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A new permanent exhibition charting more than 200 years of Jane Austen publishing history has…
The New York Historical has announced the launch of The Story of America in 7 Books, part…
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RR Auction's November Fine Autographs and Artifacts auction features a special section dedicated to JFK's presidency and early career, including his diary, an original window from the Texas School Book Depository, and a section of the picket fence from the 'grassy knoll'.
At Doyle on Tuesday, November 7, Rare Books, Autographs & Maps including the Esmond Bradley Martin Collection, in 332 lots. This sale includes Victor Gulotta's collection of colonial manuscript Americana in the first 48 lots. Expected to lead the sale is a copy of the 1508 first Latin edition…
A curated collection of 17th and 18th century manuscripts documenting life in colonial New England will be featured at Doyle Auction’s November 7 sale of rare books, autographs, and maps.
The Jill Newhouse Gallery in New York will present the first exhibition in the United States dedicated to the watercolors of French artist and writer George Sand, November 8 – 30.
Following the Larry McMurtry Estate Auction at Vogt Auction in San Antonio earlier this year, Vogt is selling the estate of Lonesome Dove screenwriter and photographer Bill Wittliff on November 11 and 12.
Rare book dealer Peter Harrington’s cataloguing team credit a voice from beyond the grave in providing the clue to the recipient of a presentation copy of one of the rarities of English literature, a first edition, first impression of W.B. Yeats’s first book Mosada (1886). It is believed that…
The work of Max Beerbohm, the English artist, writer, and dandy noted for his satirical celebrity caricatures, is now on display in a new exhibition at The New York Public Library’s 42nd Street building.
Freeman’s November 16 Books and Manuscripts auction is led by a leaf from the Gutenberg Bible.
Two landscapes by Rabindranath Tagore (1861-1941) lead Bonhams' Modern and Contemporary South Asian Art on November 14 at New Bond Street, London. Untitled (West Bengal Landscape) and Untitled (Dark landscape with cliffs and tree), are both individually estimated…
The British Library is suffering an ongoing cyber attack at its London and Yorkshire locations with its website down at the time of writing and only able to offer a restricted service.It comes as the Toronto Public Library is also reporting a cyber security incident.
