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The library of American-born poet Ruth Fainlight and her late husband the writer Alan Sillitoe…
A new exhibition opening today at the London home of Charles Dickens brings together the women he…
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Highlights from the New York International Antiquarian Book Fair including:
* Collection documenting Kerouac’s correspondence with a scholar trying to position his work in the American canon
The Folger Shakespeare Library is reopening its historic home on Capitol Hill to the public on November 17, 2023, after a major three-year building renovation that will allow the Folger to share more of its collection and resources than ever before and put its collection of Shakespeare First Folios…
Cricket. A Collection of All the Grand Matches of Cricket played in England within Twenty Years, viz. from 1771 to 1791 by William Epps will be offered by Peter Harrington for £225,000 at Firsts: London’s Rare Book Fair next month.
Hindman’s May 11 Fine Printed Books & Manuscripts including Americana auction pays tribute to trailblazers, with works related to explorers like Meriwether Lewis, William Clark, and the crew of the H.M.S. Investigator, along with important editions by Jane Austen and Ian Fleming.
Incline Press proprietor, printer and binder Graham Moss, has published over 120 limited edition books in traditional private press fashion over the last 30 years, carefully choosing the metal type, paper and binding for each of them, creating a beautiful collection of sought-after work.
Handwritten lyrics by Queen's lead singer Freddie Mercury will be among thousands of personal items going on display and under the hammer at Sotheby's.
Among the 1,500 items including stage costumes, artwork, musical instruments, and furniture - and with a total estimate of £6m ($7.5m) - will be…
Our Bright Young Librarians series continues today with Jayne Ptolemy, Assistant Curator of Manuscripts at the William L. Clements Library at the University of Michigan.
A revealing new Princeton University Library exhibition Nobody Turn Us Around: The Freedom Rides and Selma to Montgomery Marches: Selections from the John Doar Papers showcases photographs and documents from two watershed events during the 1960s U.S. civil rights movement, the Freedom Rides of 1961…
Animals: Art, Science and Sound at the British Library reveals how the intersection of science, art and sound has been instrumental in our understanding of the natural world and continues to evolve today.
From an ancient Greek papyrus detailing the mating habits of dogs to the earliest photographs…
A ‘lost’ novel by 20th century Scottish writer and translator, Willa Muir, has been published almost 70 years after she wrote it.
