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Abraham Lincoln’s handwritten autographed strategy blueprint for his 1858 Senate race against…
More than 1,000 books from the personal library of illustrator and author Raymond Briggs have gone…
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39-year-old lawyer from Tampa Chris Dutton has become the first 'Young Hemingway' ever to win Sloppy Joe's Annual Hemingway Look-Alike Contest.Dutton emerged from a field of 134 registered contestants, via two preliminary rounds before defeating 23 other finalists to claim the title on his seventh…
A Nikola Tesla letter on wireless telegraphy, Marilyn Monroe signed presentation photo, and a Bruce Lee signed program from the 1967 International Karate Championships in California will all join Albert Einstein's notes when they go under the hammer in University Archives’ online Rare Autographs,…
The Antiquarian Book School Foundation has announced the return of the 2026 CABS-Minnesota Antiquarian Book Seminar, the longest running training program for antiquarian booksellers in the United States.It will be held in person at St Olaf College, in Northfield, Minnesota, with seminar…
A comprehensive collection of personal Colonel Harland Sanders memorabilia including his personal recipe cards comes to auction on July 28 at Claudia Sanders Restaurant in Shelbyville, Kentucky.Many of the items going under the hammer on the property where he lived and worked originate from…
Printed in Kilmarnock by John Wilson during the summer of 1786 and published on July 21, 1786, the first edition of Robert Burns' Poems Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect known as the 'Kilmarnock' introduced readers to many of Robert Burns’ best-loved poems and songs.
The National Library of Scotland and publishers DC Thomson are celebrating the 90th anniversary of Scotland’s popular longstanding comic strip icons Oor Wullie and The Broons this weekend with pop-up displays showcasing rare items from the national collections.The Broons first appeared on March 8…
British Library Publishing will publish Agatha Christie: A World of Mystery exploring the writer's life and legacy in October to accompany the British Library’s major exhibition of the same name focusing on the world’s bestselling novelist.
The 2026 Melbourne Rare Book Fair hosted by the Australian and New Zealand Association of Antiquarian Booksellers will bring together leading rare book experts and dealers at the largest antiquarian book fair in the southern hemisphere.
Bath Book Fair returns to Bath Pavilion later this week co-hosted by the Provincial Booksellers Fairs Association and the Antiquarian Booksellers' Association.The two-day event will run July 31-August 1, hosting around 70 accredited PBFA and ABA dealers from across the UK, and a wide range of first…
Bonhams' upcoming sale of items from the Brentwood residence of William 'Billy' Haines includes a group of vintage gelatin silver print portraits of Haines at home alongside some of Hollywood's biggest stars. The 'Lorna Lane’: The Legacy of Billy Haines auction on July 22 focuses on the final…
