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London — The Folio Society, the publisher of award-winning, beautifully produced illustrated books, has revealed Evangeline Gallagher as the winner of The Folio Book Illustration Award 2022. Launched this year to mark The Folio Society’s 75th anniversary, the competition showcases illustration…
London — The International League of Antiquarian Booksellers (ILAB) announces winners of the 2022 ILAB Breslauer Prize for Bibliography:
1st Prize worth US$10,000:
Jack Baldwin, A Catalogue of Fifteenth-Century Printed Books in Glasgow Libraries and Museums, 2 vols (Woodbridge: Boydell and…
Boston — The 2022 edition of the Boston Rare Book and Ephemera Fair, the “Satellite Show,” will be held on Saturday, November 12 from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Back Bay Events Center, 180 Berkeley Street, Boston, MA 02116, a short walk from the Boston International Antiquarian Book Fair at the Hynes…
Berkeley, CA — On September 22, 2022, PBA Galleries will host a sale with over 500 lots of fine literature and ephemera featuring scarce works from the counterculture and the Beat Generation, including a large section of rock and psychedelic posters. Featured as well are rare editions from Charles…
Boston — RR Auction's September Fine Autographs and Artifacts sale boasts an extraordinary selection of over 900 items, with a special focus on Hollywood, classical music, and icons of history.
Los Angeles – Offering nearly 100 personal items including rare, signature fashion pieces, such as lace gloves and the only two collars being made available to the public, Bonhams is pleased to announce its second and final auction from the collection of the late U.S. Supreme Court…
London – The mysterious and violent death of the English landscape painter Daniel Egerton in a Mexican village in 1842 – the body of his 19-year-old eight-month pregnant mistress Alice by his side – was as scandal ridden as his life. There was no shortage of possible culprits. Opportunistic…
Chicago — Potter & Potter Auctions' poster sale held on August 20th, 2022 was a wall-to-wall success. When the hammer fell silent for the last time, 47 lots made $750-$1,499; 22 lots scored $1,500-$3,999; and seven lots broke the $4,000 mark. All prices noted include the company's 20% buyer's…
Philadelphia — Freeman’s September 21 Books and Manuscripts auction, the inaugural sale of the Fall 2022 season, is led by an extremely rare first edition of New Englands First Fruits (estimate: $20,000-30,000), a 1643 account of Puritan evangelization in New England. The first copy to be offered…
New York – Christie’s is honored to continue its historic sales of the library of the leading antiquarian book dealer of his generation with the most important private holding of books, manuscripts and other material related to perhaps the most important American author of the 19th century. The…
