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The entire United States Constitution is to go on display for the first time as part of the…
Highlights from Forum Auctions' Books and Works on Paper online sale on September 11 featuring the…
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Our regular look at the new books that have recently caught the eye of our print and online editors this month.A Brief History of the Verb To Be by Andrea Moro, translated by Bonnie McClellan-BroussardA look at the life and times of the verb proclaimed by Bertrand Russell as a…
The theme of the 45th Annual Conference on Book Trade History will be Beyond books - Diversification in the book trade.Held November 17 - 19, 2024, the organisers point out that the term ‘book’ can cover a wide range of artefacts, including pamphlets, paperbacks, hard bound volumes large and small…
An exhibition celebrating the decades long collaboration in photography between Howard Greenberg Gallery and Lumiere Press will be on view at Howard Greenberg Gallery in New York from June 20 through August 16.
An intimate archive of signed books and correspondence from John Steinbeck to his typist Mary Morgan is expected to make at least $60,000 at auction.
Sotheby’s is to offer exceptionally rare contemporary printings of the three founding documents of the United States, The Declaration of Independence, The Constitution of the United States, and the Bill of Rights.The documents will be on public view at Sotheby’s York Avenue galleries in New York…
A new exhibition by Designer Bookbinders will showcase some of the finest work by its UK members next month.UNIQUE runs at the Benjamin Spademan Gallery, 14 Masons Yard, London, July 5 through July 13. The exhibition will be free and open to the public. It follows the charity's previous…
Ursula K Le Guin’s family have donated her Portland, Oregon home to local community nonprofit Literary Arts who will transform it into a writers residency.
Swann Galleries' Illustration Art sale on June 20 will showcase a selection of original artworks including a section of cartoon and comic art collected by Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist and author Jules Feiffer.
Highlights from Lyon and Turnbull's June 18 - 28 The Zoo by Underground: A Private Collection of Rare London Underground Posters auction include: * John Edgar Platt (1886-1967), For the Zoo, Lithographic poster, 1922* Richard Barrett Talbot Kelly (1897-1971), Zoo, Common & Spiny Lobster,…
Christie's' Manuscript Masterpieces from the Schøyen Collection sale began this afternoon from 2pm BST. The Crosby-Schøyen Codex, the oldest known book in private hands and one of the earliest books in existence sold for £3,065,000.
