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The LA Art Book Fair opens this week on May 15 at a new location across…
An installation of works by Frédéric Chopin opens today at the The Morgan Library & Museum.
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This week's Rare Book of the Week is the printer's sample of the first volume of Rockwell Kent's illustrated Lakeside Pressedition of Moby Dick which is at The Collected Library timed auction at Freeman's | Hindman.
The Library of Barry Humphries live auction will feature a wide array of books, manuscripts, works on paper and objets from the extensive library of the legendary comedian, actor, author, and satirist.
Highlights from Jonkers Rare Books' latest catalogue Golf covering famous links across America, England, and Scotland include:Reminiscences of Golf on St Andrews Links by James Balfour (David Douglas, 1887)
In 1874, the photographer Julia Margaret Cameron was asked by her neighbour and close friend, renowned poet Alfred Tennyson if she would create some illustrations for a new 'popular' edition of his poems on Arthurian legends, The Idylls of the King.
The annual TEFAF Maastricht fine arts and design fair will once again offer rare book dealers the chance to offer some of their most interesting items, running March 15-20.
Some of cinema's rarest artwork from The Blue Angel and Casablanca to 2001: A Space Odyssey and Apocalypse Now will go under the hammer at Heritage Auctions later this month.
Nuevo descubrimiento del gran rio de las Amazonas (estimate: €80,000 - €120,000) and Hypnerotomachia poliphili (estimate: €30,000 - €50,000) lead The Classics sale at Bonhams in Paris on April 8.
The Most Formidable Weapon Against Errors: The Sid Lapidus ’59 Collection & the Age of Reason now running until June 8 at Princeton University Library focuses on the collecting achievements of Sid Lapidus, Class of 1959.
The 2025 iteration of the international book collecting David Ruggles Prize established to support and encourage young collectors of color is now open for entries.The $1,000 grand prize, $500 second prize, and $250 third prize are awarded annually to applicants whose collections are considered most…
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