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Longest Running Antiquarian Book Seminar Returns
The Antiquarian Book School Foundation has announced the return of the 2026 CABS-Minnesota Antiquarian Book Seminar, the longest running training program for antiquarian booksellers in the Uni
Cover of the new Agatha Christie book
New Landmark Book on Agatha Christie's Life and Work to Accompany Major Exhibition
British Library Publishing will publish Agatha Christie: A World of Mystery exploring the writer's life and legacy in October to accompany the British Library’s major exhibition of the sam
Saint Jerome’s commentary on the prophet Isaiah offered for €850,000 by Antiquariaat Forum
Oldest Book in Australia Flies in to Melbourne Rare Book Fair
The 2026 Melbourne Rare Book Fair hosted by the Australian and New Zealand Association of Antiquarian Booksellers will bring together leading rare book
Bath Book Fair, 2024
Bath Book Fair Returns
Bath Book Fair returns to Bath Pavilion later this week co-hosted by the Provincial Booksellers Fairs Association and the Antiquari
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The Story of America in 7 Books New Literary Series Launched
The New York Historical has announced the launch of The Story of America in 7 Books, part of its ongoing commemoration of the 250th anniv
The house where JM Barrie created Peter Pan which is now on the market
J.M. Barrie's Peter Pan House Up for Sale
Lobswood Manor, the house in which J.M.
Nadeem Toodayan on his first visit to the Osler Library of the History of Medicine at McGill University
Book Collector Nadeem Toodayan on William Osler and the History of Medicine
Our Bright Young Collectors series continues today with Nadeem Toodayan, winner of the
Collectors Share Their Bookplates
In “The Bookplate: A Library’s Most Personal Touch” in the
Bookbindings: An Illustrated History by David Pearson
Bookbindings, Lady Chatterley’s Lover, and Literary Cricketers: Summer Books Roundup
A special summer bumper edition of our regular look at new books that have recently caught the eye of our print and online editors:
Utah artist Rob Buchert examines a freshly printed sheet of his recreation of the 1776 Declaration of Independence from the press. Every copy was printed one sheet at a time, by hand, on paper he made himself using 18th century methods
Letterpress Printer Rob Buchert Produces “Most Accurate” Dunlap Broadside Reproduction
Philadelphia printer John Dunlap set the Declaration of Independence in type and printed an estimated 200 copies on the night of July 4, 1776, which spread the news of independence.