A Tiny Book of Brontë Sold for $1.25 Million to Take Back Home

The last of two dozen miniature books made by young Charlotte Brontë to keep them in private hands. reappeared last month Nearly a century later, it will soon make its way to the remote parsonage in the steppes of northern England where it was built. “A Book of Rhymes” featuring 10 previously unpublished poems by …

A Tiny Book of Brontë Sold for $1.25 Million to Take Back Home

The last of two dozen miniature books made by young Charlotte Brontë to keep them in private hands. reappeared last month Nearly a century later, it will soon make its way to the remote parsonage in the steppes of northern England where it was built. “A Book of Rhymes” featuring 10 previously unpublished poems by …

Antique Book Fair: From Sondheim’s Letters to Brontë

This New York International Antiques Book FairReturning to the Park Avenue Armory this weekend after a two-year pandemic hiatus is one of the world’s premier gatherings of the rare book tribe. For more casual visitors, it can also be a dizzying experience of information overload. Yes, there are museum-like displays of fine volumes, illuminated manuscripts …

A Tiny Book of Brontë, Lost for a Century, Resurfaces

Created by Charlotte Brontë and her siblings as a child, miniature books have long been objects of admiration for fans and deep-pocketed collectors. Originally created to entertain their toy soldiers, the small volumes mirrored the rich imaginary world they created in the isolation of their family home in the countryside of northern England, which fueled …