The Morgan Library & Museum's Come Together: 3,000 Years of Stories and Storytelling will…
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The interest in handwritten song lyrics continues to rise, with two song lyrics by John Lydon/Johnny Rotten for the Sex Pistols selling at Sotheby’s for £50,400 ($57,100).
London, British Library - Chinese and British (November 18, 2022 – April 23, 2023). Comprising handwritten letters, photographs and oral histories, this free exhibition draws on personal stories and moments of national significance to ask what it means to be Chinese and British. The exhibition is…
The iconic sponge cake in Marcel Proust’s masterpiece À la Recherche du Temps Perdu (In Search of Lost Time) started off life in earlier drafts as quite a different snack, reveals a new exhibition in Paris.
New York - In 2022, Les Enluminures celebrates its tenth year in New York with an exhibition of exceptional medieval illuminated manuscripts. The focus lies on ten manuscripts, each unique and world-class. Included are Books of Hours, romances, philosophical treatises, and fables. There are also a…
Chicago – Hindman will present one of the most significant groups of letters written by notorious American gangster Al Capone to ever come to market in its November 9 Books & Manuscripts auction. These letters illuminate “Scarface’s” thinking during prohibition and his years with the Chicago…
London, British Library - Alexander the Great: The Making of a Myth (October 21 2022 – February 19 2023), supported by the Kusuma Trust and Ubisoft, is the first exhibition to traverse the rich history of storytelling about one of the most famous figures of the ancient world.
The Antiquarian Bookseller's Association’s upcoming 43rd Annual Conference On Book Trade History in London will focus on ‘Family Business: Generational Continuity In The Book Trade Since The Fifteenth Century’.
The Boston International Antiquarian Book Fair is coming up in just a few weeks, November 11-13. More than 100 exhibitors from around the world will present to buyers (and browsers) thousands of rare books, manuscripts, artists’ books, photography, ephemera, and more.
Wilton, CT -- A 1777 battle letter signed by then-Continental Army Commander-in-Chief George Washington in New Jersey, a sword that was affixed to JFK’s catafalque guarding his coffin in the East Room of the White House, and an autograph letter signed by Albert Einstein in which he dispels…
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As NASA looks again to the moon 50 years after the final Apollo 17 mission, groundbreaking works from the collection of Victor Martin-Malburet offer a timely and historic invitation to reflect on the evolving legacy of Project Apollo and its resounding impacts on art, science, and human potential…
