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Rare Book School's new exhibition Famous and Forgotten: The Game of Authors will look at the…
A fundraising campaign launched by the University of York to secure the archive of scriptwriting…
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Poems and Permutations, a survey of artists’ books by American book artist and poet Wally Depew spanning nearly 40 years of the artist’s practice, is now on show at Printed Matter in New York.The exhibition is on view at its Chelsea location through April 11, with Printed Matter offering many of…
A page from Albert Uderzo’s Asterix in Corsica, which first appeared in the January 1967 issue of Pilote, was sold for $106,250 at Heritage Auctions' latest International Original Art auction.It features characteristic humor, Obelix with wild boars under his arms, a magnificent visual of Asterix,…
Fleischer’s Auctions will sell a collection of personal effects that belonged to Civil War General William Tecumseh Sherman. Important items in the sale’s catalog include:
A new exhibition at the British Museum will explore the final three decades of Michelangelo’s illustrious life and career. Michelangelo: the last decades will look beyond the artist to reveal his personality. Through a diverse array of his poems, letters and artistic designs, the exhibition…
The New York Public Library’s extensive archive of the groundbreaking East Village Eye has been processed and is now available to researchers. The 1980s newspaper documented the development of the East Village and played a pivotal role in establishing the 'downtown scene' during a…
The Pattie Boyd Collection's 116 lots will be offered by Christie’s online March 8 - 22, providing a window into the private world of the model, muse, photographer and icon who, as the former wife of both George Harrison and Eric Clapton, inspired some of the greatest love songs of all time.
The Library of Congress has acquired the papers of songwriter Leslie Bricusse, best known for writing scores for the stage and film musicals including Doctor Dolittle (1967), Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (1971, in collaboration with Anthony Newley), and the 1970 musical…
Lawrences’ spring auction of Books, Maps, Manuscripts and Photography on March 21 includes a menu signed by Albert Einstein at a meal held at the Savoy in London to raise money for the Joint British Committee of the Societies Ort-Oze in support of the impoverished Jewish communities in Europe.…
For one night only Airbnb is offering the chance to stay overnight in the Hidden Library of St Paul’s Cathedral in London as part of the World Book Day celebrations.
A very rare first edition and author’s presentation copy of Charles Darwin’s On the Origin of Species from 1859 leads Bonhams' Knightsbridge Fine Books and Manuscripts Sale on March 20. The first edition is being offered with an estimate of £150,000-200,000.
