As the Antiquarian Booksellers’ Association of America’s (ABAA) New York International Antiquarian Book Fair marked its 58th year, over 200 rare book collectors gathered and exhibited their manuscripts, paintings, books and other ephemera. Oddities and strangeness was included in every stall, including bizarre photos and lithographs, and obscure letters from […]
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The Mark Samuels Lasner Collection at the University of Delaware held an unpublished letter and biographical entry by English essayist and aesthete Walter Pater (1839-1894) and bore the unofficial title of “My dear Madam,” Reference Code:105880. It was sold to the Lasner Collection for USD $600. Below are the original […]
The manuscript below is an art piece by Edward Burne-Jones, who was almost entirely an artist. This manuscript was the intellectual property of the Mark Samuels Lasner collection in the University of Delaware. Below are pictures of the manuscript. Self-Caricature in the Studio at 17 Red Lion. Ink on […]
Of our endeavors at the Rare Book School, encountering the printing press was one of the most memorable and defining moments. Located in a room of its own, the printing press was one huge artifact surrounded by the many tools and components required to make it operable. While the printing […]
John Millais was a successful and notable book illustrator of the Victorian and pre-Raphaelite era, who made several works for Anthony Trollope and Tennyson. The vast majority of book illustrations that he did were for Trollope, wherein his art style matched the text. Millais’s art was unique because he sometimes […]
The Fales collection, granted to New York University in 1957 and 1966, is comprised of books of American and English literature. It was created by DeCoursey Fales to commemorate his father Haliburton Fales. He began by donating a portion of his collection in 1957. Then before his death, DeCoursey granted […]
Amongst the John S. Mayfield Papers housed at Georgetown University exists what may be the largest private collection of Algernon Swinburne’s works. This collection includes one hundred and one first edition copies of Atalanta in Calydon, a private journal kept by the author presumably during his years at Oxford, and […]
John W. Knott, Jr.’s Science Fiction Stall The 58th New York Antiquarian Book Fair brought together collectors and booksellers of various disciplines, genres, time periods, and areas of interest. Some stalls featured interesting and bizarre oddities, while others showcased rare children’s books. One particularly interesting […]
John S. Mayfield and the Swinburne Series Located in Georgetown in Washington D.C., the Special Collections Research Center at Georgetown University is home to several special collections of rare manuscripts and books. One collection housed at the university is the John S. Mayfield Papers. John S. Mayfield was born in […]
As I was surveying the many different booths contained within the New York Antiquarian Book Fair, I was having trouble finding something I would be genuinely intrigued in. As a biology major, I am not well-versed in literature so even if I went to the various booths pertaining to literature, […]
