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Opening next month at the British Museum, Fairy Tales will celebrate the iconic heroes, villains…
Bonhams has opened its new U.S. headquarters at 111 West 57th Street in New York to the public.The…
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One of the oldest books of English literature in the world – possibly the oldest – is now available to read and enjoy online.
The Exeter Book is a tenth-century anthology of poetry in Old English and one of four manuscript books containing virtually all the English literature that has survived…
Falls Church, VA – On Thursday, July 8, Quinn’s Auction Galleries in northern Virginia will host an outstanding 317-lot auction of rare and signed books, antique maps, prints and autographs. Selections include works by Thomas Wolfe, Ernest Hemingway, Aldous Huxley, and Dutch engraver/cartographer…
Our annual (free, online, shareable) listing of book clubs, membership libraries, antiquarian and rare book fairs, exhibits, classes, and events might be slimmer this year due to Covid, but as we slowly get back to ‘normal,’ there are many ways to get involved in the antiquarian book world over the…
London — A hugely important collection of letters and personal items belonging to Sylvia Plath, including passionate love letters written to Ted Hughes following their marriage in 1956, will be offered for sale at Sotheby’s on 9-21 July. The sale, which contains the most significant letters of…
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Philadelphia — Freeman’s is thrilled to announce the results of its July 1 single-lot auction, This Important State Paper: Signer Charles Carroll’s Copy of the Declaration of Independence, which achieved a historic $4.42M sale price, exceeding by a remarkable five times its pre-sale high estimate…
Dallas, TX – To the casual observer, Marilyn Monroe was the ultimate Hollywood bombshell, a hybrid of stunning good looks and an alluring personality that made her the standard by which all sex symbols were measured.
But thumbing through her annotated movie scripts reveals that she was far more…
Tomorrow, the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City will debut The New Woman Behind the Camera, a groundbreaking exhibit featuring 185 photographs, photobooks, and illustrated magazines, all exploring the iconic ‘New Woman.’
Washington, D.C. — Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden announced today that the 2021 Library of Congress Prize for American Fiction will be awarded to Joy Williams, who is receiving the prize for a lifetime of outstanding work.
Our Bright Young Booksellers series continues today with Zubairul Islam, proprietor of The Guy with the Books in Toronto, Canada:
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