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One of Jane Austen’s letters written to her sister Cassandra in 1805 chronicling the social life of…
Highlights of Lyon & Turnbull's The Secret Life of Props: The Eccentric Trading Collection,…
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At Dominic Winter Auctioneers on Wednesday, August 14, 300 lots of Books, Maps, Prints & Pictures, Ephemera & Bookbinding Tools, including a substantial but broken run of The Sporting Magazine in 146 volumes; eleven cartons of what is described as "miscellaneous British topographical…
A rare copy of Timely’s Captain America Comics #1 led Hake’s' latest pop culture memorabilia auction.The CGC-graded 5.5 Fine March 1941 comic book introducing the indomitable World War II character Captain America, his sidekick Bucky Barnes and their Nazi nemesis The Red Skull, was sold for $172,…
The rare book world is enjoying a solid return to business as usual, according to a statement from the UK-based Antiquarian Booksellers’ Association (ABA) and the Provincial Booksellers Fairs Association (PBFA) who say that book fairs have recovered their position as the centrepiece of the industry…
The life of women in medieval Europe is the focus of new displays which use manuscripts, documents and other artefacts to focus on their public and private lives through their own writings.Medieval Women: In Their Own Words opens at the British Library in London on October 25 and runs through March…
RR Auction's upcoming Fine Autographs and Artifacts sale running to August 14 features a collection of letters, documents, and manuscripts signed by some of history's most influential thinkers and leaders.
The Miniature Book Society will hold their 40th annual Grand Conclave weekend conference August 23-25 culminating in the Sunday Book Fair which will be open to the public.
Our Bright Young Booksellers series continues today with Lacey Brown, proprietor of Henniker Book Farm and Gifts in New Hampshire:How did you get started in rare books?
A rare example of a letter written in his almost indecipherable shorthand by Charles Dickens has gone on display at the Charles Dickens Museum in London.
The National Postal Museum’s forthcoming exhibition Voting by Mail: Civil War to Covid-19 will explore the significant role of voting by mail in America. Voting by mail began in various forms during the Civil War when soldiers could not get home to vote, and it picked up steam again during…
The Shakespeare Birthplace Trust, the independent charity that promotes the enjoyment and understanding of Shakespeare’s life and works, has announced a major step forward in its development plans.
