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A century after Sir James Roberts gifted Haworth Parsonage to the Brontë Society it has announced…
Of the 138 lots covering the history of science at PBA Galleries' August 28 auction are 18 related…
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This week's entry is a King Ottokar’s Sceptre cover from one of the most popular of Belgian artist Georges Rémi's Adventures of Tintin series which comes up for sale at Heritage Auctions' October 12-13 sale.It is the cover of the February 16, 1939 issue of Le Petit Vingtième, the Belgian newspaper…
Elizabeth Gaskell’s House is celebrating a decade since one of Manchester’s most important historic cultural venues was saved from dereliction with a new exhibition.Running until June 2025, The story of Elizabeth Gaskell’s House from dereliction to delight explores the building’s restoration and…
Going under the hammer later this month will be the first tranche of The Christine Farrell Complete DC Collection, an auction featuring nearly 500 comic books, including 1940’s Double Action Comics No. 2, of which only seven copies have survived.
The new exhibition of artists’ books at the Bainbridge Island Museum of Art (BIMA) on Bainbridge Island, WA, focuses on the limitations and injustices associated with borders and identity documents.
Rare Book School (RBS) at the University of Virginia has received a $3.1m donation to endow a full-time curatorial chair for the School’s teaching collection and exhibitions program. It represents the largest single gift in Rare Book School’s 41-year history.
Highlights from Frieze Masters 2024 which runs October 9 - 13 in The Regent's Park, London include:
New book fair 1º Salão do Livro Antigo will take place in the Casa Municipal de Cultura in Coimbra, Portugal, running October 4 - 6.
Running until October 9, Four-Legged and Feathered Friends is an online fundraising sale at Bonhams which aims to raise funds for the Quentin Blake Centre for Illustration.
The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art has announced the first exhibition about the transformative power of Free to Be… You and Me, a cultural force that inspired generations of children and families.
The first library at London's Guildhall was founded by money bequeathed by former Lord Mayor of the City of London Richard 'Dick' Whittington who gained a reputation as an astute medieval merchant, politician, and philanthropist.
