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More than 155 items related to Benjamin Franklin including printed ephemera, books, letters,…
Unique Friends scripts and photo album will go under the hammer on June 5 at Heritage Auctions to…
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A life-size bronze likeness of 19th century writer, book reviewer, and women’s rights advocate Margaret Fuller has been donated to Massachusetts’ Concord Free Public Library Corporation and will be unveiled next month.
Book Fairs
The Miami Zine Fair returns this weekend running from 12 noon until 5pm at Paradise Plaza in Miami’s Design District on April 4.This year also marks the debut of a new visual identity for the Fair, with fresh branding by designer Edau and a newly launched website that reflects the Fair’s continued…
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Forum Auctions’ Natural History: the remaining stock of Antiquariaat Junk, 1899–2026 has achieved a total of over £1m and formed the conclusion to one of the rare book trade’s most respected names.The sale marked the final chapter of Antiquariaat Junk, the well known specialist…
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London in the 18th Century by Wallace Crawford Snowden, revised and edited by Marie Clayton, offers a full reproduction of pioneering cartographer John Rocque’s 1746 An Exact Survey of the Cities of London and Westminster which provided a detailed bird's-eye view of London for…
Book Fairs
'Revolution' is the theme for Firsts London at the Saatchi Gallery this year featuring books, manuscripts, maps, and ephemera relating to all types of political, cultural, social, and scientific revolutions.This year's rare book fair in Chelsea runs May 14-17 and will welcome around 100…
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A signed 'Order of Battle' document issued by Vice Admiral Horatio Nelson from HMS Victory days before the Battle of Trafalgar has sold for $189,888 in RR Auction’s Remarkable Rarities sale.
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Sotheby’s is to hold a series of auctions showcasing the significant private Jill and Marshall Rose Collection of 20th century American and European modernist photography.
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Virginia Woolf and the Hogarth Press is a new exhibition opening next week at Charleston which focuses on Virginia Woolf’s pivotal but lesser-known work as a printer and publisher. Charleston in Firle, Sussex, England, was the home and studio of painters Vanessa Bell and Duncan Grant, and also…
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One of the world’s most significant Hindu scriptures has left the University of Oxford's Bodleian Libraries and is on a historic tour across the United Kingdom.Marking the 200th anniversary of the Shikshapatri, the rare manuscript is traveling to major temples around the country in a collaboration…
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A three-page typed letter signed by Virginia Woolf and a handwritten draft manuscript page by Theodore Roosevelt from his landmark series The Winning of the West will go under the hammer at Nate D. Sanders on March 26.