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Potter & Potter Auctions' February 2023 Fine Books & Manuscripts, Including Americana Sale is the company's first book sale of 2023 and follows on the heels of the company's October, 2022 sale which realized $1.1 million. This 531 lot sale will be held on February 16th starting at 10am CST…
The David Stather Library, a remarkable private collection put together over a lifetime by an avid bibliophile, was sold in a single-owner sale at Tennants Auctioneers, North Yorkshire on January 25. The collection reflected his overriding interests in history and the law, and each book had been…
The Folio Society is celebrating its 75th anniversary by winning each of the four categories in which they were nominated at the 2022 British Book Design & Production Awards Awards. The editions honoured show the range and depth of Folio’s publishing, art direction and production expertise by…
Following recent archival acquisitions that have expanded its collections of photography, the Bodleian Libraries has announced the opening of a season of photographic exhibitions and talks at the Weston Library, home of the Bodleian’s special collections.
Bound to Impress, the latest exhibition to open in the Mappa Mundi & Chained Library at Hereford Cathedral celebrates the bookbindings within the cathedral’s historic collections.
The exhibition shows a selection of remarkable bindings drawn from the Cathedral's historic collections, from…
The Grolier Club plays host to this hybrid event on January 25, 2.30pm-3.30pm. A panel of Carnegie Mellon scientists and scholars - Christopher N. Warren, Max G'Sell, and Grolier Club member Samuel Lemley - will speak on Freedom and the Press before Freedom of the Press: Tools, Data, and Methods…
This February, Phillips’ New York Editions auction will feature over 140 lots of Contemporary prints, spanning 1950s to present. On view from 6 – 15 February at 432 Park Avenue, the live sale will take place on February 15 with two sessions, the first beginning at 10am and the second at 2pm.
An astonishing discovery found at a 13th century Scottish castle has shed new light on the day-to-day domestic life of Robert Burns and his family, academics at the University of Glasgow have revealed.
Whether you’re an armchair surfer or can confidently hang ten alongside Kelly Slater, you’ve probably heard of The Surf Riders of Hawaii – the earliest and most important book pertaining to the sport of surfing. Only eight copies of the book – all of which contain actual photos of surfers in Hawaii…
Twelve original manuscripts written by Robert Burns, which have just come into the care of conservation charity the National Trust for Scotland, will go on display this January as part of a new exhibition entitled Homecoming.
The important pieces include letters, poems Donocht Head…
