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Sotheby’s is to hold a series of auctions showcasing the significant private Jill and Marshall Rose…
Virginia Woolf and the Hogarth Press is a new exhibition opening next week at Charleston which…
Auctions
A core of exceedingly rare and valuable math and natural science tomes - taken together they create much of the basis for modern study of the subjects - anchor the deep and highly diverse lineup at Heritage Auctions Beverly Hills' Feb. 11 Signature Rare Books event.
Educational Programs
Applications are now being accepted for the 2010 American Antiquarian Society Summer Seminar in the History of the Book in American Culture, whose topic will be "The Global American South and Early American Print Culture."
Catalogues
Martayan Lan offers new online catalogue with nearly every atlas in their inventory. On offer in this online catalogue is nearly every atlas in our inventory, a number of which have been newly added to our web site. There are sterling examples of two of the great Dutch atlases—a late edition…
Book Fairs
Massachusetts & Rhode Island Antiquarian Booksellers had a busy & productive finish to 2009:In September, we held our quarterly meeting at the Phillips Library of the Peabody Essex Museum. Ann C. Pingree Director Sidney E. Berger offered a lively show & tell of some library treasures.…
Auctions
LOS ANGELES - An emotional and pointed farewell given by controversial Civil War Colonel John S. Mosby, believed to be one of only two contemporary copies known to be written by him, will be auctioned off as part of Heritage Auctions Los Angeles Signature® Historical Manuscripts & Autographs…
Recent Publications
Yale University Library is pleased to announce the publication of the first volume of Yale Library Studies, a new annual series that succeeds the Yale University Library Gazette, which was published from 1926 to 2008. Taking Library Architecture at Yale as its theme and subtitle, the first volume…
Auctions
Museum-quality works from notable collections to be offered at Swann Galleries’ February 23 auction of African-American Fine Art.New York—On February 23, Swann Galleries will offer an exceptional auction of African-American Fine Art that ranges from rare early 20th century paintings and sculptures…
Auctions
Exceptional Frank Lloyd Wright archive to highlight Valentine's Day auction. Included within the 400-lot Bonhams & Butterfields Fine Books & Manuscripts auction on February 14, 2010 is a massive archive of photographs, correspondence and select building plans related to groundbreaking…
Auctions
On February 23, Swann Galleries will offer an exceptional auction of African-American Fine Art that ranges from rare early 20th century paintings and sculptures through desirable contemporary works. The sale contains approximately 160 lots from many notable collections and estates, and includes…
Exhibit
When the Tampa Bay Hotel opened in 1891, Hotel guests were reading Robert Louis Stevenson, Thomas Hardy, and George Eliot and talking about the latest paintings by James McNeill Whistler and John Singer Sargent. They congregated on the veranda and in the Grand Salon to recite the poems of Alfred…