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A new catalogue from James Cummins Bookseller includes a previously unrecognized draft manuscript…
Part 1 of the Lawrence Klein collection at Hakes Auctions features a collection of vintage comic…
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Our Bright Young Booksellers series continues today with Adélaïde Carton of Le Feu Follet – Edition-Originale in Paris, France:How did you get started in rare books?
Highlights of Potter & Potter Auctions' Step Right Up: Circus and Sideshow Memorabilia sale on September 3 include:* With the Circus: A Route Book of Ringling Bros. World's Greatest Shows. Seasons of 1895 and 1896 by Alf. T. RinglingOriginal yellow-orange wrappers, printed in black. Illustrated…
The Wordsworth Trust, which operates Wordsworth Grasmere and Dove Cottage, has acquired three letters written by William Wordsworth.
The Sunderland Collection of world maps has announced the creation of Ex Carta, a sister collection dedicated to fictional and world-building cartography that spans more than 700 years across over 160 maps from 1506 to the present day.
Our Bright Young Booksellers series continues today with Ben Roylance, proprietor of Apport Used Books in Emmaus, Pennsylvania.How did you get started in rare books?
The Boston International Antiquarian Book Fair will return to the Hynes Convention Center in Boston’s Back Bay, running November 6-8, 2026.Sanctioned by the Antiquarian Booksellers’ Association of America and the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers, the three-day event will welcome 110…
Jane Austen’s House in Chawton, Hampshire, has acquired a portrait miniature of Jane Austen’s close friend and mentor Mrs Anne Lefroy.
The Missouri Botanical Garden has acquired a rare first edition of Mark Catesby’s The Natural History of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama Islands.
Nimbus Rare Books is offering one of only 15 specially-bound copies of Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone presented by J. K. Rowling to young readers in 2012 as part of the 15th anniversary celebrations for the book.
Two-part September 23 event will also feature Matisse, Milne, Vonnegut and Cather; rare-book consignments accepted through September 9
