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The Morgan Library & Museum's Come Together: 3,000 Years of Stories and Storytelling will…
The J. Paul Getty Museum will open its Beginnings: The Story of Creation in the Middle Ages…
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Fine artist book producer Arion Press has released a curated selection of poems and stories by Edgar Allan Poe in an edition equal to the 19th-century master of the macabre.
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RR Auction's March Fine Autographs and Artifacts sale features 900+ lots, highlighted by a royalty section including a royal warrant signed by King James VI to discharge Sir Walter Raleigh from the Tower of London. The historic one-page document is dated March 19, 1615. The King's warrant was…
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First Folio Day: the Bard at the Bod is a special free celebration of the life and work of William Shakespeare at the Bodleian's Weston Library in Oxford on March 4 marking the 400th anniversary of the publication of his First Folio. Talks, activities, discussions and performances include: * "You…
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For the first time in 500 years two prayer books belonging to Catherine of Aragon and Anne Boleyn have been reunited and displayed together at Hever Castle in Kent, England.
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Amaranthine Books is adding a new edition to its latest offering, a short story collection featuring 12 of Arthur Conan Doyle’s works about his fictional detective, Sherlock Holmes and the Adventure of a Dozen Favourites.
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Austen, Whitman, Woolf all self-published? That’s right. In Do It Yourself! Self-Publishing from Letterpress to LaserJet, a new exhibition at Harvard’s Houghton Library, “self-publishing” is deconstructed, offering a more encompassing view of the practice.   
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Christie’s is inviting foodies and collectors to explore four centuries of gastronomy and its history through a selection of books from the library of Baron Pierre de Crombrugghe.
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A new exhibition focuses on the long history of pop-up books with moving parts, dials, three-dimensional spreads, and interactive flaps. Pop-Up Books through the Ages at the Newberry - Trienens Galleries in Chicago examines how these special volumes have been popular with readers of all ages and…
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Here are the sales I'll be watching this week - it's a busy one!
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It has been 20 years since BIBLIO was founded in Asheville, NC. Its mission was to give antiquarian and used bookstores the tools needed to survive and grow in a digital world. Since then, BIBLIO has grown to become a major independent marketplace, offering booksellers a global reach to market and…