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The Quentin Blake Centre for Illustration in London has announced its winter programme of…
The Raab Collection has acquired and is offering for sale a letter from Thomas Jefferson to…
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Hundreds of thousands of postcards loving compiled over nearly 60 years will come to sale next week. The collection of around 750,000 individual cards is so vast, experts at Richard Winterton Auctioneers estimate it might take years before they can all be auctioned.
A rare handwritten letter by Ludwig van Beethoven has sold for nearly $100,000 at auction, according to Boston-based RR Auction.
The one-page letter, written in German and signed "Beethoven" was penned circa September 1823 and addressed to Franz Christian Kirchhoffer. The letter - which went for $…
An important collection of signed, first edition novels given by W. Somerset Maugham to members of the Maugham family are to be offered by Sloane Street Auctions on 27 April 27 including 23 first editions presented to Maugham’s relatives, each signed by the author himself, with estimates ranging…
Swann Galleries' May 4 Early Printed Books sale features the third installment from Ken Rapoport’s collection, showcasing a large group of pre-Restoration quarto plays.
In Imprimer! L'Europe de Gutenberg (Printing! Gutenberg’s Europe), the Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF) looks back at the innovation of printing by tracing the history of its development and the keys to its success.
2023 is the 20th anniversary of Chawton House opening to the public. To mark this milestone, the heritage site once owned by Jane Austen’s brother is launching an urgent fundraising appeal to ensure its legacy continues for the next twenty years and beyond.
Poets in Vogue brings together the fashion worlds and poetic work of seven women poets through a series of displays, including an iconic tartan skirt owned and worn by Sylvia Plath.
The 2023-2024 ABAA Gender Equity Initiative has announced the ABAA Mentorship Program which furthers the ABAA’s mission to promote ethical standards and professionalism in the antiquarian book trade, to encourage the collecting and preservation of rare and antiquarian books and related materials,…
The 1931 Style A movie poster for Frankenstein designed by the legendary Universal Pictures art director Karoly Grosz is among more than 100 sci-fi and horror rarities coming to sale at the end of this month at Heritage Auctions.
Growing from its successful 2022 launch, this year’s Photobook Fest will expand into The International Center of Photography’s galleries to host nearly 50 leading and independent photobook publishers from more than 10 countries, showcasing their latest image-based books, magazines, and zines.
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