The Raab Collection has discovered and will offer for sale for Presidents’ Day a mysterious relic of a long-lost document in the hand of George Washington containing four enigmatic words. 

Charles Ardai, editor of Hard Case Crime,spoke with us over email about the three volumes of Joyce Carol Oates (writing as Rosamund Smith) thrillers the pulp mystery imprint is re-publishing this year:Please introduce us to the three Joyce Carol Oates / Rosamond Smith titles upcoming from Hard Case…

Signed in Paris by American diplomats Robert R. Livingston and James Monroe and French official Barbé-Marbois, the document acknowledges receipt of the treaty and conventions ratified by Napoleon Bonaparte and directs that the paperwork be sent to President Thomas Jefferson “without delay.”

Highlights of Bernard Quaritch's new Women Printers, Publishers, Booksellers catalogue celebrating the contribution of women to the book trade in Europe across four centuries, from the early 1500s to the 1840s include:* Expositione del Tricasso Mantuano sopra il Cocle al illustrissimo signore…

Photography and the Black Arts Movement, 1955-1985, on view at The J. Paul Getty Museum running February 24 through June 14 will look at the many ways photography fostered Black empowerment and propelled social change.

Ticket stubs, maps, playbills, postcards, political buttons, forgotten photographs and more will return to the Ephemera Society of America's flagship Ephemera Fair.It is the largest event of its kind in the U.S., bringing more than 60 dealers and over 10,000 pieces of rare and historic printed…

Opening next month at the British Library, Fairy Tales will celebrate the iconic heroes, villains and creatures that populate the worlds of fairy tales. 

Bonhams has opened its new U.S. headquarters at 111 West 57th Street in New York to the public.The new U.S. flagship aims to serve as a public cultural destination in one of the city's celebrated addresses which is home to Steinway Hall and the world's thinnest skyscraper, designed by SHoP…

Firsts: London’s Rare Book Fair returns to the Saatchi Gallery in Chelsea from May 14 through May 17 with the theme of 'Revolution' to commemorate the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence.More than 100 international booksellers will mark the theme of all sorts of…

Opening this summer at The Huntington will be its new exhibition This Land Is... which will focus on how land has shaped life in America since 1776 as part of the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence celebrations.Referencing Woody Guthrie's 1940s song This Land Is Your Land it will…