A complete three-volume set of J. R. R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings in first editions,…
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Christ Church Oxford and the Bodleian Libraries have become joint owners of an exceptionally rare…
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Binding and the Archeology of the Medieval and Renaissance Book is the first in a series of specialized catalogues LES ENLUMINURES gallery will publish as part of its Twentieth Anniversary Year celebration.
????NEDCC is pleased to announce that it has been awarded a grant of $500,000 from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) to help support its Preservation Services activities over the next two years.The NEH funding will help enhance NEDCC's capacity to deliver preservation information to…
Treasure Trove of Performing Arts Autographs Becomes Swann Galleries' First Online-Only Auction, From January 10 Through February 1. Highlights include Playbills Signed by Ingrid Bergman, Vivien Leigh, Laurence Olivier, Paul Robeson, James Stewart, and Mae WestNew York—A large collection of signed…
Moby-Dick Marathon celebrates 15 years with three days of activities, Jan. 7-9(NEW BEDFORD, MA) — The New Bedford Whaling Museum’s Moby-Dick Marathon celebrates its fifteenth annual non-stop reading of Herman Melville’s literary masterpiece with an expanded 3-day program of entertaining…
New York, NY, December 13, 2010—Charlotte Brontë (1816-1855) relied on her diary to escape stifling work as a schoolteacher; Tennessee Williams (1911-1983) confided his loneliness and self-doubt; John Steinbeck (1902-1968) struggled to compose The Grapes of Wrath, and Bob Dylan (b. 1941) sketched…
[ITHACA, NY] National Book Auctions, located in Ithaca, NY, will feature a number of important vintage and antique first editions and a large collection dedicated to the history of the New England States. A unique collection of handwritten documents from the collection of William Howland…
New York, December 13, 2010 -- The Grolier Club Library is pleased to announce its eighth annual fellowship offering in the history of the book. Awards of up to $2,500 are available for research in the Library's areas of strength, with emphasis on the book arts, antiquarian bookselling, and the…
The Morgan Library & Museum Presents Month-Long Exhibition of Photographs by Massimo Listri of the Great Libraries of Europe Show coincides with the reopening of the Morgan's original 1906 library and includes twenty-three large-format photographs of such magnificent rooms as Trinity College…
November 17, 2010 -- Today, the Portland Area Used Booksellers Association (PAUBA) announces the launch of its new web service www.pdxusedbooks.org, allowing visitors to search the collected online inventories of PAUBA member bookstores. “Portlanders embrace the idea of buying locally,” said…
SAN FRANCISCO - Thousands of book lovers, buyers, browsers and sellers will come together when the 44th California International Antiquarian Book Fair returns to San Francisco Friday, February 11, through Sunday, February 13, 2011 at the Concourse Exhibition Center in San Francisco.
