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Sotheby’s Book Week this month includes a standalone auction on June 24 marking the most…
A total of 34 high-grade Golden Age comic books, most recovered by the FBI after they were stolen…
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The New York Public Library has announced the acquisition of the professional and personal archive of journalist and bestselling author Gay Talese.
Coming to auction at PBA Galleries later this week is a rare first edition of Emblems Engraved on Wood by Eric Gill.
Catawiki has announced the upcoming auction of a copy of the 1543 first edition of Andreas Vesalius’s De Humani Corporis Fabrica Libri Septem, the foundational work of modern anatomy and Renaissance printing, offered with no reserve price.
The British Museum has released the first details of what it describes as "its exhibition of the century" when the Bayeux Tapestry will open to the public in London on September 10 through July 11, 2027.
The Hispanic Society Museum & Library has announced the launch of The Hispanic Society Poetry Center which will also house the archive of Chilean poet David Rosenmann Taub (1927-2023). Poet and scholar Ezequiel Zaidenwerg has been appointed as inaugural Head of the Poetry Center, the first…
A collection of rare books, fine writing implements, and library furniture belonging to Australian broadcaster John Laws is going under the hammer at Bonhams Australia.The John Laws CBE Collection sale running May 26 through June 9 focuses on the private collection formed over five decades by one…
Firsts: London’s Rare Book Fair at the Saatchi Gallery in Chelsea saw sales of more than £5m with over 4,000 visitors through the doors to browse 100 stands, many relating to this year's theme of the fair 'Revolution' to mark the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence.
The British Library will open a new exhibition exploring the life and work of the bestselling novelist of all time Agatha Christie later this year.
One of the 1,500 copies of the first edition, first impression of The Hobbit in an unrestored and bright dust jacket was the highest seller at Heritage Auctions' David Aronovitz Collection of Important Science Fiction and Fantasy, Part I Rare Books sale making $450,000.
The Huntington Library has acquired works spanning Edo-period Japan, Arctic exploration, early America, English criminal justice, colonial Mexico, and experimental photography in Los Angeles.
