Timed to mark the 100th anniversary of Marilyn Monroe’s birth on June 1, Heritage Auctions' sale The Marilyn Monroe Collection from the Estate of Norman and Hedda Rosten will offer part of her personal archive unseen for more than six decades.

Real stories of World War Two codebreaking and James Bond posters and ephemera will go under the hammer in the May 18-28 Bonhams online sale Espionage: Fact and Fiction.  Highlights of the sale include:

In honor of the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence the Morgan Library & Museum is presenting a select group of important materials relating to the history of the founding of the nation through September 13.

When Charles Dickens began his farewell tour of public performances in 1868 he decided to introduce the brutal Sikes and Nancy murder scene into his set list.

The ABAA New York International Antiquarian Book Fair has returned to the Park Avenue Armory for its 66th edition, welcoming collectors, curators, tastemakers and bibliophiles for an exclusive VIP preview.Attendance reached 2,400 on opening night, surpassing last…

Our Bright Young Collectors series continues today with 2025 David Ruggles Book Collecting Prize Winner Laurane Reine-AdelaïdeWhere are you from / where do you live?

A Frederick Douglass signed letter from March 13, 1893, addressed to Frederick Perry Noble, Secretary of the African Congress is among the highlights of University Archives' May 6 Rare Autographs, Manuscripts & Books auction.

A site-specific art installation partly inspired by a quote from Pride and Prejudice is running at Jane Austen’s House in England where she spent the last eight years of her life.

Our regular look at new books that have recently caught the eye of our print and online editors this month. Finders, Keepers: The Secret Life of Second-hand Books by Nicholas Royle

Porto's first Antiquarian Book Fair (1º Salão do Livro Antigo no Porto) will take place May 1-3 in the city's Fundação Manuel António da Mota.The event is sponsored and organized by the Fundação Miranda de Andrade and the antiquarian bookseller Paulo Gaspar Ferreira from the In-Libris bookshop.…