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A First Folio of Shakespeare’s works—one of fewer than twenty remaining in private hands, and this one with Scottish provenance dating back to the seventeenth century—sold at Sotheby’s yesterday fo
London – Yesterday at Sotheby’s in London, a copy of the first edition of Sylvia Plath’s first collection, The Colossus and Other Poems (1960) se
Quite an exciting week coming up in the sale rooms: rare maps, a First Folio, Bob Dylan lyrics, and more!
A new national archive has been launched in Manchester, preserving literary texts, artifacts, and ephemera from popular culture and the counterculture in the UK from the postwar period to the prese
New York — To commemorate the anniversary of America’s Independence on July 4, 1776, Sotheby’s announces a copy of Virginia’s Official Ratification of the United States Constitution as a highl
It's a lively week for rare books and manuscripts auctions; here's the rundown.
Often referred to as the most important book in English literature, Shakespeare's First Folio is an extraordinary piece of history dating back to 1623.
New York — In an online auction which closed at Sotheby's today, a fireproof copy of Margaret Atwood's celebrated novel, The Handmaid's Tale was sold for $130,000, with all proceeds to ben
To protest widespread book bans in the U.S., Margaret Atwood has collaborated with her publishers on a fireproof editio
Sotheby's online sale of Travel, Atlases, Maps and Photographs ends on Tuesday, May
