcoming course, "The Art ofthe Book in Edo and Meiji Japan, 1615-1912," which will be taught by Ellis Tinios, Honorary Lecturer at the University of Leeds, visiting researcher atRitsumeikan University in Kyoto, and special assistant to the Japanese…
[ITHACA, NY] National Book Auctions, located in Ithaca, NY hosted a Sunday, August 14th auction featuring a wide assortment of collectible books and ephemera highlighted by notable authors and artists such as William Shakespeare, Frank W. Bensen and Alfred, Lord Tennyson. The 430-lot auction also…
