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This week's rare book of the week is a first edition Joseph Smith's The Book of Mormon: An Account…
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Chorley’s have been appointed to sell the library of Ombersley Court in Worcestershire, one of the most important historical country houses in England and the family seat of the Sandys family for 400 years. The collection of rare and never-before-seen books, manuscripts and letters will be offered…
The Huntington has re-acquired a 1543 first edition of De humani corporis fabrica (On the fabric of the human body) by Andreas Vesalius which revolutionized the field of anatomy.
At New England Book Auctions on Tuesday, August 20, 199 lots of 15th-18th Century Printing, Americana & Fine Books, including a 1682 edition of Grotius' Rights of War & Peace ($1,500–2,500); the 1829 Philadelphia New General Atlas ($1,000–1,500); and the 1557 Estienne edition of Aeschylus…
The Boston International Antiquarian Book Fair (BIABF) returns for its 46th iteration later this year and will welcome international dealers of fine and rare books, maps, illustrations, and ephemera to its prestigious three-day event.
Highlights from Bernard Quaritch's latest catalogue, Education, include: Library for Youth, or Book-Case of Knowledge (London: Printed for John Wallis … by T. Gillet or J. Cundee … 1800). Ten volumes covering a wide range of subjects including geography, astronomy, grammar, arithmetic, mytholody,…
Our regular look at the new books that have recently caught the eye of our print and online editors this month.That Librarian: The Fight Against Book Banning in America by Amanda JonesLouisiana librarian Amanda Jones's personal look at how the culture wars have invaded schools and libraries, and…
Following the success of the movie Deadpool & Wolverine released last month, Heritage Auctions is offering for sale the original artwork Rob Liefeld penciled and inked for the cover of New Mutants No. 98, which introduced Marvel Comics’ Deadpool.This marks the first time in nearly two decades…
Some rare books suddenly find a whole new audience thanks to republication. The British Library's Crime Classics series continues to power onwards, bringing rare titles from the Golden Age of Crime back into circulation.
At Dominic Winter Auctioneers on Wednesday, August 14, 300 lots of Books, Maps, Prints & Pictures, Ephemera & Bookbinding Tools, including a substantial but broken run of The Sporting Magazine in 146 volumes; eleven cartons of what is described as "miscellaneous British topographical…
A rare copy of Timely’s Captain America Comics #1 led Hake’s' latest pop culture memorabilia auction.The CGC-graded 5.5 Fine March 1941 comic book introducing the indomitable World War II character Captain America, his sidekick Bucky Barnes and their Nazi nemesis The Red Skull, was sold for $172,…
