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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…
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There's one week left to enjoy the free St. Pancras International Christmas tree in the heart of the bustling London station.
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Rare Book School has announced its summer 2024 course schedule with more than 30 in-person and online courses featuring new and updated courses including Medieval Manuscript Fragments: Cataloging & Discoverability, A History of the Indigenous Book in the Americas, and Modern Special…
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Steve Soboroff’s remarkable collection of typewriters realized a total of $282,825 at the Heritage Auctions sale led by Ernest Hemingway’s 1926 Underwood Standard, the machine he used to write his letters from Finca Vigía, his estate near Havana.
Book Fairs
Rare Books LA – Pasadena will welcome booksellers and bibliophiles from around the world to share their love of books, fine prints, maps, ephemera, and more on February 3 and February 4, 2024 at the Pasadena Convention Center.
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The parallels between the business of 15th century printmaking and today’s branding practices are the focus of Art of Enterprise: Israhel van Meckenem’s 15th-Century Print Workshop opening today at the Chazen Museum of Art at the University of Wisconsin–Madison
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An exceptional original watercolour of The Little Prince, reproduced in the first edition of the book, as a full-page illustration by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry has sold for £302,400 at Christie’s London The Alphabet of Genius: Important Autograph Letters and Manuscripts sale.
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A Harry Potter first edition bought for £10 in 1997 has been sold by Hansons for £55,104 to a private UK online buyer. The hardback copy of Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone, from the first Potter book print run in 1997, was spotted in a bargain bucket in a shop in the…
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A rare record of army life in the 19th century in the form of an archive of letters written by a soldier has sold for £6,500 in the Books, Maps and Manuscripts Sale at Tennants Auctioneers. It is very unusual to have such a vivid and detailed account written by an enlisted soldier rather than an…
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A Charles Dickens presentation copy joins Abraham Lincoln's signed Carte De Visite and an unmailed 1963 Christmas Card signed by John F. Kennedy and Jacqueline Kennedy at Heritage's December 15 Historical Platinum auction.
Auctions
Goldin's December Pop Culture Auction will feature three first-appearance Marvel comic books of Wolverine, Iron Man and the X-Men.The auction is headlined by the 1974 Marvel Incredible Hulk #181, the first full appearance of Wolverine, and the only appearance of Wolverine as John Romita…