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Photography and the Black Arts Movement, 1955-1985, on view at The J. Paul Getty Museum running…
Ticket stubs, maps, playbills, postcards, political buttons, forgotten photographs and more will…
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After 17 years heading up the Rare Books, Maps, Manuscripts & Photographs department at Lyon & Turnbull, Simon Vickers is retiring from his full-time position to become a consultant. He will pass the baton of leading an internationally-respected department to his colleague of 10 years Cathy…
The Raab Collection announced today the discovery of an unpublished, early Civil War letter of President Abraham Lincoln. Addressed to American civil engineer and Union Army Colonel Charles Ellet, Jr., the letter documents Lincoln’s wartime strategizing, shows the use of the science of the day…
The Folio Society has announced Cristina Bencina as the winner of the Folio Book Illustration Award 2023 (FBIA). This is the second edition of the annual free-to-enter competition, launched in 2022 to mark The Folio Society’s 75th anniversary.
The highest-priced lot at Heritage Auctions' June Celebrating 100 Years Of Disney: 1923–2023 sale went to Mary Blair, the artist, animator and designer who worked for the company for nearly two decades starting in the 1940s.
Bought for 30p after being withdrawn from Wolverhampton Library, a hardback copy of Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone – the first in the original series of books by JK Rowling – is coming to auction next week with an estimate of £3,000-£5,000.
Christie’s London sale Valuable Books and Manuscripts on July 12 features a wide range of lots described as "visual delights and documents of turning points in human history".
Becoming the Brontës follows Charlotte, Branwell, Emily and Anne Brontë on a chronological journey from their Yorkshire childhood to the beginning of their literary careers and finally their lasting legacy as genre-defining authors.
The Christie’s sale of The Collection of Donna Summer included examples of autographed handwritten lyrics.
Independent publisher SP Books today publishes a deluxe edition of Truman Capote’s true crime fiction novel In Cold Blood. It brings together for the first time the author’s notebooks and papers preserved at the Library of Congress and at the NYPL in a limited edition of 1,000 copies.
Christie's (Paris) online sale of rare books and manuscripts Livres rares et Manuscrits features more than 220 lots from the 15th century to the present day.
