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Firsts London 2024, the rare book fair at the Saatchi Gallery in Chelsea, London, runs May 16 - 19…
Senate House Library has acquired a rare copy of the first cheap edition of Charles Dickens' The…
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The Drew University Archives and Special Collections has unveiled a new collection of previously unpublished works about Frankenstein author Mary Shelley.
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A rare paperback edition of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone comes for sale at Sworders this month.
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Organizers of the David Ruggles Prize, an annual international book collecting prize to encourage and support young collectors of color, are seeking entries for the 2024 competition.
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A significant historical document signed by President Grover Cleveland approving Utah's entry as the 45th state into the Union has been sold for $27,188 by RR Auction. Dated January 4, 1896, the one-page document features President Cleveland's directive to the Secretary of State to affix the…
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Vivian Maier's photographs only caught the world's attention several years after her death when storage locker sales in Chicago unearthed thousands of her photos and negatives. On May 2, Heritage Auctions will present a selection of her photographs that she printed herself or had printed in her…
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Books written by and inscribed to the late former U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine K. Albright will go under the hammer next month at Freeman’s | Hindman.The private collection will be sold across a sequence of live and online sales including her distinctive pins and the fine and decorative arts…
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The Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History is marking the 50th anniversary of the publication of Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry into Values by Robert Pirsig with a special display featuring his 1966 Honda Super Hawk motorcycle. 
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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. …
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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 …
Book Fairs
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…