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Running Through Heaven: Visions of Jack Kerouac will explore the writer’s personal life from…
After its cancellation last year following the Los Angeles fires, the California International…
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The Aitken Bible, the First English Bible printed in America, is among the offerings in William Reese Company's first printed catalogue issued under its new ownership by New York-based James Cummins Bookseller and London’s Peter Harrington.One of the most celebrated American Bibles, it is often…
A unique and historically important book documenting Lakota Sioux tribal history has topped Morphy’s' Western and Native American art, relics and memorabilia auction.
The Miami Design District will again host the Tropic Bound: International Biennial Artists' Book Fair next week following its succesful debut in 2023.
Chicago-based Barrovian Books is launching its Artist Series, a collection of limited edition books featuring work from local artists. The studio, which specializes in handmade journals and notebooks, will incorporate original artwork into their signature hand-bound books.
Leading the auction results at Christie’s' latest Fine Printed Books and Manuscripts sale was Johannes Kepler’s Astronomia nova which went for $327,600.
Illustrated manuscripts, groundbreaking photographers, and America's unauthorized editions of Jane Austen feature in The Morgan Library & Museum's upcoming exhibitions in 2025 and 2026.
Rare Books San Francisco will return later this week with the 250th anniversary of the birth of Jane Austen a key element in its latest iteration.
The Bodleian Libraries’ new exhibition Listen In: How Radio Changed the Home will tell the story of the advent of radio in the UK, placing listeners rather than broadcasters at its heart.
Significant works by Oscar Wilde, Ronald Firbank, and Aubrey Beardsley lead Christie’s' Barry Humphries: The Personal Collection auction on February 13 which reveals the literary tastes of the Australian performer famed for his characters Dame Edna Everage and Sir Les Patterson.
RR Auction's February Fine Autographs and Artifacts Auction will feature more than 800 lots, including a special Presidents' Day section showcasing presidential autographs, artifacts, and memorabilia including a comprehensive correspondence archive from Jimmy Carter. The archive comprises a…
