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An unpublished set of pen, ink, and watercolour sketches showing Charles Dickens and his theatre…
A wide variety of documentation relating to the history of the Scottish Cricket Union and Cricket…
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To mark the 2024 presidential election, the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery is presenting Picturing the Presidents: Daguerreotypes and Ambrotypes from the National Portrait Gallery’s Collection, an exhibition featuring historic photographic portraits of 11 men who held the nation’s highest…
A new art book fair celebrating non-profit, collaborative, and interdisciplinary publishing, will take place in London this week.The inaugural Inventory Art Book Fair running June 7 - 9 at Cromwell Place, South Kensington, will be a celebration of artist publishing in the UK, bringing together…
UK-based Excalibur Auctions is offering two rare comics believed never to have been offered in the UK before at auction.
Highlights of Bonhams' Fine Books, Maps & Manuscripts online only sale running June 7 - 20 include:
To celebrate the 100th anniversary of the publication of When We Were Very Young, Lyon & Turnbull will present a complete deluxe set of the Pooh books in outstanding condition, each being one of a limited edition signed by both author A. A. Milne and illustrator E. H. Shepard.
A rare 1500 third German edition of the Nuremberg Chronicle will be auctioned by Nate D. Sanders on May 30.Originally authored by Hartmann Schedel, the Nuremberg Chronicle holds a significant place in printing history. This particular edition, published by Johann Schonsperger in Augsburg,…
Sanford L. Smith + Associates (SLSA) has announced that the company, left by Smith to wife and partner Jill Bokor, Chief Executive Officer Jennifer Stark, and Managing Director and Executive Director of Salon Art + Design Nicky Dessources, is in a stable position with projections for growth and…
Rare Book School has revealed the lineup for this summer’s lecture series at the University of Virginia.* June 3 - Archive of the People: The Johnson Publishing Company with
LeRonn Brooks, Curator of the African American Art History Initiative, Modern and Contemporary Collections, Getty…
An extensive archive of Charlie Chaplin items assembled by his friend Max Reinhardt, publisher of Chaplin’s autobiography, will go under the hammer at Bonhams' Fine Books, Maps & Manuscripts Sale June 7-20.The archive is being sold by Max Reinhardt’s daughter, to whom Chaplin was godfather…
The largest private collection of Louis Vuitton trunks ever offered at auction will also feature special trunks designed for transporting books.Featuring more than 100 examples, with a total sale estimate of between €1.4 million and €2.1 million, among the offerings is a travelling library trunk…
