modern literature

Title page of Ethan Allen's Narrative (1779)
Rare Books &c. at Auction This Week
February 21, 2022
Another busy week coming up in the salerooms:
Rare Books &c. at Auction This Week
December 10, 2018
Before we get to the very busy calendar of sales coming up this week, I must note a couple of the results from last week's auction at Christie's, which saw Einstein's "God Letter" set a new auction
Strong Prices on Modern Literature at PBA Galleries
August 2, 2017
The Fine Literature and Fine Books auction at PBA Galleries on July 27th showed an upswing in prices of modern literature.
Zelda's Paper Dolls at Auction
April 19, 2017
The Surprising History of Penguin Predecessor, the Albatross Press
April 3, 2017
Christie’s Offers the Library of the Late Anthony Hobson and Other Country House Collections
June 1, 2015
South Kensington—On 17 June Christie’s South Kensington will offer Three Country House Collections: Glebe House, the Property of the late Mr.
<i>Gatsby to Garp: Modern Masterpieces from the Carter Burden Collection</i> at The Morgan
April 2, 2014
New York, NY, April 2, 2014—Between 1973 and 1996 Carter Burden, a former trustee of the Morgan Library and Museum and onetime New York City councilman, assembled the greatest collection of modern
Rare Copy of <i>The Hobbit</i> Goes Under the Hammer
March 21, 2014
As the third and final part of Peter Jackson’s epic film adaptation of J. R. R.
<i>Bookermania</i>: 45 Years of the Man Booker Prize at The Morgan This Fall
August 22, 2013
New York, NY, August 22, 2013—England’s Man Booker Prize turned Possession into an instant best seller, propelled The English Patient and Life of Pi onto the screen, and
The Great Gatsby Dust Jacket: The Most Valuable Piece of Paper in Modern Literature
May 9, 2013