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An extremely rare 1781 promissory note printed and twice signed by Benjamin Franklin to arrange…
A Revolutionary War letter signed by George Washington and sent to New York Governor George Clinton…
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A very rare first edition and author’s presentation copy of Charles Darwin’s On the Origin of Species from 1859 leads Bonhams' Knightsbridge Fine Books and Manuscripts Sale on March 20. The first edition is being offered with an estimate of £150,000-200,000.
At Dominic Winter Auctioneers on Wednesday and Thursday, March 6–7, 693 lots of Printed Books, Maps & Playing Cards, Charles Darwin & Natural History. A copy of John Arrowsmith's London Atlas with 66 folding maps, including 16 not mentioned on the contents page, rates the top estimate at £9…
Highlights from the latest edition of TEFAF Maastricht running March 9 - 14 include a special exhibition of Books of Hours from Les Enluminures and a selection of precious manuscripts and rare books from Dr. Jörn Günther Rare Books.
A rare 1493 first edition of the Nuremberg Chronicle has been sold for $65,885 at Nate D. Sanders Auctions. It received six bids.The Nuremberg Chronicle, authored by Hartmann Schedel, stands as the unparalleled 15th century illustrated history of the world, published by Anton Koberger on July 12,…
Quentin Blake has illustrated some of the most recognisible book characters over his 70 year career and 300+ titles. He has now returned to a dozen of them and redrawn them for a special online auction at Bonhams to support the new Quentin Blake Centre for Illustration.
As part of its 25th anniversary celebration, the board of directors of the Independent Online Booksellers Association (IOBA) will sponsor a virtual fair featuring rare and collectible books, rare maps and ephemera May 2-4.The fair will be a collaboration between the IOBA and veteran book fair…
Highlights from Firsts Online, the Antiquarian Booksellers' Association's virtual book fair running through March 3:* Comet in Moominland by Tove Jansson, Ernest Benn, London, 1951. The first UK printing in scarce wrapper by Jansson of the second book in the series. Available from Ashton Rare Books.
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Ulises Carrión Bogard, one of the most influential of all modern artists engaged in exploring the book form, is celebrated in the new exhibition Ulises Carrión: Bookworks and Beyond at Princeton University Library (PUL) running through June 13.
Hundreds of posters and ephemera which form the Poems on the Underground archive, including letters from leading poets, has been donated to Cambridge University Library.
A rare handwritten manuscript leaf from Henry David Thoreau's Walden will go under the hammer at RR Auction's Fine Autographs and Artifacts auction featuring over 650 items.
