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Two original watercolour illustrations for The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling which were long…
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PHILADELPHIA, PA—The University of Pennsylvania Libraries is delighted to announce that it has acquired a copy of Jacques Barbeu-Dubourg’s Petit Code de la raison humaine, a book printed in France by Benjamin Franklin in 1782. It is one of only four known surviving copies of the book, and it is…
Freeman's 23 April auction Books, Maps & Manuscripts including Photographs presented clients with a wide range of works on paper, including treasured first editions, presidential ephemera, early vistas of the American West and notable autograph materials. The sale featured an assortment…
The Library of Congress today launched its annual summer essay contest, in conjunction with public libraries in the Mid-Atlantic region, to encourage rising 5th- and 6th-grade students to reflect on books that have made a personal impact on their lives.
New York, NY, May 7, 2015—Around 1474 in Belgium something never seen in print before rolled off the press—the English language. William Caxton (ca. 1422-1491/1492), an English merchant and diplomat, had recently learned of the new technology of print invented by Johannes Gutenberg twenty years…
(Amherst, MA—May 6, 2015) The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art proudly announces its forthcoming exhibition of award-winning art and illustrations by Fred Marcellino.
DALLAS—Joseph Christian Leyendecker’s Thanksgiving, 1628-1928:
NEW YORK—More than 200 lots of classic images realized more than $585,000 in Heritage Auctions’ spring Photographs Signature Auction May 3 in New York.
New York—On May 12 in the Post-War & Contemporary Art sale, Bonhams will offer Untitled, an important work by artist and social activist Keith Haring. It is estimated at $100,000 - 150,000.
