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A new exhibition at The Grolier Club explores the evolution of technology and its impact on labor…
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The current exhibition at The New York Historical focuses on the development of the ideas of the…
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The Bodleian Libraries opens its new Alphabets Alive! exhibition next week focusing on the meeting point of art, alphabets and the book. From 15th century horn-books and colourful children’s ABC books to the artist’s book, the exhibition looks at what happens when letters and the book become the…
At the Christie’s Valuable Books and Manuscripts live auction in London, the two leading lots achieved remarkable results both surpassing their estimates.The top lot of the sale was an autograph letter by Albert Einstein to Rudi W. Mandl which sold for £604,800 hugely surpassing its estimate of £50…
Dorothy L. Sayers signed personal copy of Oxford Poetry 1915 featuring her and J.R.R. Tolkien's first appearances in book form is offered by Sotheby's as part of its Books, Manuscripts and Music from Medieval to Modern sale which closes on July 18.
Under the hammer later this month from the Estate of Orson Welles is one of the Royal typewriters he used during the period when he wrote Citizen Kane, his War of the Worlds radio play, his unproduced adaptation of Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness, and The Magnificent Ambersons.
A large part of former Prime Minister Anthony Eden's personal library goes under the hammer on July 13 at Bellmans including many volumes with detailed annotations by him.The private library of the man who became the 1st Earl of Avon and his second wife Clarissa (Winston Churchill's neice) offers…
Hindman presents its Summer Reading: 20th-Century Literature and Biography from a Private Collection sale later this month, featuring first editions from some of the most iconic authors of the 20th century.
Beloved NYC bookstore Yu and Me Books, noted in particular for its engagement with Asian American writers, is bouncing back from huge fire damage following a generous response from the public.
Two hundred forty-seven years after its creation almost to the day, the first broadside edition of the Declaration of Independence printed in Massachusetts has been sold at Heritage Auctions for $2,895,000.
As the Ashes cricket series between England and Australia continues to entertain, an anonymous donor has safeguarded the public future of one of the world's rarest cricket books.
This month marks 50 years since the British Library began operations in July 1973. Born out of a vision to create a new kind of national institution which would encourage scientific and technological research, business, the arts and humanities, the Library came into existence in 1973 as a result of…
