Desert Island discs, the long running radio programme, asks its interviewees "what book would you take to your desert island,” along with seven records. Later this year, The Book Collector will be celebrating the 60th anniversary of the ground-breaking exhibition Printing and the Mind of Man with a special issue. So, we thought we would like our...
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Today is St Andrew's Day, celebrated not just in Scotland, but all over the world and very much an indication that the Festive Season is upon us. With it comes the search for the perfect gifts for our loved ones. Shapero puts it so nicely on their website: "For those looking to buy Rare Children's Books as gifts, it is hard to think of another...
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When Quaritch turned 150 in 1997, The Book Collector published a 212-page special issue, guest edited by Richard Linenthal, which came out as an extra issue between the Autumn and Winter issue… those were the days when postage and printing costs allowed for such celebrations.
Last month Quaritch celebrated its 175th anniversary in style with...
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Last week was Frieze Week in London - well known for the flagship contemporary art fair organised by the Frieze team (who have created similar fairs in New York, LA and Seoul), but in London the fair also has a satellite called Frieze Masters, which hosts dealers showing art pieces ranging from ancient to Modern Art. This is done very much in the...
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Swann Galleries in New York will hold an Early Printed Books sale on Thursday 13th October that will include works from the Early Modern/Enlightenment period, starting with the Manny Coleman Collection, as well as publications on economics, science, medicine and travel, and will feature part two of the collection of Ken Rapoport.
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Booksellers and Bibliophiles from all around the world descended on Oxford and London in early September to share their love of books and buy and sell rare books and manuscripts. The 44th ILAB Congress started properly on the 9th September with an impressive programme in and around Oxford, which included visits to the Bodleian Library, and the...
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The late author Roald Dahl is responsible for some of the best-loved children’s books of our time. The man behind such whimsical and fantastic favourites as Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, Matilda, The BFG and more has had an enduring impact on the worlds of children’s fiction and print literature. Many of Dahl’s books have gone on to be...
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For over 30 years Tony Fothergill of Ken Spelman Books in York has been working on a vast bibliography of United Kingdom published drawing books, from the 16th century to 1900.
The germ of this idea came from some 'rather good lunches' during the ABA Park Lane Book Fairs between Tony Fothergill and Priscilla Wrightson, who edited probably the...
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The Grolier Club in New York City, America’s oldest and largest society for bibliophiles, will present a special exhibition of the daring and influential work of the British artist Aubrey Beardsley, on the anniversary of his 150th birthday. Aubrey Beardsley, 150 Years Young, on view from September 8 through November 12, 2022, in the Grolier Club’s...
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This year ILAB is hosting another symposium examining issues affecting the world of antiquarian books today in Oxford, the great city of books and learning, following the very successful symposium held at the Grolier Club in New York in 2019. It will take place at the Weston Library Lecture Hall at the Bodleian Library on Wednesday, 14 September...