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Highlights of Swann Galleries' Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books auction…
The National Archives has announced that it will temporarily loan more than 30 historic documents,…
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The printing press used to launch Chile’s first politically crusading newspaper has gone on display at the Museum of the American Revolution in Philadelphia as part of its special The Declaration’s Journey exhibition.Running through January 3, 2027, The Declaration’s Journey looks into the stories…
The ABA Chelsea Rare Book Fair will return to Chelsea Old Town Hall on October 31 and November 1. The fair brings together exhibitors specialising in rare books, first editions, maps, prints, manuscripts and ephemera from all over the world with a wide range of prices.Highlights include:…
The literary papers of New York Times bestselling author Kim Stanley Robinson will join those of Octavia E. Butler, Hilary Mantel, and Thomas Pynchon at The Huntington.
Our Bright Young Booksellers series continues today with Rhiannon Knol, a bookseller with Bruce McKittrick Rare Books in Pennsylvania:How did you get started in rare books?
Highlights from Peter Harrington’s new catalogue The Business of Travel include: * The Bisset Archive
This week's Rare Book of the Week is an album of letters written by Kurt Vonnegut which he kept carbon copies of and which comes up for auction at Swann Galleries on October 23.
Here's what I'll be keeping an eye on over the next several weeks:
A flight-certified Lunar Module (LM) Data Card Book used and annotated by Apollo 17 Commander Gene Cernan who was the last man to walk on the Moon has sold for $73,219 at RR Auction’s Space Exploration & Aviation event.
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Sprites, Spells, and Splashes: Magical Beings in Picture Book Art at The Carle features more than 40 classic and contemporary works on view November 22 through April 26, 2026. “From the brownies of the British Isles to the djinns of the Middle East, magical beings abound in folklore,"…
