Posted on 02/10/2019 at 04:00 PM by
Sadye Scott-Hainchek
Bookworms’ need to have their tomes handy dates back several centuries, which should surprise no modern reader. Ox...
Posted on 01/30/2019 at 02:00 PM by
Sadye Scott-Hainchek
Among the Dr. Seuss memorabilia being auctioned off this Thursday: a thank-you letter to a friend who prevented him from...
Posted on 01/23/2019 at 12:00 PM by
Sadye Scott-Hainchek
Distant relatives of Jane Austen are saying they have new proof that a portrait passed down through the ages indeed depi...
Posted on 12/11/2018 at 08:23 AM by
Sadye Scott-Hainchek
David Sedaris may have had no shot at being accepted to Yale as a student. But now, with decades of literary success und...
Posted on 12/05/2018 at 06:00 PM by
Sadye Scott-Hainchek
Looks like we should’ve held off on the Rupert Brooke letter auction post, in favor of more dramatic bidding news....
Posted on 12/05/2018 at 02:00 PM by
Sadye Scott-Hainchek
Poetry aficionados and/or those frequently called upon to reject admirers gently will want to take note of an upcoming a...
Posted on 11/26/2018 at 12:18 PM by
Sadye Scott-Hainchek
Classic-literature lovers had another reason to be grateful this past Thanksgiving: A long-lost portrait of Charles Dick...
Posted on 11/13/2018 at 09:51 AM by
Sadye Scott-Hainchek
A letter from Ernest Hemingway has just been sold at an auction for $28,000. It’s not just any letter from a famou...
Posted on 11/05/2018 at 11:45 AM by
Sadye Scott-Hainchek
Note: An alert reader pointed out that El Mundo cites the letter as being delivered by Charles Baudelaire's mistress...
Posted on 09/30/2018 at 04:00 PM by
Sadye Scott-Hainchek
Fifteen rare books owned by Robin Williams will go up for auction this week. Sotheby’s is handling the Octobe...
