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A new limited edition of all six of Jane Austen’s major novels is published tomorrow by The Folio Society, encased in woven silk-and-cotton covers with original illustrations by Sarah Young.The Complete Novels by Jane Austen is published to celebrate the 250th anniversary of her birth, with a…
One of Jane Austen’s letters written to her sister Cassandra in 1805 chronicling the social life of Bath that shaped her novel Persuasion headlines a special auction at Sotheby's next month.
Highlights of Lyon & Turnbull's The Secret Life of Props: The Eccentric Trading Collection, online auction running September 24-25 include:* a pair of early 20th century mahogany and brass revolving bookcases with two tiers of book compartments, on tubular downswept legs and stretchers (…
RR Auction's online September Fine Autographs and Artifacts auction includes more than 800 lots and is anchored by highlights from the Civil War and American West Collection of Dr. Joseph Matheu.Among the offerings is a candid 1952 Ernest Hemingway handwritten signed letter…
A line-up of mostly Marvel comics goes under the hammer at Richard Winterton Auctioneers on September 29.They were all bought contemporaneously by a Staffordshire man who enjoyed them in his youth and have subsequently been carefully stored in a loft for many years. Catalogued across more than 50…
Princeton University Library's upcoming exhibition will focus on the diversity and beauty of global book making, concentrating on three major traditions of the book form, codex, East Asian, and pothī.Forms and Function: The Splendors of Global Book Making opens September 10 and runs though December…
Two autograph letters by Lord George Byron offering a glimpse into his early life and scandalous affairs will go under the hammer at Chorley’s Auctioneers on September 23.The letters were written in 1805 and 1808 to his London landlady and moneylender Mrs Massingberd, and feature the polite…
Printed Matter's 2025 NY Art Book Fair will take place at MoMA PS1 September 12–14 with an opening night celebration on September 11.This year’s NY Art Book Fair returns to MoMA PS1 where it was held from 2009 to 2019 where it established itself as an important element in the celebration of…
A new exhibition at The Grolier Club opening later this month in New York will feature manuscripts from The Library of The Jewish Theological Seminary (JTS).
The 2025 Northampton Antiquarian Book, Ephemera, and Book Arts Fair will return for its eighth edition in November.Running November 21 from 5pm to 8pm, and November 22 from 10am to 4pm, this eighth edition will be held in the Northampton Center for the Arts at 33 Hawley Street in Northampton,…
