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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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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. — Astronaut Scholarship Foundation’s Fall Auction of Astronaut Memorabilia opens at 9 a.m. (EDT) on Friday, Aug. 16, 2013 at www.AstronautScholarship.org/auction. The online charity auction features 34 lots of rare, flown-in-space and autographed collectibles.
New York, NY, August 14, 2013—Between 1941 and 1943 J. D. Salinger sent nine letters and postcards to Marjorie Sheard, an aspiring Canadian writer. This important collection of documents, acquired by the Morgan in April 2013, sheds light on Salinger’s writing, and the authors that influenced him in…
During the 41st ILAB Congress, preceded by ILAB’s International Antiquarian Book Fair, both in Paris in April 2014, and both coinciding with celebrations around the 100th anniversary of the Syndicat national de la Librairie Ancienne et Moderne (SLAM), the 16th ILAB Breslauer Prize for…
London — Christie’s is pleased to announce the sale of Modern and Contemporary Prints, at King Street on Wednesday, 18 September 2013. The auction showcases an array of works by some of the most fascinating printmakers, including Erich Heckel, Edvard Munch, Pablo Picasso, Andy Warhol and Giorgio…
New York, NY, August 13, 2013 — The New-York Historical Society is proud to display one of the most famous and storied coins in the world—the 1933 Double Eagle. The Double Eagle will be on display in New-York Historical’s Ro
Cincinnati, OH — August 12, 2013 — The Lloyd Library and Museum is pleased to announce that it is the recipient of a Project Grant from the Ohio Arts Council, a grant made possible through a grant to OAC by the National Endowment for the Arts. This grant went to support the installation of the…
AUSTIN, Texas — The Harry Ransom Center, a humanities research library and museum at The University of Texas at Austin, has received a gift of materials related to writer Robert E. Howard (1906-1936), a prominent and prolific writer in the fantasy genre. Though Howard is perhaps best known for…
Washington, DC—Featuring 125 working proofs and prints produced at Crown Point Press in San Francisco, one of the most influential printmaking studios of the last half century, Yes, No, Maybe goes beyond celebrating the flash of inspiration and the role of the imagination to examine the…
SAN MARINO, Calif.—Visitors to The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens this fall are in for a treat—several of them, in fact.
August 8, 2013—One of Italy’s greatest treasures, Leonardo da Vinci’s “Codex on the Flight of Birds,” will be exhibited at the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum in Washington, D.C., for 40 days this fall, from Sept. 13 until Oct. 22.
