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The Christie's online Rare Books and Manuscripts sale running October 27 through November 5 will…
A handwritten letter by Albert Einstein filled with mathematical equations examining covariance and…
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Nine out of 10 people who have visited a physical bookshop in the last six months say the experience improved their mood, says a new poll from the Booksellers Association.More than three-quarters of those polled added that bookshops helped them switch off from social media and screens, and a…
Three books by John Dos Passos and finely bound by Hazel Dreis will go under the hammer at PBA Galleries' October 15 Fine Bindings auction.The mixed set (New York
, Harcourt, Brace and Company
, 1930-1936) with inscriptions on the title page from Dos Passos for Chester Arthur and Esther Arthur…
Our Bright Young Booksellers series continues today with Dr. Irene Malfatto of Bruce McKittrick Rare Books in Pennsylvania:How did you get started in rare books?
The two-bedroom flat in Chelsea where Agatha Christie lived and wrote several of her most famous works is on the market with Sandfords for £1.95m ($2.6m).Christie bought 48 Swan Court in London in 1948 and wrote Witness for the Prosecution, Crooked House, and part of The Mousetrap there. It is also…
Fire and Gold: The Art of Alchemy (1450–1850) is a new permanent exhibition in the newly reopened Fisher Gallery at the Science History Institute in Philadelphia exploring the art, science, and history of alchemy. It draws on the museum and library’s extensive collection of rare books and…
A page of printed text hidden for more than a century in an uncatalogued scrapbook at Trinity College's Watkinson Library in Hartford, Connecticut, has been identified as a previously unrecorded 15th century printing connected to the circle of Johannes Gutenberg.It has been identified it as a leaf…
Dickensian London: The Magic Lantern City is a new exhibition exploring the city which inspired Charles Dickens.
The Jack Kerouac Center has released new architectural renderings by Boston-based Flansburgh Architects showing how Lowell’s former St. Jean Baptiste Church will look as a museum, performance venue and cultural center honoring the life and work of Jack Kerouac.
This weekly auction result is provided by Spencer W Stuart, an independent collections advisor specializing in rare books and manuscripts as well as fine photography and prints.
The Chelsea Rare Book Fair returns to the Chelsea Old Town Hall on the Kings Road in London on October 30 and 31 with a wide range of UK and international booksellers.
