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Running Through Heaven: Visions of Jack Kerouac will explore the writer’s personal life from…
After its cancellation last year following the Los Angeles fires, the California International…
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With a worldwide membership of over 300 independent sellers of rare, used, and new books and ephemera, the Independent Online Booksellers Association marks 25 years of work in 2024. For 2024, the organization is launching a separate IOBA Foundation, a nonprofit, tax-exempt institution “…
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Ending on Thursday, January 4, PBA Galleries' sale of Books in All Fields with Literature, Americana, Maps, Fine Press, Art & Photography, in 555 lots. This is a no-reserve sale, with bids starting at $10. Some interesting shelf lots here, as well as the acts of the First Session of the Eighth…
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The Morgan Library & Museum has announced plans for a $50 million Centennial Campaign to raise funds to support the long-term financial health of the institution, with a focus on its collectins, campus, and staff/audiences/supporters.
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At PBA Galleries on December 14, an 1813 six-sheet chart of the Pacific and Indian Oceans realized $68,750; it had been estimated at just $3,000–5,000.
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The Getty will offer more than 20 exhibitions next year including The Book of Marvels: Wonder and Fear in the Middle Ages
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Jerry Scott and Jim Borgman have selected 103 pieces from their 26-year-old, award-winning strip Zits for Heritage Auctions’ sale on January 4. Zits has appeared in more than 1,700 newspapers worldwide since its introduction in July 1997. The strips chronicle the daily doings of Scott and…
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Anne Hathaway’s Cottage, the family home of William Shakespeare’s wife, is set to reopen to visitors on 10 February 10, 2024, as the start of a campaign to celebrate The Women Who Made Shakespeare.
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There's one week left to enjoy the free St. Pancras International Christmas tree in the heart of the bustling London station.
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If an annual reading of A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens is part of your festive tradition, the Charles Dickens Museum's first set of podcasts will be of interest.
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Rare Book School has announced its summer 2024 course schedule with more than 30 in-person and online courses featuring new and updated courses including Medieval Manuscript Fragments: Cataloging & Discoverability, A History of the Indigenous Book in the Americas, and Modern Special…