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A new exhibition at The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art opening next month will explores the…
A cache of correspondence by the founder of modern nursing Florence Nightingale will go under the…
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The Bodleian Libraries' new Write, Cut, Rewrite exhibition will shed light on the creative importance of revision in literature. Often referred to as ‘killing your darlings’, Write, Cut, Rewrite delves into the editing, cutting and creative undoing of some of the world's most celebrated authors,…
Our regular look at new books that have recently caught the eye of our print and online editors this month.The Economics of the Manuscript and Rare Book Trade, ca. 1890–1939, edited by Federico Botana and Laura Cleaver
The Manhattan Rare Book and Fine Press Fair is back for one day only - April 6 - inviting booksellers and bibliophiles from around the world to share their love of antiquarian books, fine press, ephemera, and historic photography. It will be held in the auditorium of the Church of St. Vincent…
One of the standout items in RR Auction's February Remarkable Rarities sale is a historic 'Little Red Book' signed by Mao Zedong during a momentous 1966 visit by Pakistan's Foreign Minister.
The only known letter between poet Lord Byron and the ‘Father of Reform’ politician Major John Cartwright found in a country house in England, and a letter brought in for a routine valuation from Jean Jacques Rousseau will go under the hammer at Chorley’s this spring.The letter by 18th century…
Highlights from James Cummins bookseller's Valentine's Day catalogue include:Wuthering Heights by Emily Brönte
A scarce edition of the Quotations of Chairman Mao Tse-Tung, the famous 'Little Red Book', comes for sale in London this month. The even smaller little red book forms part of a one of the world’s largest and best private collections of Cultural Revolution artefacts that will be sold by Chiswick…
Emery Walker's House in London is to put on Mudlarking: Unearthing London's Past, running March 2 through April 28.
The ABAA New York International Antiquarian Book Fair (NYIABF) returns to the Park Avenue Armory in New York City April 4-7 as the ABAA celebrates its 75th Anniversary and presents a series of special events & programs tied to the New York fair.
Throughout the process of writing my new book, The Vanishing of Carolyn Wells: Investigations into a Forgotten Mystery Author (published by PostHill Press on February 13). I kept reminding myself that this was not a book collection, it was a biography.
