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, 10:00 AM Session 2: Fri, 11 Dec 09, 2:00 PM ********************************************** LOT 75 : AUSTEN, JANE 10,000—15,000 USD Mansfield Park. London: Printed for T. [...]
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Jane Austen on the Block
Posted in Antiquarian Books, Jane Austen, Literature, tagged Antiquarian Books, Auctions, Emma, Jane Austen, Mansfield Park, Rare Books on November 20, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Articles of note …
Posted in Antiquarian Books, Literature, News, tagged Auctions, Books, New York Society Library, Robert Burns, Susan Sontag, Winnie the Pooh on December 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
A few items of interest over the past few days ~ all things books, reading, and libraries… *“The Personality of Used Books” by Rachel Jagareski at the Shelf Space blog of Foreword Magazine. *A PhiloBiblos post on the Libraries of Early America Project at Library Thing *Winnie the Pooh books for sale at auction on [...]
On the Block ~ Byron’s Hair, etc…
Posted in Antiquarian Books, Children's Literature, Literature, tagged Auctions, Beatrix Potter, Byron, English Literature, Keats, Milton, Shakespeare, Sothebys on December 17, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Sothebys has just published the results of today’s auction [December 17, 2008, Sale L08411, London] of English Literature, History, Children’s Books and Illustrations, with a final take of 901,913 GBP! Literature by the likes of Shakespeare, Byron, Milton, Dickens, and Beatrix Potter seems to be alive and well. Here are a few of the results: Lot 26. [...]
Random notes…
Posted in Antiquarian Books, Literature, News, tagged Auctions, Belles Heures, Illuminated Manuscripts, Jane Austen, John Mortimer, Literary Stamps, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Metropolitan Museum of Art on December 12, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
A few items of interest today: ~ Belles Heures on display at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art: Museum visitors are accustomed to seeing illuminated manuscripts opened to a single page. To see one of the greatest illuminated manuscripts ever in all its unbound glory provides a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to walk through its pages. [...]
