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George Washington Wartime Letter to New York Governor Sold for $45,375
3+ day, 16+ hour ago (277+ words) Fine Books Magazine For book news, special columns, auction reports, events, and more. George Washington Wartime Letter to New York Governor Sold for $45,375 The Revolutionary War letter signed by George Washington A Revolutionary War letter signed by George Washington and…...
Washington, Einstein and Hemingway Lead Autographs Sale
5+ day, 22+ hour ago (305+ words) Fine Books Magazine For book news, special columns, auction reports, events, and more. Washington, Einstein and Hemingway Lead Autographs Sale A June 10, 1779, letter signed by George Washington and written in the hand of his aide-de-camp James McHenry is among the…...
Marlene Dietrich’s Private Library Stars in Berlin Rare Book Fair
1+ week, 2+ day ago (262+ words) Detail of Berlin Rare Book Fair 2026 poster In the year marking the 125th anniversary of Marlene Dietrich’s birth, Rare Books Berlin is dedicating a special exhibition to the artist in collaboration with the Deutsche Kinemathek Museum für Film und Fernsehen. Berlin…...
Thoughts on Bookselling in the Age of AI
1+ week, 3+ day ago (727+ words) I’ve sold four books to AI companies which added $439 to my gross sales before online commissions were subtracted, writes Scott Brown from Downtown Brown Books. Along with my colleagues in the used and antiquarian book trade, I find myself at…...
Sports and Music Photographs by Michael Zagaris to Auction
1+ week, 3+ day ago (84+ words) A collection of Type 1 photographs from the personal collection of longtime official photographer of the San Francisco 49ers Michael Zagaris will go under the hammer at Heritage Auctions' Summer Platinum Night Sports Auction running August 21-23.The 27-lot Michael Zagaris Collection features…...
Morgan Library Awarded $2.5m to Make Historic Manuscripts Accessible
1+ week, 4+ day ago (158+ words) Hours of Charlotte of Savoy. Paris, France, ca. 1420-25 The Morgan Library & Museum has received a $2.5m grant from the Lilly Endowment's Religion and Cultural Institutions Initiative to support The Morgan Illuminated, a major project that will expand access to the Morgan's…...
New Scots Scriever Appointed from Shetland
1+ week, 4+ day ago (196+ words) Claire White has been appointed as the Shaetlan Scriever and takes up a year-long residency with the National Library of Scotland this month. The residency gives White the opportunity to explore the richness of the National Library’s Scots language collections,…...
David Ruggles Prizewinner Anushmita Mohanty on Collecting Indian Literature
1+ week, 5+ day ago (660+ words) Our Bright Young Collectors series continues today with Anushmita Mohanty who won second place in the David Ruggles Book Collecting Prize in 2025. Where are you from / where do you live? I grew up in Ahmedabad, India, and I now live…...
Dr. Wakefield's Labrador, 'Even a Dog Enlists', and 'Windowsill Daydreaming': The Week in Rare Books
1+ week, 6+ day ago (121+ words) These are the three lots that stuck out this week because of either uniqueness or exceeding expectations: Archive from Dr. Wakefield’s time working for the Royal National Mission to Deep Sea Fishermen Even a dog enlists (c. 1917) Mildred T. Moody's…...
Benjamin Franklin's Ink-Stained Autobiography in New 'Damaged Goods' Exhibition
1+ week, 6+ day ago (287+ words) Fine Books Magazine For book news, special columns, auction reports, events, and more. Benjamin Franklin's Ink-Stained Autobiography in New Damaged Goods Exhibition Benjamin Franklin, ink-stained draft of The Life of Benjamin Franklin, 1771-1789 Damaged Goods on view in the Huntington Art…...