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Salisbury Cathedral has received an early Christmas present from Friends of the Nations’ Libraries…
The oldest inscribed stone tablet of the Ten Commandments which dates to the Late Roman-Byzantine…
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Elizabeth Gaskell’s House in Manchester has launched a new project to celebrate 10 years since the house opened as a visitor attraction and introduce the work of Elizabeth Gaskell (1810-1865) to a new generation of writers.
SP Books has releasing a facsimile edition of The Rossetti Manuscript notebook with William Blake's writings and sketches published alongside Dante Gabriel Rossetti’s editorial annexe for the first time.
The London Rare Books School (LRBS) at the Institute of English Studies, University of London has revealed details of its courses next summer on a variety of book-related subjects. LRBS summer school 2025 wil run June 16- 20 (Week One) and June 23 - 27 (Week Two) as follows:Week One
Heritage Auctions' November 25 Photographs from the Collection of Eric Franck sale featues photographs taken by his brother-in-law Henri Cartier-Bresson, plus Josef Koudelka, Chris Killip and Graham Smith.
Highlights from the Northampton Antiquarian Book, Ephemera, and Book Arts Fair which runs November 22-23 at Northampton Center for the Arts, Massachusetts, include:The Free People by Anders Olmquist (NY: Outerbridge & Dienstfrey, 1969. First edition)The uncommon hardcover issue of…
A little-known Dr Seuss creation from the author's Collection of Unorthodox Taxidermy will go under the hammer at Potter & Potter on November 21.The hand-painted cast resin sculpture by Theordore Geisel who wrote pseudonymouly as Dr Seuss, of a Blue Green Abelard, one of a limited edition of…
Andreas Cellarius’ Harmonia macrocosmica, an outstanding example of Dutch cartography, will go on show to the public for the first time at the National Trust’s Blickling Estate in Norfolk following specialist conservation (November 30 through January 5).Only about 20 copies of the atlas…
Printed & Manuscript Americana comes to Swann Galleries on November 21 featuring items of mining interest from Alaska, California, Colorado, and Nevada including diaries, letters, and photographs featuring drunken miners by Nevada’s P.E. Larson.
The sale of the contents of the much-loved British comedian Eric Morecambe's home will come to auction early in 2025 including his joke sketch ideas, writing desk, and correspondence, as well as his trademark pipe and spectacles.The Eric Morecambe Collection at Hansons Auctioneers will commemorate…
At Chiswick Auctions on Tuesday, November 19, 315 lots of Fine Photographs, with a 1985 Robert Mapplethorpe self-portrait expected to lead the way at £30,000–50,000. Irving Penn's "Three Rissani Women with Bread" is estimated at £15,000–20,000.
