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Dickensian London: The Magic Lantern City is a new exhibition exploring the city which…
The Jack Kerouac Center has released new architectural renderings by Boston-based Flansburgh…
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RR Auction's Fine Autographs and Artifacts sale focuses on the Revolutionary War, with online bidding running through July 12.
Christie’s Paris online-only Livres Rares et Manuscrits auction explored seven centuries of writing and printing, the sale totaling €992,376.
An Apollo 11 lunar star chart, surface-flown sheet, and signed history book are the headline lots at the online-only Bonhams July 8 - 18 sale.
A complete set of first edition L. Frank Baum ‘Oz’ titles will feature in Heritage Auctions' July 28 sale offering the largest selection of memorabilia from The Wizard of Oz available in more than 50 years.
Hello, Bookstore, the well-received fly-on-the-wall documentary focusing on Matt Tannenbaum's The Bookstore in Lenox, Massachusetts, has announced details of cinema showings and streamings in the UK.Adam Zax's film celebrates the popular small town bookshop owned by Tannenbaum, including how it…
Items from the private collection of Oscar-winning actor, playwright, and raconteur Sir Peter Ustinov (1921-2004) are being offered by Sotheby’s across two auctions in Paris, with a live sale on July 6 and a further online auction running alongside, open for bidding until July 7. Film…
The inaugural exhibition for the Lambeth Palace Library’s new exhibition room celebrates musical treasures held in its library, placing better-known holdings alongside lesser-known volumes and fragments from the collections.The exhibition features the Arundel Choirbook (one of the most important…
After 17 years heading up the Rare Books, Maps, Manuscripts & Photographs department at Lyon & Turnbull, Simon Vickers is retiring from his full-time position to become a consultant. He will pass the baton of leading an internationally-respected department to his colleague of 10 years Cathy…
The Raab Collection announced today the discovery of an unpublished, early Civil War letter of President Abraham Lincoln. Addressed to American civil engineer and Union Army Colonel Charles Ellet, Jr., the letter documents Lincoln’s wartime strategizing, shows the use of the science of the day…
The Folio Society has announced Cristina Bencina as the winner of the Folio Book Illustration Award 2023 (FBIA). This is the second edition of the annual free-to-enter competition, launched in 2022 to mark The Folio Society’s 75th anniversary.
