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For Sale: Pat Garrett’s “Billy the Kid” Book Contract
August 24, 2021
As the widely-held story goes, Sheriff Pat Garrett shot Billy the Kid on July 14, 1881, finally ending the gunslingin' outlaw’s reign of terror.
Virtual Book Talk: Robert Darnton and John Buchtel on Feb. 3
January 28, 2021
Reserve a space now for a virtual Book Talk: Pirating and Publishing: The Book Trade in the Age of Enlightenment: Robert Darnton in conversation with John Buchtel.
The Huntington Acquires Papers of F. Marion Crawford, Popular 19th-Century American Novelist
February 8, 2019
The Little Blue Books at 100
June 5, 2018
Readers of our summer issue were treated to a history of the Little Blue Books, written by Steven Cox, the curator of special
Lady Chatterley's Check
October 4, 2017
On August 10, 1928, H. K. Beazley wrote a check to author D. H. Lawrence for a total of £5.2.0 (five pounds and two shillings).
The Surprising History of Penguin Predecessor, the Albatross Press
April 3, 2017
HarperCollins at 200
March 27, 2017
Rare Sylvia Plath Proof at Auction
September 19, 2016
When offered Sylvia Plath's first collection of poems, The Colossus, New Directions founder James Laughlin turned it down.
Penguin Scribe
February 24, 2016
Unpublished Memoir of Simon & Schuster Co-founder Turns Up
October 27, 2014
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