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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…
A music book once belonging to Jane Austen and bearing her signature, whereabouts unknown since 1978, has come to light.The volume, Domenico Corri’s Select Collection of Choice Music for the Harpsichord or Piano Forte (c.1790) has been donated to Chawton House ahead of its 20th Anniversary by…
Christie’s has announced Charlie Watts: Gentleman, Collector, Rolling Stone – Literature and Jazz, a two-part auction the library of modern first edition books and extensive collection of jazz memorabilia amassed by the legendary musician and Rolling Stones’ drummer.
More than 300 CGC-certified comic books will feature in Hakes' July 25-26 sale, including examples of nearly all of Marvel’s key Silver Age titles.
A handful of sales to keep an eye on this week:
