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A collection of notes, documents, and ephemera used for the Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends…
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A special exhibition at The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art next month explores a partnership built on mutual respect, trust, and a shared commitment to creating the best possible work.
Abraham Lincoln: His Life in Print will exhibit the revered but rarely seen books, documents, and ephemera that empowered Lincoln’s political ascendance, his leadership during the Civil War, and his efforts to end slavery.
The Royal Horticultral Society has made 756 cartes de visite or calling cards of important horticulturists available to the public online for the first time.
A copy of the History of the Indian Tribes of North America - a collection of Native American biographies and lithograph portraits published in Philadelphia from 1837-44 - comes up for sale at Chiswick Auctions later this week. The three-volume set featuring 120 hand-coloured…
Chorley’s have been appointed to sell the library of Ombersley Court in Worcestershire, one of the most important historical country houses in England and the family seat of the Sandys family for 400 years. The collection of rare and never-before-seen books, manuscripts and letters will be offered…
The Huntington has re-acquired a 1543 first edition of De humani corporis fabrica (On the fabric of the human body) by Andreas Vesalius which revolutionized the field of anatomy.
At New England Book Auctions on Tuesday, August 20, 199 lots of 15th-18th Century Printing, Americana & Fine Books, including a 1682 edition of Grotius' Rights of War & Peace ($1,500–2,500); the 1829 Philadelphia New General Atlas ($1,000–1,500); and the 1557 Estienne edition of Aeschylus…
The Boston International Antiquarian Book Fair (BIABF) returns for its 46th iteration later this year and will welcome international dealers of fine and rare books, maps, illustrations, and ephemera to its prestigious three-day event.
Highlights from Bernard Quaritch's latest catalogue, Education, include: Library for Youth, or Book-Case of Knowledge (London: Printed for John Wallis … by T. Gillet or J. Cundee … 1800). Ten volumes covering a wide range of subjects including geography, astronomy, grammar, arithmetic, mytholody,…
Our regular look at the new books that have recently caught the eye of our print and online editors this month.That Librarian: The Fight Against Book Banning in America by Amanda JonesLouisiana librarian Amanda Jones's personal look at how the culture wars have invaded schools and libraries, and…
