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An unpublished set of pen, ink, and watercolour sketches showing Charles Dickens and his theatre…
A wide variety of documentation relating to the history of the Scottish Cricket Union and Cricket…
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The New-York Historical Society will present Lost New York, a new exhibition exploring the places that once defined New York City from April 19 until September 29, focusing on the city’s lost landmarks such as the original Penn Station, Croton Reservoir, Chinese Theater, and river bathhouses. …
A new exhibition will be the first to celebrate the animals that found their way into the books and homes of Charles Dickens, throwing the spotlight on to the dogs, ravens, goldfinches and cats who shared houseroom with the Dickens family, as well as Dickens’s horses …
The Capital Rare Book Fair will bring more than 35 antiquarian booksellers from across the country to the historic University Club in Washington, DC, from May 3 to May 5. Building on the success of last year’s Georgetown Rare Book Fair, Fine Book Fairs has moved the fair to the…
After 12 years as Chief Executive of the British Library, Sir Roly Keating has announced that he will step down from the role in April next year.
A rare Gimbels Department Store version of the M101-4 1916 Babe Ruth Rookie Card has surpassed its estimate by selling for $762,500 in Bonhams’ Fine Books and Manuscripts sale.
At her late husband’s funeral, JFK's widow Jacqueline Kennedy, read from Ecclesiastes, Chapter 3, verses 1-8 and the 'Inauguration' Bible from which she read during the service comes to Heritage Auctions’ April 26-27 Americana & Political Signature sale.
A collection of historical documents signed by Abraham Lincoln, John Hancock, Thomas Jefferson and James Madison are up for sale through Goldin's latest Pop Culture Auction. The collection includes a document signed by Lincoln and his Secretary of War, Edwin M. Stanton appointing a…
An interesting archive of letters and ephemera relating to the composer and bandmaster Charles Coote (1809-1880), personal pianist to William Cavendish, the 6th Duke of Devonshire, has sold for £4,500 in the Books, Maps & Manuscripts Sale at North Yorkshire-based Tennants Auctioneers.
Sotheby’s' Book Week in June will feature items from the library of surgeon and book collector Dr. Rodney P. Swantko including Sidney Paget’s original drawing for the illustration The Death of Sherlock Holmes for the Arthur Conan Doyle short story The Final Problem, and a rare first edition of…
Un Discurso del Chocolate, written by Santiago Valverde Turices and printed 400 years ago in Seville, is considered to be the first book to focus exclusively on chocolate. It is being offered in an online auction ending April 13 by ANNO, Leilões de livros antigos e raros, an auction house…
