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News and happenings from the book collecting world.
Happy Burns Night
25th January, 2023
At the beginning of this year we read a fascinating article in the Daily Telegraph about how a collector saved a rare Robert Burns book after spotting a barber using it to…
PMM at 60
10th January, 2023
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…
Children’s Books and Book Collecting
30th November, 2022
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…
175 Years of Quaritch
16th November, 2022
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……
Frieze: Booksellers Mixing with the Art World
19th October, 2022
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…
Early printed books at Swann, featuring Part II of the Ken Rapoport Collection
4th October, 2022
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,…
Rare Book Week makes the world descend on UK
22nd September, 2022
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…
Snozzberries, Lickswishy and Gobblefunk: How Roald Dahl Brought Print to Life
13th September, 2022
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…
The Drawing Book Project
5th September, 2022
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…
Aubrey Beardsley, 150 Years Young
1st September, 2022
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,…
ILAB SYMPOSIUM to be held at Oxford this year
20th July, 2022
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…