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Henri Martin’s painting Berenice, inspired by the short story of the same name by Edgar Allan Poe, has gone on show to the public at Duff House, near Banff.
First paperback edition with no mention of printing. This book, with instructions on how to build weapons, interfere with telecommunications, and manufacture illegal drugs, is one of the most notorious books of the counterculture movement. Ithas been banned several times and first editions are…
At Forum Auctions on Thursday, an online sale of Books and Works on Paper, in 216 lots. A copy of the 1566 work [J]udgement of the Reverend Father Master Henry Bullinger, Pastor of the church of Zurick, in certeyne matters of religion rates the top estimate at £1,500–2,000.
A fine association copy of the rare first edition of The Federalist by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay is among the highlights at Freeman’s | Hindman’s September Books and Manuscripts auction in Philadelphia.
"This is undoubtedly the rarest item I have encountered thus far," said Oliver Bayliss. "Only 49 complete bibles are known to exist and these are with museums and institutions. In the 1920s rare book dealer Gabriel Wells split an incomplete copy and sold the leaves of which there were 568. 466…
Princeton University Library will open Monsters & Machines: Caricature, Visual Satire, and the Twentieth-Century Bestiary on September 12 in its Firestone Library Milberg Gallery.
Over seven decades, the Abrams family changed the face of the fine art and illustrated book publishing industry, bringing art into the homes of millions through the publication of beautiful and meticulously written books. Items from the personal art collection of Harry N. Abrams and his son Robert…
Opening to the public next week, Mary Robinson: Actress, Mistress, Writer, Radical is the first exhibition dedicated to the remarkable author and actress Mary Robinson.
A descendent of Edward Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby, UK Prime Minister three times in the 1850s and 1860s, has consigned an historic autograph album for sale at Chiswick Auctions's Autographs and Memorabilia event that runs online from August 30 with an estimate of £5,000 - £7,000.The…
Highlights from Bonhams' The Greatest Show: The Fairground World of Ross Hutchinson auction on September 10 include C. W. Parker's The Jumping Horse "Carry-Us-All" Steam Riding Gallery advertising posters, two lithographic posters in colours, circa 1910, printed by the Riverside Print Company,…
