A new exhibition at The Grolier Club explores the evolution of technology and its impact on labor…
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The DC Public Library has announced that the exhibit Imagining the Future - Leonardo da Vinci: In the Mind of an Italian Genius featuring 12 original Leonardo da Vinci drawings from the Codex Atlanticus will be on display at the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library.
Presented by Confindustria,…
An extremely rare Charles Dickens signed presentation first edition, first impression of his travelogue American Notes for General Circulation will be auctioned by Nate D. Sanders on May 25.
Two gardens at the prestigious RHS Chelsea Flower Show running this week in London celebrate the importance of books and reading.
In the Balcony Gardens category, The Doorstep Library Garden: Words Take You Places celebrates the community-focused children's literacy charity Doorstep Library.…
There are a few lots of books amongst the 209 lots of the Collection of Olivia de Haviland, offered at Bonhams on Tuesday, May 23 (roughly lots 27 through 75). These are mostly being sold as large group lots.
Christie’s will present The Collection of Donna Summer in an online sale next month, open for bidding June 15 through June 29. Ahead of the sale the singer-songwriter’s personal collection will be showcased in a curated exhibition and sale at Christie’s Rockefeller Center in the heart of New…
The Folio Society is publishing a limited anniversary edition of The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy and is offering buyers the chance to receive set number 42 of 750.
Douglas Adam’s trilogy in five parts will be published on May 23 in a set featuring more than 70 illustrations …
Highlights from Firsts London rare book fair running through May 21.
Our article about the marvellous literary baking skills of design historian, author, and artist Ella Hawkins was one of our most popular posts online and in print last year, so we were delighted to hear that she has now turned her attentions to producing John Milton themed biscuits.
First editions of each of Jane Austen’s major novels led Hindman’s Fine Printed Books & Manuscripts auction. The five books, including Pride and Prejudice and Sense and Sensibility, realized more than $300,000.
Codex Sassoon, the earliest most complete Hebrew bible extent dating to the late ninth to early tenth century, has sold for a recordbreaking $38.1 million at Sotheby's which makes it the most valuable manuscript ever sold at auction.
