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A complete three-volume set of J. R. R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings in first editions,…
Christ Church Oxford and the Bodleian Libraries have become joint owners of an exceptionally rare…
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Chiswick Auctions will sell the collection of a former British journalist and presumed diplomat who gained access to some of the world’s most secretive countries during the Cold War era.
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Gregory Peck's personalized leather-bound To Kill a Mockingbird script has sold for $84,375 at Heritage Auctions' Property from The Estate of Veronique and Gregory Peck sale.
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Neal Stephenson's original manuscript for Snow Crash, the 1992 landmark cyberpunk novel which coined the term 'Metaverse', will be brought to sale by Sotheby's. Sotheby’s will present physical and digital items connected to the book, with the majority of lots offered directly from author Neal…
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A major gift and donation has helped the V&A secure David Bowie’s archive for the nation, with more than 80,000 items spanning six decades of the cultural icon’s career to be made available to the public for the first time.
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Chawton House begins its 2023 visitor season and 20th anniversary year with two exhibitions.
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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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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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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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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…