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This week's Rare Book of the Week is White Bull's ledger book dating back to the late 19th and early 20th century. Written and drawn by White Bull, the nephew of Sitting Bull and who claimed to have killed General George Custer at the Battle of the Little Bighorn in 1876, it records winter…
A new exhibition at the Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art honors the work of artist Raúl Colón whose signature style of textured watercolor and colored pencil paintings are showcased in more than 50 books.
Latest figures from the online resource thebookguide which aims to list all the secondhand bookshops in the UK and the Republic of Ireland suggests secondhand bookselling has witnessed an impressive increase over the last 12 months.According to its latest figures, at the end of 2024 there were 1,…
A Century of The New Yorker will showcase the history of The New Yorker from its launch in 1925 to the present day and feature founding documents, rare manuscripts, photographs, and cover and cartoon art drawn from the Library’s holdings.The exhibition - opening February 22 and running through…
Organizers of next month's rare book fair at the Fort Mason Center for Arts and Culture are working to accommodate booksellers displaced by the cancelation of the Antiquarian Booksellers’ Association of America (ABAA) book fair in Pasadena.
A handwritten manuscript of the Declaration of Independence comes to auction next week at Christie's after initially being bought at a library sale.Discovered by a collector who purchased an incomplete set of 18th century Laws of New York at the sale, the plain book worth…
Tickets are now available to see three rare Magna Cartas at Durham Cathedral.From July 11 through November 2 visitors will be able to see the rare documents as part of a new exhibition, Magna Carta and the North.
Aubusson Weaves Tolkien is a new exhibition presented by the Cité Internationale de la Tapisserie which opens in March in Paris.Running March 21 through May 18, these tapestries will be exhibited at the Collège des Bernardins, a former Cistercian college and now a cultural center.
The Texas Booksellers’ Association (TBA) is organizing and presenting to the public, collectors, and bibliophiles the Dallas Antiquarian Book Fair.The event will be held June 20, 21, and 22, including a preview night. It will be limited to 75 exhibitors, 50 who are members of the ABAA and 25 non…
The debut of Black Cat on the cover of 1979’s The Amazing Spider-Man No. 194 has sold for $1,020,000 at Heritage Auctions to become the most valuable Spider-Man cover ever sold at auction.
