bookplates

One of the leading twentieth-century British book collectors, Major John Abbey (1894-1969), is celebrated in an exhibition at Horsham Museum, West Susse
Prize Books and Politics, a digital exhibition on Instagram and Twitter that launched on March 5, looks at the history of inscriptions in books at the start of the twentieth century in Bri
Looking ahead to the Boston book fairs this weekend, we’d like to share a short list of items that show the breadth of material on offer at the Boston Internati
It’s September, that time of year that tends to bring us all back to the books, so to speak.
A return to action in the auction rooms this week, with two sales on Thursday, January 10:  
The art of the bookplate is alive and well among Grolier Club members—just as it has been for 130 years.
The Rosenbach of the Free Library of Philadelphia presents The Art of Ownership: Bookplates and Book Collectors from 1480 to the Present, on view September 21, 2016 - January 17, 2017.
Rhode Island Center for the Book’s 2014 Art of the Book Program Presents Mine!: Ownership Marks from Curses to Book Plates 
Prompted by a question raised at Rare Book School a couple of weeks ago, I blogged about what might be the
Every year FB&C publishes a holiday gift guide in its fall issue brimming with interesting book-related art, decor, an