Rare Book News
- Early Americana Collection Nets $2.3 Million "Jay T. Snider's collection of early Americana, much of it relating to Philadelphia, fetched $2.3 million at an auction ending yesterday in New York." "Though the rare books, manuscripts, maps and prints were expected to garner $3 million, Anais Borja,... (More)
- Aubrey Beardsley Sets World Record "Skinner, Inc., one of the nation's leading auction houses for antiques and fine art, today announced it has set a new world record for a rare illustration by Aubrey Beardsley. At the recent Fine Books & Manuscripts auction, which took... (More)
- Ken Sanders' Utah Collection "Bookseller Ken Sanders isn't sure what to do with 50 antique lint brushes, 24 neon beer signs and 25,000 Utah postcards." "'Literally, there are tens of thousands of items,' he said of his late father's collectibles. 'There is much more... (More)
- Book Sales in Burma "U Maung Maung Lwin, the manager of Innwa bookstore, said the book market has not been active this year at all and is way down on what it’s been in years past. " Read this article.... (More)
- Digitizing Rare Books in Pakistan "National Library of Pakistan (NLP) is digitising rare books and manuscripts to preserve the national literary heritage for the next generations." “'About 70 rare books and manuscripts have already been digitised so far,' sources told APP here Tuesday adding that... (More)
- Wildfire Destroys California Monsatery "The Rev. Peter Rood, rector of Holy Nativity Episcopal Church in the Los Angeles suburb of Westchester, said he first started visiting Mount Calvary in the mid-1980s. "It was very spartan," he recalled, with thin partitions between the dozen or... (More)
- Rosemary Sullivan's Book Collection in Pittsburgh "Rosemary Sullivan, 71, has spent a lifetime collecting books, many of them rare and first editions. For the past four decades, she's also been a notable book seller." Read this article.... (More)
- Jay Snider's Americana Collection "Mr. Snider's books, manuscripts and broadsides, as well as maps and prints, are believed to be the largest privately owned collection of its kind. The Constitution Center reception celebrated Mr. Snider's induction into the Chairman's Circle of the Constitution Center,... (More)
- E. C. Schroder at Yale's Beinecke Library "For a young man, E.C. Schroeder of Clinton spends most of his life among old things. Not only is he the new president of the Clinton Historical Society (CHS), he works at the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library at... (More)
- Champlain Map of Canada Sells for $250,000 "A rare print of a 396-year-old map of Canada created by French explorer Samuel de Champlain has sold at an auction in Britain for nearly $250,000, triple the expected price." Read this article.... (More)
- Azerbaijan Books in Leiden University Library "Kurt De Belder, the director of the library, spoke about the University founded in 1575 in Leiden, the Netherlands, which is one of the 20 leading education institutions in Europe, as well as delivered true information about the library. De... (More)
- Dragon Books featured on Philadelphia's Examiner.com "On the densely packed shelves next to the wooden fireplace and old leather furniture, you'll find the kind of books that might be resting in your great aunt's garage. From the original British printings of Harry Potter to well out-of-print... (More)
- Canadian Rabbi's Book Collection Donated to York University "TORONTO — The thousands of books Rabbi W. Gunther Plaut consulted over the decades for his sermons, essays, articles and books, have been donated to York University." Read this article.... (More)
- Rare Volumes Left in Charity Bin "A mystery donor has left four 18th Century volumes described by experts as incredibly rare in a charity book bin. " "The books, in gold-tooled calf binding, were given to Stirling's Oxfam bookshop and form part of Clarendon's 1731 six-part... (More)
- New Zealand College Sells Rare Books to Cover Costs "One of New Zealand's oldest schools is selling rare New Zealand books and artwork dating back to the 18th century to help fund repairs for their ageing buildings." "The collection includes first editions of Captain Cook's voyages and books signed... (More)
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