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The 62nd edition of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association’s Summer Rare Book Fair – Firsts London takes place in London’s Battersea Park from Friday 7th June to Sunday 9th June. This year’s line-up includes: * More than 150 exhibitors from around the world. * Opening by actor, writer and bibliophile Stephen Fry, at noon on Friday – watch Stephen talk about his passion for rare books at Rare Books Los Angeles. * Shakespeare’s First Folio coming...

Rare Bookseller Peter Harrington Launches World Literature Exhibition and Catalogue

Rare bookseller Peter Harrington has launched an exhibition and catalogue on the theme of World Literature, celebrating works which cross national and linguistic borders. The catalogue contains 197 rare books and items which highlight the historical importance of an internationally shared literary tradition, that is open to outside ideas, and connects disparate voices. “National literature is now a rather unmeaning term; the epoch of world literature is at hand, and everyone must strive to hasten...

Peter Harrington of London Exhibits Rare Picasso Prints, Ceramics and Books

Peter Harrington Gallery of Chelsea has an exhibition of limited edition linocuts, etchings and lithographs, ceramics and books signed by Pablo Picasso, running from March 19th to April 13th. Highlights include: Aristophanes’ Lysistrata, 1934 first and limited edition, first printing, number 1,103 of 1,500 copies signed by Picasso. This finely produced work features Picasso’s sensitive line drawings, which carefully “capture the braggadocio of both the men and women in the play”. Priced at £5,750. Portrait...

Modern Collectables

Book Illustration Competition 2019 Announces Winner From Record Field of 500+ Entries

The Book Illustration Competition 2019 has announced the winners from a record field of over 500 entries. This year, The Folio Society and House of Illustration challenged illustrators to produce cover and internal designs for the classic Howl’s Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones. Marie-Alice Harel of Edinburgh was announced as the winner of £5,000 and a prestigious commission to illustrate the Folio Society’s forthcoming edition of Howl’s Moving Castle. She was presented with the award at an...

Life & Culture

London Rare Book Fair Announces 2019 Dates and New Partners

The Antiquarian Booksellers’ Association’s (ABA) annual flagship event Firsts – London’s Rare Book Fair returns for its 62nd year and will be held from 7th-9th June in Battersea Park. It is one of the world’s largest independent marketplaces for rare and out-of-print books. More than 150 exhibitors from around the world will showcase rare, unique and unusual works including signed first editions, maps, museum-quality manuscripts, art and ephemera. Firsts – London’s Rare Book Fair at...

ANNIE LEIBOVITZ

Annie Leibovitz, Steve Martin, Graydon Carter, Hans Ulrich Obrist, Paul Roth, TASCHEN, $5,000 (Art Edition) $2,500 (Collector’s Edition). In this impressively sized volume (measuring in at 476 pages and 50cm x 69cm), Leibovitz follows in the footsteps of Helmut Newton to be asked by Taschen to create a monograph for the publisher’s SUMO series. Compiled by Leibovitz herself in a process that took several years, the publication features over 250 photographs spanning Leibovitz’s 40-year career,...

‘An American Odyssey’ by TASCHEN

Once upon a time in America: Rediscovering the first color photographs of the New World. These rediscovered Photochrom and Photostint postcard images from the private collection of Marc Walter were produced by the Detroit Photographic Company between 1888 and 1924. Using a photolithographic process that predated the autochrome by nearly 20 years, they offered people the very first color photographs of The United States. Suddenly, the continent’s colors were available for all to see. The rich...

Books to Treasure

In the world of children’s books, classics old and new can bring us all a sense of nostalgia. In good condition, these same books can also command high prices as a result of significant collector interest. The books we read as children can be an early and lasting influence on the rest of our lives. Old favourites stay with us, either on our shelves, or vividly in our memories, and they are probably the very...

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America’s Earliest Printed Book Sells for $14.2 Million