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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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Books included on our spring issue’s Editor’s Shelf are three novels and two works of nonfiction, all highly recommended.
The Lady Lever Art Gallery will explore 100 years of Cicely Mary Barker’s ethereal illustrations in a new exhibition Flower Fairies. In association with Penguin Ventures (part of Penguin Random House UK), the exhibition in Liverpool looks at the delicate work created by Barker.
The Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery has announced the launch of William Bache’s Silhouettes Album, a microsite featuring new research and digitized images for 1,800 cut-paper silhouettes by Anglo-American artist William Bache.
An anti-slavery poem written by the poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge is at risk of leaving the UK unless a domestic buyer can be found. The autograph manuscript poem in ancient Greek is signed and dated June 16, 1792.
Coleridge (1772-1834), one of the leading figures of the Romantic movement in…
A Tintin coloring book cover was sold for $175,000 at Heritage Auctions' latest International Original Art & Anime sale, making it the most valuable Tintin piece that didn't first appear in a comic book.
A collection of personal correspondence from various members of the Royal Family along with other Royal Memorabilia is coming up for sale on April 18 with Griffin’s.
On Wednesday, March 22, ALDE sells 275 lots of Reliures de Paule Ameline & Beaux illustrés modernes. Some really lovely designer bindings in this one, so do have a look.
The Dictionary of the Book: A Glossary for Book Collectors, Booksellers, Librarians, and Others by Sidney E Berger is now available in its 2nd Edition.
Former Fine Books editor Rebecca Rego Barry interviewed Berger when the first edition came out back in November 2016 and you can read that feature…
When they weren't working on helping to defeat Hitler, the codebreakers at Bletchley Park in England would often relax by tackling puzzles.
Gerry Anderson’s Century 21 exhibition at The Cartoon Museum in London is a tribute to the man who revolutionised the world of puppetry with his advanced technique of Supermarionation, as well as the wider world of science fiction.
