“Strange, that the mere identity of paper and ink should be so powerful. In truth, the original manuscript has always something which print itself must inevitably lose.
Henry David Thoreau
February 3, 2022
New York — Fine Books & Autographs are at Swann Galleries Thursday, February 17.
October 22, 2021
San Marino, CA —The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens announced today that it has acquired the archive of acclaimed novelist and travel
May 17, 2021
Philadelphia — On Thursday, May 20, Freeman’s presents a Books and Manuscripts auction beginning at 12pm, f
September 22, 2020
Boston — RR Auction's October Fine Autographs and Artifacts auction is filled with rare and remarkable pieces, including extraordinary letters from Martin Luther, Edgar Allan Poe, Henry David Thore
September 17, 2019
Boston — A Stephen Hawking signed letter on the hunt for gravitational waves and the birth of his daughter will be auctioned by Boston-based RR Auction.
June 23, 2017
Earlier this week, the Concord Museum in Massachusetts received a daguerreotype of Sophia Thoreau (1819-1876), younger sister of American essayist and na
May 10, 2017
I sat down for lunch with my friend Phil and gave him some news that he found shocking: I told him I was thinking hard about selling my once-treasured personal library.
October 22, 2014
The Thoreau Institute at Walden Woods, a research facility that holds the most comprehensive collection of Henry David Thoreau-related material in one place
June 22, 2012
New York, NY, June 22, 2012—Just in time for Independence Day, The Morgan Library & Museum is exhibiting several objects from its noted holdings of important Americana.
