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Type Punch Matrix will feature more than two dozen items from the life and career of Sylvia Plath at the 64th annual New York Antiquarian Book Fair, April 4 - 7 at the Park Avenue Armory.
At the Mountains of Madness, written on the back of letters and other paraphenalia by H. P. Lovecraft, has been reproduced for the first time by SP Books. The manuscript also reveals how H.P. Lovecraft was seen among his friends, including their nicknames for him, and includes typed letters…
A rare and perfectly graded Steve Jobs-signed Apple Computer business card from circa 1983 has fetched $181,183 at RR Auction who believe it to be a world record price achieved for a signed business card.
A rare first edition and author’s presentation copy of Charles Darwin’s On the Origin of Species from 1859 has sold for £305,200, over double its estimate, at Bonhams.
On view in the Grolier Club’s ground floor gallery in New York from May 2 through July 27, Hardly Harmless Drudgery: Landmarks in English Lexicography will feature more than 100 objects including the first English dictionary by a woman and a preview of draft entries to be included in…
Jon Bogdanove is auctioning his drawing that told the world Superman would die at Heritage Auction's April 4-7 Comics & Comic Art auction.Bogdanove's original artwork - which featured the first appearance of the character called Doomsday - never appeared in a comic book but did make the cover…
Denis Kitchen will bring 275 works of original comic art to Heritage Auction’s April 4-7 Comics & Comic Art sale including work ranging from Li’l Abner originals by Al Capp to Spirit offerings from Will Eisner.
BookBuzz.org is a new search engine that aims to help people shop from independent booksellers.Search results should show the cheapest copies available online from booksellers, bookstores and marketplaces. It does not display listings from Amazon or any of its subsidiaries.The website suggests…
The National Trust’s annual insect pests report has found that Silverfish (Lepisma saccharina), which feed on books, paper and cotton, retained top spot with recorded numbers rising by six per cent.The report collates information gathered by house staff around the Trust, helping the charity to…
A nearly 400-year-old letter that documents the mythologized 'purchase' of the island of Manhattan from the Indigenous peoples who inhabited it is on view now through July 14, at the New-York Historical Society.
