In The News

A century after Sir James Roberts gifted Haworth Parsonage to the Brontë Society it has announced…
Of the 138 lots covering the history of science at PBA Galleries' August 28 auction are 18 related…
News
The New York Public Library’s extensive archive of the groundbreaking East Village Eye has been processed and is now available to researchers. The 1980s newspaper documented the development of the East Village and played a pivotal role in establishing the 'downtown scene' during a…
News
The Pattie Boyd Collection's 116 lots will be offered by Christie’s online March 8 - 22, providing a window into the private world of the model, muse, photographer and icon who, as the former wife of both George Harrison and Eric Clapton, inspired some of the greatest love songs of all time. 
News
The Library of Congress has acquired the papers of songwriter Leslie Bricusse, best known for writing scores for the stage and film musicals including Doctor Dolittle (1967), Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (1971, in collaboration with Anthony Newley), and the 1970 musical…
News
Lawrences’ spring auction of Books, Maps, Manuscripts and Photography on March 21 includes a menu signed by Albert Einstein at a meal held at the Savoy in London to raise money for the Joint British Committee of the Societies Ort-Oze in support of the impoverished Jewish communities in Europe.…
News
For one night only Airbnb is offering the chance to stay overnight in the Hidden Library of St Paul’s Cathedral in London as part of the World Book Day celebrations.
News
A very rare first edition and author’s presentation copy of Charles Darwin’s On the Origin of Species from 1859 leads Bonhams' Knightsbridge Fine Books and Manuscripts Sale on March 20. The first edition is being offered with an estimate of £150,000-200,000.
News
A rare 1493 first edition of the Nuremberg Chronicle has been sold for $65,885 at Nate D. Sanders Auctions. It received six bids.The Nuremberg Chronicle, authored by Hartmann Schedel, stands as the unparalleled 15th century illustrated history of the world, published by Anton Koberger on July 12,…
News
Quentin Blake has illustrated some of the most recognisible book characters over his 70 year career and 300+ titles. He has now returned to a dozen of them and redrawn them for a special online auction at Bonhams to support the new Quentin Blake Centre for Illustration.
Book Fairs
As part of its 25th anniversary celebration, the board of directors of the Independent Online Booksellers Association (IOBA) will sponsor a virtual fair featuring rare and collectible books, rare maps and ephemera May 2-4.The fair will be a collaboration between the IOBA and veteran book fair…
News
Ulises Carrión Bogard, one of the most influential of all modern artists engaged in exploring the book form, is celebrated in the new exhibition Ulises Carrión: Bookworks and Beyond at Princeton University Library (PUL) running through June 13.