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The Tucson-based gallerist's library which goes under the hammer at 11am Pacific Time today at PBA…
Running September 19 through February 1, 2026 L is for Look will focus on children's photobooks…
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An outstanding private collection of ten lots of playing cards has sold for a total hammer price of £14,040 in the Books, Maps and Manuscripts Sale at Tennants Auctioneers.Going for 10 times the pre-sale low estimate, the cards, which were sold in group lots, dated from the 18th and 19th centuries…
A new study by psychologists at the University of Durham has found the answer to creating the best first impression in a virtual meeting, such as Teams or Zoom, is a visual background of books.
Two world auction records for books by Agatha Christie and Arthur Conan Doyle have just been set today at Christie’s London in the 'Part I of Charlie Watts: Gentleman, Collector, Rolling Stone – Literature and Jazz' sale.
The Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC) has acquired the largest private collection of items to bring new context and perspective to the life and literary impact of poet Phillis Wheatley Peters (c.1753–1784), including one of the few manuscripts written in…
With poems by Adeena Karasick and visualization by Warren Lehrer, publishers Lavender Ink describe Ouvert Oeuvre: Openings as "an ecstatically wrought exploration of openings in a (never quite) post-Covid world.
On October 25 in New York, Bonhams will offer a huge collection of letters, manuscripts, diaries, presentation copy novels, and personal ephemera of John Steinbeck in a single-owner auction, John Steinbeck: The Mary Steinbeck Dekker Family Collection. The material comes…
The Raab Collection has announced that it has discovered, acquired, and is offering for sale for the first time ever a letter of great importance in the history of the Revolutionary War, one in which George Washington thanks God and Heaven for American victory in the Revolution.
Known to generations of children (and their parents) for his illustrations for the books of Roald Dahl, Sir Quentin Blake has worked on more than 300 other titles, dozens of which he wrote himself. Featuring a selection of Blake’s illustrations, Bonhams is hosting Making a Mark: A Fundraising…
The Folio Society is marking this year's 400th anniversary of William Shakespeare’s First Folio by today publishing a landmark edition of The Complete Plays in what it describes as the "most ambitious limited edition in the company’s 75-year history".
A scarce letter signed by the philosopher Friedrich Engels which offers a glimpse into his economic theories and personal correspondence is set to go under the hammer at Nate D Sanders Auctions today. Bidding begins at $160,000.
