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The Hispanic Society Museum & Library has announced the launch of The Hispanic Society Poetry…
A collection of rare books, fine writing implements, and library furniture belonging to Australian…
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Firsts: London's Rare Book Fair opens tonight with an evening preview before opening to the public May 15-17 at the Saatchi Gallery in Chelsea.This year's fair has Revolution as its theme, covering numerous angles from politicaland social to science and technology, with more than 100 exhibitors…
An 1885 contract signed by Sitting Bull for his appearance in Buffalo Bill Cody’s Wild West Show will go under the hammer at RR Auction later this month.
Highlights of the Ernest Hemingway items in Potter & Potter's Spring Fine Books & Manuscripts auction on May 14 include:* A Matter of Colour (in Tabula, Vol. XXII, No. 3. Oak Park, IL, Publishing Board of the Oak Park)
Freeman’s will bring The Library of Stephen J. Farber to auction tomorrow featuring rare books collected over the course of nearly seven decades.
"I am particularly excited to offer this library in its entirety, as it tells the story of one collector’s lifelong passion and the…
The group of eight autograph letters signed by John Keats to his fiancée Fanny Brawne that were recently returned to their current owners after being stolen 40 years ago will be offered for sale at Sotheby’s in New York next month.
A collection of personal material relating to Diana, Princess of Wales including a handwritten letter from her sent during the period of her and King Charles III’s honeymoon at Balmoral in 1981 comes to the Fine Art & Interiors sale at Gorringe’s on July 7, six days after what would have been…
This weekly auction result is provided by Spencer W Stuart, an independent collections advisor specializing in rare books and manuscripts as well as fine photography and prints.
Never-before-seen photographs of Marilyn Monroe, her annotated scripts, and her handwritten recipes are among items going under the hammer at Julien's Auctions' June 4 sale.
The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art will mark the longevity of a classic picture book hero with its Under the Cork Tree: The Story of Ferdinand exhibition opening tomorrow.On view through November 8, it explores the origins of the legendary bull who did not want to fight. Organized by guest…
A series of free public exhibitions focusing on creative and intellectual expression in the literary arts and print culture has been announced by Yale's Beinecke Library.
