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Bologna, Italy - World Capital of the Book - 39th ILAB Congress and 23rd International Antiquarian Book Fair from 20th to 26th September, 2010, in Bologna (Italy)
ITHACA, NY--National Book Auctions, located in Ithaca, NY, hosted an auction on September 19, 2010 at their Finger Lakes Region gallery. The 400+ lot auction featured an assortment of collectible books, multiple celebrity signatures, limited edition artwork and two books featuring Elizabeth Cady…
Amherst, MA—The first-ever museum consideration of the Jewish picture book, Monsters and Miracles: A Journey through Jewish Picture Books, will travel from Los Angeles to The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art and the Yiddish Book Center from October 15th through January 23rd. This exhibit…
September 14, 2010. AUSTIN, Texas—The archive of David Foster Wallace (1962-2008), author of "Infinite Jest" (1996), "The Broom of the System" (1987), "Girl with Curious Hair" (1989) and numerous collections of stories and essays, is now open at the Harry Ransom Center. A finding aid for the…
New York--On Thursday, September 30, Swann Galleries will offer a wide-ranging array of Printed & Manuscript Americana at auction, including many unique and unusual items.
Sotheby's London 9 September 2010 --- On 7th December Sotheby’s London will hold a sale of ‘Magnificent Books, Manuscripts and Drawings from the Collection of Frederick, 2nd Lord Hesketh, The Property of the Trustees of the 2nd Baron Hesketh’s Will Trust’. The selection of books, manuscripts and…
Sept. 7, 2010----The University of Delaware Library announces the availability of a new digital collection, the William Augustus Brewer Bookplate Collection. An enlarged version of each bookplate, as well as the Rev. Brewer's handwritten notes and catalog numbers, can be viewed by clicking on “…
New York, NY, September 7, 2010—The Morgan Library & Museum announced today that original manuscript pages from Mark Twain's most important work, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1884), will go on view as part of a major exhibition, Mark Twain: A Skeptic's Progress, opening on September 17…
ITHACA, NY National Book Auctions, located in Ithaca, NY, held an August 29th auction with a Civil War-themed catalog that also featured another round of Maurice Sendak signed books, artwork and posters as well as a rare collection of FOC Darley original illustrations.
Lincoln, Neb., August 10th, 2010 —University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries announced that it has received more than 11,000 books and exhibition catalogues donated by Stuart P. Embury, M.D., of Holdrege, a 1966 graduate of UNL and 1969 UNMC graduate. Embury amassed what is considered one of the top…
