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Opening this summer at The Huntington will be its new exhibition This Land Is... which will focus…
The library of American-born poet Ruth Fainlight and her late husband the writer Alan Sillitoe…
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Dallas — One of the few remaining handwritten pages from the original manuscript of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's third novel and fifth "Sherlock Holmes book," The Hound of the Baskervilles (estimate: $170,000+), will begin a new chapter of its own when it is sold in Heritage Auctions' Manuscripts…
Every so often, it’s my pleasure to report on Fine Books’ esteemed team of writers. (Last fall, for example, two of our writers published new books.) This season, I have two more to share.
New York — The Swann Galleries fall offering of Printed & Manuscript Americana was held on Thursday, September 30 delivering remarkable results across the board. The auction brought $938,298, with 89% of lots finding homes; demonstrating an upward trend and strength in the category as the fifth…
Today is publication day for a limited edition manuscript facsimile of John Steinbeck’s National Book Award and Pulitzer Prize winner, The Grapes of Wrath (1939). Its publisher, SP Books, has produced an exact replica of the only known manuscript of the quintessential Great Depression novel, kept…
Strand Magazine, continuing a fine tradition of uncovering "lost" works, has discovered a previously unpublished story by Tennessee Williams. The story was found in the archives of Houghton Library at Harvard University. It has been published for the first time in the new issue of the magazine.
The Archives & Local History (ALH) department at Douglas County Libraries recently received a generous historical donation from the estate of siblings Robert F. (Bob) and Rosemary M. Metzler of Castle Rock. The Metzlers were professional educators and third-generation Coloradans whose family…
A major new collection focusing on the literary and scientific history of climate change dating back to the fifteenth century will go on display at Frieze Masters Art Fair this month in the run-up to the 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference in Glasgow.
London — In commemoration of the 700th anniversary of Dante’s death in September 1321, The Folio Society determined to create the most sublime edition of The Divine Comedy. This new limited edition of one of the greatest classics of world literature is truly a work of art. Three exquisite leather-…
Kansas City, Missouri – Does photography accurately reflect the things we see? Or does it merely present illusions? Those are the central questions explored in an exhibition opening this fall at The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art in Kansas City. Art of Illusion: Photography and Perceptual Play,…
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