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The Lucas Museum of Narrative Art will open its doors to the public on September 22 as a first-of-…
A new exhibition at The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art opening tomorrow examines the…
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Princeton University Library focuses on the art and evolution of Japanese publishing in its The Art of Japanese Publishing exhibition opening today.It features selections from Marquand Library’s collection of rare Japanese illustrated books from the 17th century to the 20th century, and runs…
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A collection of James Bond first editions spanning the spy's career from Casino Royale through to the posthumously published Octopussy and The Living Daylights comes up for sale at Gorringe's' Books and Manuscripts sale on September 21.
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Ernest Hemingway’s driver’s license, a Marilyn Monroe photographic model release, and a monumental World War II map signed by Winston Churchill are among the items coming to University Archives’ online Rare Autographs, Manuscripts, Books & Photographs auction on September 9.
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The Harry Ransom Center at The University of Texas at Austin has acquired the papers of literary scholar and cultural critic Harold Bloom who taught for six decades in the English Department at Yale University.
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Divine Inspiration: The Legacy of the St. Francis Missal is now on view at the Walters Art Museum in Baltimore focusing on a 12th-century missal believed by Franciscans to be a relic of touch of St. Francis of Assisi. The missal is rarely displayed due to its fragility, and is accompanied by…
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An archive chronicling more than six decades of life in Palestine has been saved from the risk of destruction and preserved at the Universities of Edinburgh and Exeter for study, teaching and research.The archive, comprising thousands of pages from diaries, personal documents and digital records,…
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The Wordsworth Trust, which operates Wordsworth Grasmere and Dove Cottage, has acquired three letters written by William Wordsworth.
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The Sunderland Collection of world maps has announced the creation of Ex Carta, a sister collection dedicated to fictional and world-building cartography that spans more than 700 years across over 160 maps from 1506 to the present day. 
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The Boston International Antiquarian Book Fair will return to the Hynes Convention Center in Boston’s Back Bay, running November 6-8, 2026.Sanctioned by the Antiquarian Booksellers’ Association of America and the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers, the three-day event will welcome 110…
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Jane Austen’s House in Chawton, Hampshire, has acquired a portrait miniature of Jane Austen’s close friend and mentor Mrs Anne Lefroy.