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Jane Austen on the Block
Two Austen items on the auction block in early December: Sotheby’s Fine Books and Manuscripts Sale N08602 11 Dec 09, New York Exhibition Opens 5 Dec 09 DATE & TIME: Session 1: Fri, 11 Dec 09, 10:… more →
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Rare Book Found in Toilet to be Auctioned
pdurham000 wrote 5 days ago: Here’s a neat AP story about a rare 1st edition of Charles Darwin’s On the Origin of Spe … more →
Jane Austen on the Block
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Janeite Deb wrote 1 week ago: Two Austen items on the auction block in early December: Sotheby’s Fine Books and Manuscripts Sale N … more →
Apples, Art & Community
ArtPlantae Today wrote 3 weeks ago: Saturday is a big day for community. On a national level, it is National Bookstore Day and we encour … more →
1935 Nat Fleischer The Ring Boxing Book - Dempsey
curleysden wrote 3 weeks ago: Number 11 in the Ring Boxing Library, “Scientific Blocking and Hitting and Other Methods of De … more →
1912 James Corbett - Gentleman Jim Boxing Bio
curleysden wrote 3 weeks ago: Published by Richard K. Fox. Incredibly scarce book, but in place holder condition. The spine was … more →
"Emma" on the Auction Block
Janeite Deb wrote 2 months ago: I entreat you to visit my Bygone Books blog for information on TWO first editions of Jane Austen … more →
Jane Austen's "Emma" on the Auction Block
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Janeite Deb wrote 2 months ago: There are TWO copies of Jane Austen’s Emma to appear at auction in the next several weeks: At … more →
'Outside of a dog, a book is a man's best friend. Inside of a dog, it's too dark to read.' Groucho Marx
nataliegalustian wrote 2 months ago: Book review: Outside of a Dog. A Bibliomemoir, by Rick Gekoski There are many components of contempo … more →
What Grandad would look like if he was a book
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artypeeps wrote 2 months ago: The Life & Letters of Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky (or what my Grandad would look like if he were a b … more →
1897 School Scandal Richard Brinsley Sheridan Broadside
curleysden wrote 3 months ago: Thin paper broadside from the Philo Literary Society’s presentation of Richard Brinsley Sherid … more →
c1880 Julian Hawthorne Reading Admission Ticket
curleysden wrote 3 months ago: I’d date this admission ticket to the 1880s – mostly do to the script. Simply reads … more →
30 Winters Of Good Reading
Titcomb's Bookshop wrote 4 months ago: Elizabeth was chatting with a customer and called me over to join the conversation. The woman said t … more →
Old book covers
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nickgadd wrote 4 months ago: I was very happy to find these cards in an antiquarian bookshop the other day: As you can see th … more →
The Seattle Book Fair
hstbooks wrote 4 months ago: If you have an interest in books, and will be anywhere near Seattle in October, make sure you try t … more →
Auction Results ~ John Steinbeck
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Janeite Deb wrote 5 months ago: The Steinbeck Bear Flag Cafe manuscript I posted on here did not sell at the Bloomsbury Auction on J … more →
Steinbeck on the Block
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Janeite Deb wrote 5 months ago: Bloomsbury Auctions has announced the availablility of the following Steinbeck manuscripts for sale … more →
PhotoHunter: Book(s)
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mudhooks wrote 6 months ago: This week’s PhotoHunter theme is Book(s). Now, for someone who, when we moved back from New Yo … more →
Huntington Library Exhibit on Samuel Johnson
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Janeite Deb wrote 6 months ago: Samuel Johnson (1709-1784)—one of the greatest moralists, poets, biographers, critics, essayists, an … more →
1870 B.J. Lossing Washington American Republic Serial
curleysden wrote 6 months ago: This is a rare find, so rare – even the overarching internet can’t give me reference to … more →
