On October 28th, Ken Gloss will be giving a free lecture at the Hingham Public Library entitled, "Is There Value in Your Old and Used Books?". The link provides a profile of Ken as well as more inform... [more {visitor:mbr_blog_screenname}]
Entries from October 2010
From Dragon Books: We recently discovered that our first edition in jacket of Fitzgerald's "Tender Is the Night" has been stolen from our shop in Los Angeles. The theft occurred sometime between the a... [more {visitor:mbr_blog_screenname}]
Andrelini, Publio Fausto. DE SCIOLORUM ARROGANTIA PROVERBIALIS EPISTOLA. Paris: in Adibus Ascensianis. (1519). 4to. 8 leaves. The title leaf displays the woodcut printer's device for Badius. Bound in ... [more {visitor:mbr_blog_screenname}]
The Frankfurt Book Fair commenced yesterday, and with a special focus this year on technology. A new digital initiative, called Frankfurt SPARKS, was launched at the fair, and aims to "provide an init... [more {visitor:mbr_blog_screenname}]
UPDATE: Book was recovered. Missing while in transit in Atlanta area: The Pilgrims Progress, by Rev. John Bunyan, Very Early Edition. Approximately 4 in x 6 in. The front cover was restored Significan... [more {visitor:mbr_blog_screenname}]
As mentioned in a previous post, Heritage Auction Galleries' Rare Books Auction will take place on October 14th in Beverly Hills, and will offer a rare English copy of 'Russia's Treasure of Diamonds a... [more {visitor:mbr_blog_screenname}]
As previously posted about, in early December Sotheby's will auction off a very valuable and very interesting collection of rare books, including a first edition of Audubon's The Birds of America, whi... [more {visitor:mbr_blog_screenname}]
On Thursday, 16 September, 2010 a member of the Castle staff discovered that one of the bookcases in the Castle library had been forced. Subsequent enquiries of the Librarian to The Duke of Norfolk ... [more {visitor:mbr_blog_screenname}]
Brian Cassidy's interview with the Washington Post. Brian Cassidy, Bookseller [more {visitor:mbr_blog_screenname}]
Tomorrow, October 2nd, Adams Amsterdam will hold its rare books, print and art auction, which will feature live internet bidding through LiveAuctioneers.com. Included in over the 800 rare books, manus... [more {visitor:mbr_blog_screenname}]