Alex Johnson
This week's we're focusing on Michigan State University's special collections librarians who have restored a 1535 edition of
When most of us finish a book we’ve enjoyed, we might make a note in a journal, post about it on social media, or maybe mention it to a friend.
Missing memorials to famous writers and artists are the focus of a campaign by English Heritage which aims to track down long lost
Taking pride of place at Dominic Winter’s September 11 auction is the third edition of Polydore Vergil’s Anglica Historia, published in 1555, the year of the author’s death, and bound for Queen…
Tolkien scholars Scull and Hammond look at the stories behind this new, three-volume, landmark edition of his work across six decades and analyse each of the nearly 200 poems. Many are previously…
Lyon & Turnbull's September Books & Manuscripts auction has a strong Scottish flavour, with an extremely rare, first ‘Kilmarnock’ edition of
First paperback edition with no mention of printing. This book, with instructions on how to build weapons, interfere with telecommunications, and manufacture illegal drugs, is one of the most…
"This is undoubtedly the rarest item I have encountered thus far," said Oliver Bayliss. "Only 49 complete bibles are known to exist and these are with museums and institutions. In the 1920s rare…
Highlights from Bonhams' The Greatest Show: The Fairground World of Ross Hutchinson auction on September 10 include C. W. Parker's The Jumping Horse "Carry-Us-All" Steam Riding Gallery advertising…
