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The Library of Congress has acquired rare music and lyric sketches from composer Harold Arlen and…
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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.
A rare 1493 first edition of the Nuremberg Chronicle has been sold for $65,885 at Nate D. Sanders Auctions. It received six bids.The Nuremberg Chronicle, authored by Hartmann Schedel, stands as the unparalleled 15th century illustrated history of the world, published by Anton Koberger on July 12,…
Quentin Blake has illustrated some of the most recognisible book characters over his 70 year career and 300+ titles. He has now returned to a dozen of them and redrawn them for a special online auction at Bonhams to support the new Quentin Blake Centre for Illustration.
As part of its 25th anniversary celebration, the board of directors of the Independent Online Booksellers Association (IOBA) will sponsor a virtual fair featuring rare and collectible books, rare maps and ephemera May 2-4.The fair will be a collaboration between the IOBA and veteran book fair…
Ulises Carrión Bogard, one of the most influential of all modern artists engaged in exploring the book form, is celebrated in the new exhibition Ulises Carrión: Bookworks and Beyond at Princeton University Library (PUL) running through June 13.
A rare handwritten manuscript leaf from Henry David Thoreau's Walden will go under the hammer at RR Auction's Fine Autographs and Artifacts auction featuring over 650 items.
The Yiddish Book Center has announced that Aaron Lansky, the organization’s founder and MacArthur Foundation 'Genius Grant' winner, will retire from his role as president in June 2025. Susan Bronson, the Center’s long-time executive director, will assume the position of president. Following…
Submissions for the eighth annual Honey & Wax Book Collecting Prize, a cash award of $1000 for an outstanding book collection conceived and built by a young woman, are now open.
Neil Gaiman, creator of Sandman and best-selling author of American Gods, Good Omens and Coraline will auction some of his prized pieces at Heritage Auctions' March 14 sale at which Gaiman will be in attendance.