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Submissions are open for the prestigious 18th ILAB Breslauer Prize for Bibliography, to be awarded in May 2022 for new bibliographical publications printed between 2018-2021. The prize winner will receive $10,000 and an additional second and third prize of $5,000 and $3,000 will be awarded.
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New Haven, CT — Elisabeth Fairman, Chief Curator of Rare Books and Manuscripts, will retire from the Yale Center for British Art on January 30, 2021, concluding a career that spans nearly four decades. A search for her successor will be forthcoming.
New York – The Winter Show 2021 takes place on an immersive online platform, on view from January 22-31, 2021 with VIP Preview Access on January 19– 21, 2021. Featuring 60 exhibitors, the virtual fair brings together a dynamic group of leading international dealers that represent a diverse and…
New York — On October 2, 1917 the American 77th division, made up of 694 men, launched an attack on the German lines dug into the Argonne Forest in Northeastern France believing that they were supported on both sides by French and other US forces. The flanks however did not progress as planned and…
London — Exceedingly rare works by Galileo, Samuel Johnson and J.K. Rowling are among a selection of exceptional books and manuscripts brought together in Fifty Fine Items, the new catalogue from Peter Harrington featuring 50 standout collectibles from the 13th to the 21st century.
Stuttgart, Germany — For the first time in its 60 year history, the Stuttgart Rare Book Fair, always held in January in the South-German city of Stuttgart and well established with international collectors and the trade, had to be cancelled and as many other international events in the rare book…
Paris — Following the successful sale of the first two parts of the Une bibliothèque des avant-gardes, Paul Destribats, Christie's Book Department is pleased to announce the sale of the third part, with 502 lots for a total estimate of €1,438,800-2,075,200. Three catalogues will be produced for the…
Boston — A 100-year-old F. Scott Fitzgerald handwritten letter sold for $37,987, according to Boston-based RR Auction.
The four-page handwritten letter, undated but, circa late 1920, to "Mr. Fitzgerald,” in Paterson, NJ, replying to commentary on This Side of Paradise, in which the protagonist '…
Basel, Switzerland — Beginning the new year with an exciting event, the Stuttgart Antiquariatsmesse is going online from 29th January to the 1st February. Dr. Jörn Günther Rare Books AG brings twenty exceptional, museum-quality works to the fair, and features two wonderful stately books which are…
New York — Swann Galleries will open the winter 2021 season on Thursday, January 28 with a sale of Illustration Art featuring the Dick McDonough Collection of Golf Illustration.
