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The Huntington has announced a wideranging exploration of the relationship between land, United…
Items from one of the UK'S most popular high street booksellers WH Smith are at auction at Chorley’…
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One of the most comprehensive Napoleonic private collections to come to market including Napoleon Bonaparte's personal documents, bicorne hat, and campaign bed will go under the hammer at Sotheby's on June 25.The handwritten and ceremonially ornate marriage certificate of Napoleon and Joséphine…
Scientific papers by mathematician and leading World War Two codebreaker Alan Turing discovered in an English attic and nearly shredded will go under the hammer on June 17 at Rare Book Auctions.
ARE YOU MY TYPE? A Typewriter Celebration will take place at the International Printing Museum in Carson, California on June 14 in honor of National Typewriter Day. The event will highlight the beauty of typewriters which are still much loved by enthusiasts although those trying one for the…
Our Bright Young Booksellers series continues today with Genevieve (Gena) McNutt of B Street Books in San Mateo, California:How did you get started in rare books?
U.S. Presidents Abraham Lincoln, George Washington, and Thomas Jefferson feature in University Archives' June 4 Rare Autographs, Books & Space Memorabilia sale.
A poignant handwritten letter by Harper Lee detailing her personal observations and emotional reflections on the aftermath of the September 11 attacks in New York City will be auctioned by Nate D. Sanders on May 29.
A Lively Mind: Jane Austen at 250 focusing on the life and legacy of the novelist will run at The Morgan Library & Museum from June 6 through September 14.The story of her authorship and her gradual rise to international fame will feature iconic artifacts from Jane Austen’s House in Chawton,…
A large selection of designs by Cecil Beaton including costume designs for My Fair Lady and Katharine Hepburn in Coco are at online auction at Bonhams until June 3.
Our new Rare Book of the Week is Albert Maumené's Les Abres Nains Japonais, the first book ever published in the West about Bonsai, which comes up for auction at ANNO on May 30.Published in Paris in 1902 by François Tedesco, only half a dozen copies are extant, and with no record of any sales in…
A rare signed photograph of Al Capone sold for $62,501 in RR Auction's Old West, Outlaws, Lawmen, and Gangsters auction.
