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This week's rare book of the week is the pocket book of Captain Henry D’Esterre Darby of HMS…
Indigenous picture book art, fiber books, and the influence of German art on illustrator Eric Carle…
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BookBuzz.org is a new search engine that aims to help people shop from independent booksellers.Search results should show the cheapest copies available online from booksellers, bookstores and marketplaces. It does not display listings from Amazon or any of its subsidiaries.The website suggests…
Highlights from Swann Galleries' March 21 Printed & Manuscript African Americana auction include: * * Black Patti, Greatest Singer of Her Race (Mme. Sissiereta Jones), poster, circa 1900. Estimate $5,000 to $7,500. * Frederick Douglass, Letter discussing the role of Quakers in…
The National Trust’s annual insect pests report has found that Silverfish (Lepisma saccharina), which feed on books, paper and cotton, retained top spot with recorded numbers rising by six per cent.The report collates information gathered by house staff around the Trust, helping the charity to…
Our Bright Young Booksellers series continues today with Adam McInturf, proprietor of Arches Bookhouse in Portland, Oregon:How did you get started in rare books?
A nearly 400-year-old letter that documents the mythologized 'purchase' of the island of Manhattan from the Indigenous peoples who inhabited it is on view now through July 14, at the New-York Historical Society.
At ALDE on Tuesday, March 19, 192 lots of Livres de Gastronomie, including two manuscript volumes documenting the menus and food expenditures of the French royal court: the volume for 1680 is expected to sell for €5,000–6,000, and the volume for 1752 could fetch €3,000–4,000. At the same estimate…
The Awe of the Arctic: A Visual History looks at how the Arctic has been visually depicted from the 16th century to the present, and runs through July 13 at the New York Public Library.
Inspired by the life and work of Beacon Hill-based abolitionist Harriet Bell Hayden, Framing Freedom: The Harriet Hayden Albums at the Boston Athenaeum brings together rarely seen works and examines Black abolitionists’ public identities, private lives, visual culture, and social activism…
John le Carré's desks, tables, chairs and other personal effects from his Cornish estate Tregiffian will go under the hammer at Roseberys London on March 20.
Cambridge University Library will draw on its collections of crime fiction for a new exhibition opening later this month.
