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The desk owned and used by J.R.R. Tolkien during his tenure as Merton Professor of English Language and Literature at the University of Oxford in the 1940s and 1950s comes to auction next month at Christie's' Groundbreakers: Icons of Our Time auction.
The annotated scripts, photos, musical scores, and books of one of the UK's favorite 20th century comedians Arthur Askey go under the hammer in a 220-lot auction at Hansons tomorrow.
Daphne du Maurier's typewriter Olympia SM-4 De Luxe typewriter is going under the hammer at Bonhams' Books, Atlases and Manuscripts auction which ends on November 19.
Highlights from Potter & Potter's Vintage Posters auction on November 13 featuring travel and airline posters, American and European advertising posters from the 19th century onwards, plus theater, magic, sports, music, and politics and activism categories include:* Rainier National Park / The…
This year's Sandars Lectures on how archives have been bought and sold over the last 50 years will begin tonight and continue tomorrow in-person and live-streamed.
A religious reflection by Martin Luther, Frédéric Chopin’s signed publishing contracts, and a Civil War order from Abraham Lincoln are among the highlights at RR Auction’s Fine Autographs and Artifacts sale which ends November 12.
This weekly auction result is provided by Spencer W Stuart, an independent collections advisor specializing in rare books and manuscripts as well as fine photography and prints.
The winner of the annual Booker Prize will be announced later today but all the shortlisted authors will receive a hand-bound edition of their own novel.This tradition of presenting each writer with a one-of-a-kind binding of their work created by Fellows from the Designer Bookbinders society at…
A hitherto unknown photograph of the 19th century essayist and poet Ralph Waldo Emerson has been acquired by William Munroe Special Collections at the Concord Free Public Library in Massachusetts. It is believed to be the second or third earliest known photograph of America’s most famous…
Peter Harrington is marking the 25th anniversary of its in-house fine bindery The Chelsea Bindery with the publication of a special catalogue showcasing 140 bindings.
