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Center for Creative Photography Acquires Nine Photography Archives
3+ hour, 17+ min ago (100+ words) Fine Books Magazine For book news, special columns, auction reports, events, and more. "Ansel Adams was an exhibiting artist at the University of Arizona in 1974 when he was approached by the president of the university Dr. John P. Schaefer about his…...
'Some Birds and Beasts and Their Feasts' by Enid Marx: Rare Book of the Week
3+ day, 1+ hour ago (162+ words) Some Birds and Beasts and Their Feasts by Enid Marx A new edition of Enid Marx ABC engravings has been launched by Awen Press. Some Birds and Beasts and Their Feasts uses the animal alphabet blocks carved by Marx for…...
New Exhibition Reveals Creative Process Behind Peter Hujar's Photography
2+ week, 2+ hour ago (157+ words) Fine Books Magazine For book news, special columns, auction reports, events, and more. Caven Point, New Jersey, with David Wojnarowicz, 1984, Peter Hujar Collection On view from May 22 through October 25, the exhibition features more than 110 contact sheets and 20 enlargements from the…...
New Book Focuses on Historic First Detailed Map of 18th Century London
3+ week, 1+ day ago (251+ words) London in the 18th'Century London in the 18th'Century'by Wallace Crawford Snowden, revised and edited by Marie Clayton, offers a full reproduction of pioneering cartographer'John Rocque's'1746 An Exact Survey of the Cities of London and Westminster which provided a detailed bird's-eye…...
Edward Steichen's 'Balzac' Leads Photography Masterworks Auction
4+ week, 1+ day ago (35+ words) Fine Books Magazine For book news, special columns, auction reports, events, and more. Edward Steichen's Balzac, The Open Sky, 11 P. M. (1908) (estimate: $700, 000$1m)...
An English Psalter and Photo of Sophia Loren: The Week in Rare Books
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (124+ words) Fine Books Magazine For book news, special columns, auction reports, events, and more. The English Psalter sold at Gorringe's These are the lots that stuck out this week because of either uniqueness or exceeding expectations: Portrait of Sophia Loren Psalter…...
Gold Rush Letters, 'Puck' cartoons, and 'Lucr'ce Borgia' Photos: The Week in Rare Books
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (187+ words) A correspondence from the California Gold Rush, Jonathan Palmer Webster, 1849-1850 These are the three lots that stuck out this week because of either uniqueness or exceeding expectations: A dramatic Gold Rush correspondence (1849-1850) written by Jonathan Palmer Webster. Born in Manchester,…...
Andrew Marvell, NASA Photo, and Rembrandt Etching: The Week in Rare Books
2+ mon, 4+ week ago (114+ words) Andrew Marvell's first edition The first anniversary of the government under His Highness the Lord Protector pamphlet (London, Thomas Newcomb, 1655) These are the three lots that stuck out this week because of either uniqueness or exceeding expectations: Andrew Marvell's support…...