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A new catalogue from James Cummins Bookseller includes a previously unrecognized draft manuscript…
Part 1 of the Lawrence Klein collection at Hakes Auctions features a collection of vintage comic…
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The 2026 Melbourne Rare Book Fair hosted by the Australian and New Zealand Association of Antiquarian Booksellers will bring together leading rare book experts and dealers at the largest antiquarian book fair in the southern hemisphere.
Bath Book Fair returns to Bath Pavilion later this week co-hosted by the Provincial Booksellers Fairs Association and the Antiquarian Booksellers' Association.The two-day event will run July 31-August 1, hosting around 70 accredited PBFA and ABA dealers from across the UK, and a wide range of first…
Bonhams' upcoming sale of items from the Brentwood residence of William 'Billy' Haines includes a group of vintage gelatin silver print portraits of Haines at home alongside some of Hollywood's biggest stars. The 'Lorna Lane’: The Legacy of Billy Haines auction on July 22 focuses on the final…
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Chawton House has acquired a first edition of Jane Austen's Sanditon, three handwritten letters by bestselling 19th century novelist Jane Porter, and materials from other 19th-century women writers from the Oregon-SW Washington (ORSWWA) region of the Jane Austen Society of North America (JASNA).
The third part of JG Autographs's online Collecting Camelot: The Kennedy Legacy auction features 550 lots of autographs, photographs, ephemera, and artifacts relating to John F. Kennedy, Jackie, and the Kennedy family.Ending July 21, it features the archive of Benjamin A. Smith II, President…
A new permanent exhibition charting more than 200 years of Jane Austen publishing history has opened at Jane Austen's House in Chawton.
The New York Historical has announced the launch of The Story of America in 7 Books, part of its ongoing commemoration of the 250th anniversary of the founding of the United States. Beginning this fall, Joseph Luzzi, Asher B. Edelman Professor of Literature at Bard, will lead monthly…
The Grolier Club will begin its 2026–2027 season with a new exhibition highlighting revolutions in contemporary American hand papermaking. The milestone 1,000th exhibition Pioneers in Hand Papermaking: 50 Years of Innovation at Dieu Donné on view September 8 through November 28, also…
Lobswood Manor, the house in which J.M. Barrie first began his story of Peter Pan, is on the market for £1.25m.
