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Winston Churchill's desk
Winston Churchill's Desk Sold for $450,000
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… Current Events & Trends | January 26, 2024 | Alex Johnson Peter Harrington Winston Churchill's desk Winston …
The first English trade edition of Conan Doyle's The Lost World in its original dust jacket
Only Known Copy of First English Edition of The Lost World in Original Dust Jacket Leads A Study in Sherlock Part II
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… Current Events & Trends | February 9, 2024 | Alex Johnson Potter & Potter The first English trade edition of …
Hocus Pocus Junior. The Anatomy of Legerdemain. Or, The Art of Juggling set forth in proper Colours. London: Printed by G. Dawson, 1663. The sixth edition, “with many additions.” One-third smooth calf over marbled boards, spine banded in gilt with date at foot and gilt-stamped title label. 32 leaves, unnumbered. Woodcut frontispiece, woodcuts in text. Dawes and Findlay bookplates. One of two known examples of this edition.
Five Rare Books for Collectors: Magic
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… Current Events & Trends | February 20, 2024 | Alex Johnson Potter & Potter Hocus Pocus Junior. The Anatomy of …
Book of Hours (Use of Sarum), Southern Netherlands, likely Bruges, circa 1430-1440. In Latin, with an added prayer in Middle English, illuminated manuscript on parchment. 15 full-page miniatures by the Masters of Otto van Moerdrecht
Book of Hours Exhibition Plus Precious Manuscripts and Rare Books at TEFAF Maastricht
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… Fairs | March 4, 2024 | Alex Johnson Les Enluminures Book of Hours (Use of Sarum), …
Black Panthers, Move On Over or We’ll Move On Over You
Five Rare Books for Collectors: African Americana
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… Current Events & Trends | March 20, 2024 | Alex Johnson Swann Galleries Black Panthers, Move On Over or …
Maker unknown, mechanical singing bird box in book form, German, mid-20th century, silver, feathers. 12.3 x 8.3 x 4.1 cm. Gift of Lynn and Bruce Heckman, 2023
Exhibition of Book-like Objects Opens at at The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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… Current Events & Trends | April 18, 2024 | Alex Johnson Metropolitan Museum of Art Maker unknown, mechanical …
Helen Day at her Ladybird exhibition
Ladybird Book Collector Helen Day on the Challenge of Collecting and the Rarest Book of All...
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… Current Events & Trends | May 24, 2024 | Alex Johnson Helen Day Helen Day at her Ladybird exhibition …
Edgar Allan Poe’s Tamerlane
Poe’s Tamerlane Sells for $420,000, Conan Doyle’s The Sign of Four for $960,000
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… Current Events & Trends | July 1, 2024 | Alex Johnson Sotheby's Edgar Allan Poe’s Tamerlane One of only …
Founding documents coming to auction at Sotheby's
Declaration of Independence Sold for $3.36m
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… Current Events & Trends | July 4, 2024 | Alex Johnson Sotheby's Founding documents coming to auction at …
A double-page illustration from Richard Scarry's 1972 Nicky Goes to the Doctor
Five Rare Books for Collectors: Books and Manuscripts at Bonhams Summer Sale
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… Current Events & Trends | July 19, 2024 | Alex Johnson Bonhams A double-page illustration from Richard …
Polydore Vergil’s Anglica Historia: Rare Book of the Week
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… Current Events & Trends | September 9, 2024 | Alex Johnson Dominic Winter The Polydore Vergil bound for Queen …
Edgar Allan Poe’s 'Tales of Mystery and Imagination': Rare Book of the Week
Edgar Allan Poe’s Tales of Mystery and Imagination: Rare Book of the Week
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… Current Events & Trends | October 28, 2024 | Alex Johnson The Folio Society The Folio Society's new Tales of …
38 titles in The Writing Process lot of the Anne Rice sale
Anne Rice's Personal Library to Auction
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… Current Events & Trends | October 24, 2024 | Alex Johnson Bonhams 38 titles in The Writing Process lot of the …
Captain Maxwell H. Coote, Winston Churchill, Sir Herbert Samuel, Sir Ronald Storrs in British Cemetery, Jerusalem, 1921
Asala Collection of Middle East Photographs: Rare Book of the Week
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… Fairs | November 18, 2024 | Alex Johnson Daniel Crouch Rare Books Captain Maxwell H. Coote, …
London Rare Book School courses details
London Rare Book School Announces Summer School 2025 Courses
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… Current Events & Trends | November 22, 2024 | Alex Johnson London Rare Book School The London Rare Books School … : A special course hosted by the Wellcome Collection with Alexandra Hill and Elma Brenner LRBS short courses will also …
Raymond Chandler’s Olivetti Studio 44 typewriter
Raymond Chandler's Typewriter, Scarf, and Unpublished Fantasy Stories to Auction
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… Current Events & Trends | November 28, 2024 | Alex Johnson Doyle Raymond Chandler’s Olivetti Studio 44 …
Inside page of Francis Ford Coppola’s The Godfather Notebook
Francis Ford Coppola’s The Godfather Notebook: Rare Book of the Week
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… Current Events & Trends | December 2, 2024 | Alex Johnson Heritage Auctions Inside page of Francis Ford …
James Fleming
James Fleming, editor of The Book Collector, dies at 80
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… Current Events & Trends | December 4, 2024 | Alex Johnson The Book Collector James Fleming Novelist and editor …
F.A. Somerville, Journal of H.M.S. Glory from Nov. 1900 to April 1902,
Five Rare Books for Collectors: Rare Maps and Atlases
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… Current Events & Trends | December 9, 2024 | Alex Johnson Swann Galleries F.A. Somerville, Journal of H.M.S. …
The Lord Fish by Walter De la Mare
Five Rare Books for Collectors: Fairy Tales, Fables, and Myths
Compelling Collections
… Compelling Collections | January 24, 2025 | Alex Johnson James Cummins The Lord Fish by Walter De la Mare …