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One of the world’s most significant Hindu scriptures has left the University of Oxford's Bodleian…
A three-page typed letter signed by Virginia Woolf and a handwritten draft manuscript page by…
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The Washington Haggadah Is Subject of New PublicationNew Edition Includes Facsimile of Library’s Rare Illuminated Manuscript
Tennessee Williams Centennial Exhibit of Rare Books and MemorabiliaIncluding original uncensored scripts of two Pulitzer Prize-winning plays
[ITHACA, NY] National Book Auctions, located in Ithaca, NY will features a fine assortment of important books, ephemera and collectibles, including a number of important first edition volumes, an impressive gathering of hand-made MacKenzie-Childs pottery and a selection of original artwork at their…
John le Carré, one of the world’s most celebrated authors, has offered his literary archive to Oxford’s Bodleian Library with the intention that it should become its permanent home.Le Carré said, ‘I am delighted to be able to do this. Oxford was Smiley’s spiritual home, as it is mine. And while I…
[ITHACA, NY] National Book Auctions, located in Ithaca, NY, will feature at their Sunday, February 27 auction an assortment of military-related material, scholarly art reference books, polar exploration titles, and a number of other notable books, including several botany-related titles.
Iberian Judaica from the distinguished collections of the late Alfonso Cassuto of Lisbon, Portugal highlights Kestenbaum & Company's February 24 auction of fine Judaica
February 7, 2011 -- National Book Festival to be Two-Day Event, Sept. 24-25The 11th annual National Book Festival, organized and sponsored by the Library of Congress, will become a two-day event this year. The festival will be held on the National Mall between 9th and 14th Streets on Saturday, Sept…
Mickey Mouse animation cel, world’s most valuable, readies for sale at Heritage Auctions From the Kerby Confer Collection, to be auctioned as part of Heritage’s Feb. 24-25 Comics & Comic Art auction
New York—Swann Galleries’ online auction of signed performing arts memorabilia ran from January 10 through February 1. It was the first auction in Swann’s 70-year history that was online only, with no live bidding or previewing, and no printed catalogue. Just under 375 lots were offered, and 76…
January 31, 2011 -- Rare Revolutionary War-Era Map is David Rubenstein Gift to Library of Congress. Abel Buell Map First to Show “Stars and Stripes.”
