The New York Public Library will open an exhibition of a selection of Robert Motherwell’s prints from the 1960s to 1991, alongside annotated books from his private library on March 22.
An unassuming box in the archives at York’s Bar Convent has yielded the discovery of an illuminated medieval scroll known as an Arma Christi, featuring the prayer poem O Vernicle. The discovery in the the oldest living convent in the UK is one of the best-preserved examples extant, and the…
The famous photograph of Albert Einstein with his tongue out, has been sold for a record $338,630 at RR Auction at its Remarkable Rarities auction.
Her Majesty The Queen visits Canterbury in Kent today to unveil a statue of Aphra Behn, the first full-time professional woman writer in the English language. Behn (1640–1689) was baptised in Harbledown, just outside Canterbury, and spent her formative years in the city during the English…
The National Archives has received a collection of historical documents from Arlington National Cemetery (ANC) including Audie Murphy poetry, and rare maps and architectural drawings from the 1830s to 1970s used in constructing land boundaries, roads, and historic structures at ANC.“Collections…
The ninth annual Honey & Wax Book Collecting Prize for an outstanding book collection put together by a woman aged under in the United States is returning for 2025.
A range of rare books and works on paper from The Ricky Jay Collection will go on sale next week.The Forum Auctions online auction on February 27 will feature items from the personal collection of the famous magician, performer, and author who was also a historian of magic and theatrical…
The New York International Antiquarian Book Fair (NYIABF) returns to Park Avenue Armory in New York City April 3-6.
The Jon A Lindseth Lewis Carroll collection, one of the world’s largest private Lewis Carroll collections, has been donated to Christ Church Oxford where the Reverend Charles Lutwidge Dodgson better known as Lewis Carroll taught mathematics from 1855 to 1881.
The Larry McMurtry Literary Center (LMLC) will open its doors to the public for the first time next month since it was bought last year by the Archer City Writers Workshop.