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A marvellous Corliss & Wheelock steam engine, built by Crepelle et Garand, Lille, which was awarded grand prix at the Exposition Universelle, Paris 1889, leads The Connoisseur's Library Sale at Bonhams Knightsbridge on February 7-8. Still in working order, the engine is a testament to the…
The discovery of Queen Victoria’s royal post box – with a festive card inside – has underlined the importance of preserving Christmas traditions as strikes and stamp prices crush card joy.
The 140-year-old table letter box used for the famous royal’s post at Osborne House, her Isle of Wight…
Shifting Borders: A Journey to the Centre of our World(s) at the Treasures of the Brotherton Gallery in Leeds, England, focuses on the world of travel, guidebooks, and historic maps as well as contemporary artists' books.
Guest curated by Chris Taylor, artist and Professor of Fine Art Practice at…
No single comic was left on the spinner rack, nor a single work of art was left hanging on the gallery wall. And by the time Heritage Auctions' completely sold-out January 12-15 Comics & Comic Art Signature® Auction ended, its final total a remarkable $13,508,641 for only 1,015 lots, numerous…
Our Bright Young Librarians series continues today with Jolie Braun, Curator of Modern Literature and Manuscripts at Ohio State University in Columbus:
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Alluding to productive healing in the post-pandemic era, this invitational exhibition with related online and in-gallery programs was held from October 15, 2022 to January 2, 2023 at Art Around Books in Bellows Falls, Vermont.
Freeman’s first Books and Manuscripts auction of 2023 brings nearly 150 lots to market that will delight collectors of Presidential, Countercultural, Americana, Literature, and Civil Rights - era material.
A miniature Charlotte Brontë volume, leaves from Sir Walter Scott’s Kenilworth, and Emily Brontë’s notebook of her poems are among items now available to view online.
Selections from the papers of Ian Rankin, Scotland’s best known contemporary crime writer, are now on view at the National Library of Scotland (NLS) in Edinburgh. In the aptly named exhibition, The Rankin Files, some of the author’s manuscripts and letters can be seen in public for the first time.
Letters boldly signed by early American historical giants George Washington, John Hancock and Thomas Paine, plus a 1963 Christmas card signed by both JFK and Jackie, and an archive of material signed by Lincoln and Douglas, will all come up for bid in University Archives’ online auction slated for…
