Jeremy Dibbell
This week's big auction day is Wednesday, Valentine's Day, which sees a quartet of sales:
On Wednesday, February 7, Bonhams London hosts a Travel & Exploration sale, in 149 lots.
Before we look ahead to this week's sales, a quick update on the volume from George Washington'
Forum Auctions in London holds a sale of Fine Books and Works on Paper on Thursday, January
Freeman's auction house in Philadelphia hosts a sale of Books, Maps & Manuscripts on Wednesday, January 17, in 345 lots.
A fairly quiet auction week coming up, but here are some of the things I'll be keeping an eye on:
Arthur Freeman, Bibliotheca Fictiva: A Collection of Books & Manuscripts Relating to Literary Forgery, 400 BC-AD 2000. London: Bernard Quaritch Ltd, 2014.
Some literary anniversaries coming up in 2014. Obviously not an exhaustive list!50 years ago (1964):
I confess, I was utterly delighted when I heard that the Authenticity of Print Materials Symposium at the Library of Congress on 6 December
