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A new exhibition pays homage to Emily Dickinson’s botanical devotion using a plant-and light-based photographic process invented during her era.
Two exhibitions of work by artist Karen Wirth will open on April 12 at Minnesota Center for Book Arts, Building/Books | Karen Wirth: A Retrospective Exhibition and Archabet: An Architectural Abecedarium.
Highlights of the autographs portion of the April 10 Autographs & Subculture auction at Swann Galleries include: * Catherine II, Empress of Russia, military commission on vellum, signed, appointing a captain of artillery, 1774 (estimate $1,000-$2,000)* Bob Dylan's high school…
Tennants Auctioneers’ Books, Maps and Manuscripts Sale tomorrow (April 9) will include 43 lots that are the property of Sir Brooke Boothby removed from Fonmon Castle, Glamorgan. The Fonmon Library comprised three family collections, firstly, that of the Seys family primarily collected by Evan…
At Ader on Tuesday, April 8, 117 lots of Psychedelic Posters, most of which are estimated in the mid-three-figures: the catalog makes for a good browse! Bonhams New York sells 228 lots of Fine Books & Manuscripts on Tuesday, including three lots all sharing the top estimate of $80,000–120,000:…
This week's Rare Book of the Week, the Flushing Remonstrance, one of the earliest exercises of religious liberty in New York, is only on view for a very limited period.
The ABAA New York International Antiquarian Book Fair (NYIABF) has returned to the Park Avenue Armory for its 65th edition in New York City to set various new records.
RR Auction's April Fine Autographs and Artifacts sale features nearly 700 lots including a whimsical but powerful sketch of a bull by Pablo Picasso.
The U.S. Postal Service will unveil its new Goodnight Moon stamps on May 2 as part of an event leading up to Children’s Book Week (May 5-11). Published by Harper & Brothers in 1947, Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown (1910–1952) began its rise in popularity in the 1950s, in…
Marking the 250th anniversary of the beginning of the American Revolution, Bonhams is offering a selection of rare and important documents from that pivotal moment in history at its Fine Books & Manuscripts sale running until April 8.
