Book of Hours
Book of Hours: Rare Book of the Week
This week's Rare Book of the Week is this Book of Hours
Image from G. Darcy, Or et Couleurs, circa 1923 courtesy of the Winterthur Library
Fresh Perspectives Symposium Focuses on Next Generation of Rare Book Collectors and Professionals
The Fresh Perspectives Symposium, hosted by the Winterthur Library, runs next week aimed at the next generation
Plate from Luigi Mayer's "Selection of the Most Interesting of Sir Robert Ainslie's celebrated Collection of Views" (1811) showing "Fragments at Ephesus"
Salinger Letter, Comic Art, Travel Books: Auction Preview
University Archives sells Rare Autographs, Manuscripts, Books & Memorabilia on Wednesday, March 12. The 549 lots include a small group of Albert Einstein photographs ($15,000–20,000); a blank…
The Lakeside Press edition of Moby Dick
Moby Dick: Rare Book of the Week
This week's Rare Book of the Week is the printer's sample of the first volume of Rockwell Kent's illustrated L
Golf: A Royal and Ancient Game by Robert Clark (R&R Clark, 1875)
Golf: Five Rare Books for Collectors
Highlights from Jonkers Rare Books' latest catalogue Golf covering famous links across Americ
Christopher Clarkson design binding on Hobson's "Bindings in Cambridge Libraries," with spine out showing both covers.
Chocolate Debates, Illustrated Dante, and Beekeeping: Auction Preview
Here's what I'll be watching this week:
Leonard Cohen's green Apica notebook
Leonard Cohen's Notebook: Rare Book of the Week
This week's Rare Book of the Week is a green Apica notebook belonging to singer-songwriter L
Design binding by Rose Adler of overlapping triangles and circles in four colors.
Booker T. Washington Presentation Copy, Dali Bible, Ricky Jay Selections: Auction Preview
Here are the sales I'll be watching this week:
A page from the newly acquired sketches for Elgar's Introduction and Allegro
Edward Elgar's Introduction and Allegro for Strings: Rare Book of the Week
Original sketches and drafts by English composer Sir Edward Elgar for his famous w
Roger Powell at work in the 1980s
Bookbinder Roger Powell Celebrated in New Exhibition
The life and work of internationally famous 20th century bookbinder Roger Powell (1896 – 1990) is the focus of a new exhibition which examines how his work transformed the craft using rarely seen f