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Fairs | November 17, 2010 | Jeremy Dibbell

Boston Book Fair Reports

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A few reports from this weekend's 34th Annual Boston International Antiquarian Book Fair: 

Ian Kahn of Lux Mentis - begin here and work forward.

Chris Lowenstein at Book Hunter's Holiday - Chris wasn't at the fair this year, but has a dispatch from Mr. Z, here.

Marie at Boston Bibliophile - report here.

My own reports at PhiloBiblos - Thursday, Friday/Saturday, Sunday/Wrapup. 

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Americana

The front of the repatriated manuscript
FBI Returns Stolen Conquistador Manuscript to Mexico
Charles Bukowski, Beats and The Counterculture at PBA Galleries
Hemingway Days Celebration in Key West

Photographs

Bill Cunningham, Municipal Building, built 1914
Photographer Bill Cunningham’s Archive Acquired by The New York Historical
Marilyn Monroe’s Signed Passport Photograph Sold for $21,655
Victorian Photobook Bought at US Yard Sale to Auction with $67,000 Estimate

Rare Books

Herman Melville. Billy Budd. Introduction by William Plomer (London: John Lehman, 1946).
Major Collection of Works by Herman Melville Received by The Morgan
The Birds of Great Britain: Rare Book of the Week
Archive of John le Carré to go on Display for First Time

Book Arts

Reconstructed fragment of a bronze military diploma from Sardinia, issued by the emperor Trajan to a sailor on a warship. 113/14 CE
New AI Tool Could Help Reconstruct Missing Ancient Inscriptions
Mark Gatiss Headlines as Antiquarian Bookseller in New TV Crime Drama 'Bookish'
Pop-Up 'Antiquarian Bookstore' Launches to Promote a Single Title

Visual Art

The American Family by William H. Walker, December 1895
New Exhibition Focuses on 19th century Cartoons Satirizing Women's Fashion
Propaganda and Travel Vintage Posters: Five Rare Books for Collectors
Mary Blair Leads Original Disney Production Art Sale

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Heritage Seeks Illustration Art for April Sale

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Various complete, partially complete and fragmentary tiled display signs from the WH Smith Archive, including travel books, sports books, and guide books
Literary Items From The W H Smith Archive at Auction
Detective Fiction, Don Henley Advice, and Napoleon: The Week in Rare Books
Scottish Music, Gould’s Birds of Britain, Durrell Presentation Copies: Auction Preview

Exhibitions

The poster for The Huntington's new 250th anniversary celebrations
The Huntington Mark 250th Declaration of Independence Anniversary with Rare Documents
Getty Manuscripts Exhibition Focuses on Travel in the Middle Ages
Poet Richard Aldington Celebrated in New Exhibition

Book People

Oliver Bayliss
Oliver Bayliss on Graham Greene’s ‘Dracula’, Private Members’ Clubs, and New Ideas for the Rare Book Trade
Forum Auctions Appoints Vicki Wonfor as CEO
Five-Year Brian Friel Centenary Begins With Five Plays Over Five Weeks

Maps

F. E. Gallup. Gallup's Map of Texas, Showing Oil and Gas Fields, Pipe Lines and Refineries
Maps of Texas: Five Rare Books for Collectors
The Sunderland Collection Acquires Cao Junyi’s ‘A Complete Map of All Under Heaven’
Maps & Atlases: Five Rare Books for Collectors
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