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Chicago-based Barrovian Books is launching its Artist Series, a collection of limited edition books featuring work from local artists. The studio, which specializes in handmade journals and notebooks, will incorporate original artwork into their signature hand-bound books.
Leading the auction results at Christie’s' latest Fine Printed Books and Manuscripts sale was Johannes Kepler’s Astronomia nova which went for $327,600.
Illustrated manuscripts, groundbreaking photographers, and America's unauthorized editions of Jane Austen feature in The Morgan Library & Museum's upcoming exhibitions in 2025 and 2026.
Rare Books San Francisco will return later this week with the 250th anniversary of the birth of Jane Austen a key element in its latest iteration.
The Bodleian Libraries’ new exhibition Listen In: How Radio Changed the Home will tell the story of the advent of radio in the UK, placing listeners rather than broadcasters at its heart.
Significant works by Oscar Wilde, Ronald Firbank, and Aubrey Beardsley lead Christie’s' Barry Humphries: The Personal Collection auction on February 13 which reveals the literary tastes of the Australian performer famed for his characters Dame Edna Everage and Sir Les Patterson.
RR Auction's February Fine Autographs and Artifacts Auction will feature more than 800 lots, including a special Presidents' Day section showcasing presidential autographs, artifacts, and memorabilia including a comprehensive correspondence archive from Jimmy Carter. The archive comprises a…
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John Steinbeck's personal copies of Webster's Dictionary and of Roget's Thesaurus come to auction this week at Christie's in its online Fine Printed Books and Manuscripts including Americana sale ending January 28.
Back in 2016 Mindell Dubansky curated a marvellous exhibition at the Grolier Club about things that looked like books but were not, objects she christened 'blooks'. If you missed it, then your luck is in because running now at the Center for Book Arts in New York City is a new show dedicated to…
