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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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September 14, 2010. AUSTIN, Texas—The archive of David Foster Wallace (1962-2008), author of "Infinite Jest" (1996), "The Broom of the System" (1987), "Girl with Curious Hair" (1989) and numerous collections of stories and essays, is now open at the Harry Ransom Center. A finding aid for the…
New York--On Thursday, September 30, Swann Galleries will offer a wide-ranging array of Printed & Manuscript Americana at auction, including many unique and unusual items.
Sotheby's London 9 September 2010 --- On 7th December Sotheby’s London will hold a sale of ‘Magnificent Books, Manuscripts and Drawings from the Collection of Frederick, 2nd Lord Hesketh, The Property of the Trustees of the 2nd Baron Hesketh’s Will Trust’. The selection of books, manuscripts and…
Sept. 7, 2010----The University of Delaware Library announces the availability of a new digital collection, the William Augustus Brewer Bookplate Collection. An enlarged version of each bookplate, as well as the Rev. Brewer's handwritten notes and catalog numbers, can be viewed by clicking on “…
New York, NY, September 7, 2010—The Morgan Library & Museum announced today that original manuscript pages from Mark Twain's most important work, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1884), will go on view as part of a major exhibition, Mark Twain: A Skeptic's Progress, opening on September 17…
ITHACA, NY National Book Auctions, located in Ithaca, NY, held an August 29th auction with a Civil War-themed catalog that also featured another round of Maurice Sendak signed books, artwork and posters as well as a rare collection of FOC Darley original illustrations.
Lincoln, Neb., August 10th, 2010 —University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries announced that it has received more than 11,000 books and exhibition catalogues donated by Stuart P. Embury, M.D., of Holdrege, a 1966 graduate of UNL and 1969 UNMC graduate. Embury amassed what is considered one of the top…
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August 9, 2010 - Leslie Hindman Auctioneers’ August 12 Fine Books and
Manuscripts auction boasts a wide range of highlights, including a fine first
printing of Samuel Johnson’s groundbreaking Dictionary of the English
Language (Lot
65), in two volumes, whic
New Book Highlights Recent Digitization Projects Involving Historically Significant Collections at Leading Libraries and Research Centers Digitization in the Real World outlines efforts to digitize rare and important materials at Columbia, Yale, Pratt Institute, American Museum of Natural…
