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A descendent of Edward Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby, UK Prime Minister three times in the 1850s and 1860s, has consigned an historic autograph album for sale at Chiswick Auctions's Autographs and Memorabilia event that runs online from August 30 with an estimate of £5,000 - £7,000.The…
Highlights from Bonhams' The Greatest Show: The Fairground World of Ross Hutchinson auction on September 10 include C. W. Parker's The Jumping Horse "Carry-Us-All" Steam Riding Gallery advertising posters, two lithographic posters in colours, circa 1910, printed by the Riverside Print Company,…
The Bodleian Libraries has announced a new publishing partnership with Liverpool University Press to publish The Bodleian Library Record, beginning in October.
The latest Books, Maps and Manuscripts Sale at Tennants Auctioneers was led by J. R. R.
The winners of the third annual David Ruggles Prize, an international book collecting prize established in 2020 to support and encourage young collectors of color, have been announced. This year's competition was marked by a record number of submissions, more than twice the first two years combined…
Opening September 12 at The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, Mexican Prints at the Vanguard will explore printmaking in Mexico from the 18th to the mid-20th century through works drawn from the Museum’s collection. Among the early works presented will be those by Mexico’s best-…
The 2024 Northampton Antiquarian Book, Ephemera, and Book Arts Fair, the eighth edition, will run November 22, 5pm – 8pm and November 23 10am - 4pm in the Northampton Center for the Arts at the Northampton Community Arts Trust in Northampton, Massachusetts.More than 30 rare booksellers, paper…
The Charles Dickens Museum has acquired a collection of unpublished and rarely-seen letters which reveal fascinating details of life within the Dickens family in the years immediately following the death of Dickens in 1870.
On Monday, August 26, in the Winter Associates sale of Important Estate Offerings there are a handful of interesting book lots, including five volumes with fore-edge paintings ($800–1,200) as well as quite a few other lots containing volumes with fore-edge paintings; a copy of the large paper issue…
Among the centerpieces of Heritage Auctions’ September 12-15 Comics & Comic Art auction is one of only two copies of 1961’s Fantastic Four No. 1 awarded a Near Mint+ 9.6 grade by Certified Guaranty Company. A copy graded Near Mint- 9.2 sold in 2022 for $1.5 million. Marvel launched the…
