This week's rare book of the week is the pocket book of Captain Henry D’Esterre Darby of HMS…
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The Sonoma Valley Museum of Art (SVMA) is to hold an exhibition of 40 contemporary handcrafted artists' books inspired by Japanese aesthetics with the majority of pieces coming from Japan.
FrielDays, the five-year project celebrating one of Ireland’s greatest writers, Brian Friel (1929-2015), is to feature an annual strand of special birthday events inspired by the playwright.Each year, the birthday events will happen around Friel’s two birth dates – January 9 and 10 – to reflect the…
The Sandars Lectures 2024 given by Timothy Young, Curator of Rare Books and Manuscripts for the Yale Center for British Art, on 'Resistance to Bibliography' are now available online.
The Grolier Club will explore the singular wit of American literary legend Mark Twain in the new exhibition A First-Class Fool: Mark Twain and Humor. On view from January 15 through April 5, 2025, the exhibition examines the work of Samuel Langhorne Clemens who crafted the “Mark Twain”…
The California Rare Book School has announced its 2025 program for collectors, professionals, and students working in all aspects of the library, special collection, archives, museums, and rare book community. All locations are Los Angeles unless specifiedWeek 1 (July 14–18)Libros antiguos y…
Surrealist and fashion photographer, model and pioneering war correspondent, Lee Miller (1907-1977) was a force of nature who had an exceptional career. Yet, for a long time, it remained hidden – even from her son – with all of her negatives and photographs stored away in the attic at her home,…
Here's what I'll be watching this week:At New England Book Auctions on Tuesday, January 7, 216 lots of Fine Books & Ephemera.
The oldest antiquarian and secondhand bookshop in the North East of England has won the North Tyneside Business Forum Action on Climate Change business award.
A complete collection of the books published by 19th century writer and designer William Morris from his Kelmscott Press has achieved white glove results – 100% sold – at Bonhams.
A selection of Washington Irving manuscripts leads RR Auction's January Fine Autographs and Artifacts sale.
