A gentle reminder to all Ticknor Society members: next Tuesday, December 11 will be the annual Show and Tell meeting at 6 p.m. at Boston's First Church at 66 Marlborough Street.
The British Library recently opened an exhibition with super meow-power: Cats on the Page, on view through March 17, presents an arr
Here are the sales I'll be watching this week:
  
Who among us hasn't heard of Pippi Longstocking, a nine-year-old Swedish orphan of prodigious strength and fortitude whose adventures result in all sorts of well-intentioned mischief and fun?
Richard Feynman (1918-1988) wasn't your average Nobel Prize winner. He bucked the image of the introverted, socially awkward scientist who prefers the lab to people. He cracked safes for fun.
A quieter, mostly Paris-based auction calendar this week:
Another tale from the underbelly of the book world sees the light of day.
For the first time, one of England's most famous libraries offers a peek into its restricted "Phi" collection, i.e. books once labeled "obscene" or "improper" and kept from public view.
Many in the rare book world will recognize the name Bromer Booksellers.