George Ticknor (1791-1871) was a true Boston Brahmin ardently devoted to books and learning.
Part II of the sale of world traveler, adventurer, and book collector
Since the beginning of recorded time, humans have tried to communicate with each other, with varying degrees of success.
Seeing not one but two copies of the magnificent 1913 artist's book, La Prose du Transsibérien et de la petite Jehanne de France by Blaise Cendrars and Sonia Delaunay, surface at auction t
We heard today the sad news that world-renowned fashion designer (and bibliophile) Karl Lagerfeld has died.
After a fairly quiet week, we're very much back to business on the auction front. Here are a few things I'll be watching this week:
Yale University is moving forward with a plan to renovate Bass Library after commencement this spring, but the renovation has irked members of the community because part of the project involve
Last week, the Walters Art Museum in Baltimore put on display a little-known but extraordinary nineteenth-century prayer book woven entirely from silk on a Jacquard loom.
