A 1788 first edition, thick paper copy of The Federalist has sold at Freeman’s | Hindman’s Fine Printed Books and Manuscripts, Including Americana auction for $203,200, the top lot of the $1.85m total sale. 

The Library of Congress has acquired the papers of songwriter and composer Burt Bacharach whose songs are best known for influencing popular music starting in the late 1950s.

A rare letter signed by Thomas Jefferson written eight days after he assumed the role of America's first Secretary of State has sold for $41,590 at RR Auction.

An original set of working lyrics from Johnny Rotten for two anthems from the Sex Pistols’ 1977 debut album Never Mind the Bollocks will go under the hammer at RR Auction's Marvels of Modern Music auction.

Dating to the Late Byzantine period and approximately 1,500 years old, Sotheby’s will auction the oldest inscribed stone tablet of the Ten Commandments next month with an estimate of $1-$2m.It is the only complete tablet of the Ten Commandments still extant from this early era (ca. 300-800 CE) and…

Friends of the Nations’ Libraries is leading a campaign to raise £90,000 to buy a 13th century Bible illuminated by the famed Sarum Master and to donate it to Salisbury Cathedral, returning it home after nearly eight centuries. 

Christie’s' Classic Week Valuable Books and Manuscripts December 11 live auction in London will feature an important collection of music manuscripts from Beethoven, Wagner, Stravinsky, Verdi, Puccini, Ravel, Strauss, Mendelssohn and Debussy. 

Photographer Irving Penn (1917-2009) is the subject of a major retrospective at the MOP Foundation opening later this month.

The lineup of the British Library's major exhibitions next year includes an exploration of the transformative, enriching and radical power of gardening in Britain, as well as the relationship between mapping and secrecy in a global context between the 9th and 21st centuries.

The New York Public Library has reopened its newly renovated 125th Street branch which has been closed since 2021 as part of a major capital investment through the Library’s Carnegie Renovation Program, primarily funded by the city of New York.