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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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A 1950 letter signed by British Prime Minister Winston Churchill to French leader Charles de Gaulle has sold for $50,908 at RR Auction’s Fine Autographs and Artifacts Featuring WWII sale.The two-page typed letter, written on Churchill’s Chartwell letterhead and dated August 22, 1950, thanks de…
To celebrate the 250th anniversary of the United States of America, the Berkley Collection presents The Declaration of Independence: Long Trail to Liberty at The Grey Art Museum at New York University telling the story of the troubled relationship between the British government and its colonies.
In collaboration with the James Joyce Centre the National Library of Ireland will celebrate James Joyce’s Ulysess with a programme of readings and performances as part of the official Bloomsday Festival on June 16.
The Strand Magazine features a rare and previously unpublished Edith Wharton wartime story The Men Who Saved the World in its latest issue.
Highlights of the Swann Galleries' Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books on June 11 include:* Abraham Ortelius, Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, Antwerp, 1601
The International Center of Photography in New York will open its Yves Saint Laurent and Photography exhibition tomorrow exploring how the photographic image became central to the making of the house of Yves Saint Laurent over four decades.
Battling Over Books: Auction Catalogues and Their Contexts, 1676-2026 is the subject of the 47th Annual Conference on Book Trade History taking place in London later this year.
A letter from Carl Linnaeus to the German physician and botanist Christian Gottlieb Ludwig has set a new record for a Swedish letter at auction in Sweden in Stockholms Auktionsverk's latest Rare Books, Maps & Manuscripts sale.
Melbourne Rare Book Week will return next month running July 23 through August 1 with an intriguing line-up of events, exhibitions, talks and lectures celebrating the world of rare and collectible books, as well as the annual Melbourne Rare Book Fair.Established in 2012, MRBW's 2026 programme…
A major personal archive of materials belonging to actor Terence Stamp featuring scripts, letters, photographs, costumes, furniture and fashion items will go under the hammer in the June 15-25 Sound & Cinema auction at Bonhams.
