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The library of American-born poet Ruth Fainlight and her late husband the writer Alan Sillitoe…
A new exhibition opening today at the London home of Charles Dickens brings together the women he…
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New York – The Morgan Library & Museum is pleased to announce the acquisition of the preliminary drawings and collages that appear in Ashley Bryan’s 2015 book Sail Away (Simon & Schuster). Generously given to the museum by the Ashley Bryan Center, the splendid gift is a particularly fitting…
Frankfurt, Germany — From illuminated manuscripts before the advent of printing to German artist Josef Beuys on the occasion of his 100th birthday; a complete Klimt portfolio from 1914, produced in a lavish collotype process, a John James Audubon edition of the "Quadrupeds" in the 6-digit range, or…
Dallas, TX – Ernest Hemingway’s For Whom the Bell Tolls stands among select company in literary circles, prized by scholars and collectors alike.
Both will have a chance to acquire an extraordinary advance copy of a first edition of one of the author’s most popular and important books when it…
Minneapolis, MN — Minnesota Center for Book Arts is thrilled to announce the 2021 McKnight Book Artist Fellows, Mary Hark and Sonja Peterson! Both are artists of exceptional merit who work with paper. Hark is a papermaker and paper artist, while Peterson’s work encompasses paper cuts, bookmaking,…
Boston — A trove of documents collected in the late 1930s from legendary dealers Goodspeed’s in Boston, Massachusetts, and John Heise of Syracuse, New York, included a wide variety of interesting early documents spanning four centuries.
A rare and well-preserved George Washington-signed…
Lexington, MA — One year ago, Marvin Getman of Book and Paper Fairs, launched what would become an industry changing website. He called it Getman’s Virtual Book and Paper Fairs which, as of now, has resulted in $5.95 million in sales of 8,100 books, manuscripts and related material from the 117,000…
Wilton, CT – A manuscript penned by Sir Isaac Newton (1642-1727), with mathematical notes and calculations relating to Book III of his iconic scientific work Principia, changed hands for $118,750 in University Archives’ online-only auction of rare autographs, manuscripts, artwork and comic art…
Boston — RR Auction's June Fine Autographs and Artifacts sale brings almost 900 lots to the auction block, featuring robust art and literature sections with online bidding through June 16.
Dallas – They called him The Amazing Spider-Steve, this man who spent decades amassing what The Hollywood Reporter described in February as “perhaps the most unique Spider-Man collection in existence.”
Munich, Germany — With total proceeds of more than 1.4 million*, the Rare Books Auction at Ketterer Kunst in Hamburg on May 31, 2021 yielded a very good result. The sales quota in the Evening Sale alone was at 85% and many of the objects on offer changed owners with excellent price increases. The…
