rare books

It’s Women’s History Month, which means many antiquarian booksellers have issued catalogues and lists highlighting rare books by and about women.

For book collectors, it’s always hunting season. No one knows this better than Kurt Zimmerman, longtime book collector and cofounder of the Book Hunters Club of Houston.

Here are the sales I'll be watching this week:

With total proceeds of around € 2 million*, the Rare Books Auction at Ketterer Kunst in Hamburg on November 30 did not only realize an excellent result but also got ahead of the great spring sales figures by around € 200,000*.

New York — Fine Books & Manuscripts are at Swann Galleries Tuesday, No

Berkeley, CA – PBA Galleries will present an auction of Rare Books & Manuscripts on November 19th.

New York – Christie’s Fine Printed Books & Manuscripts Including Americana auction

Hamburg, Germany — It comes in a handy size and with decorative lettering, but if you want to read from the rare 12th century bible manuscript as people used to in the past, knowing Latin would be

Spend nine minutes gazing at some beautiful books and learning how King’s College Library conserves a collection of rare English literature and the