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Princeton University Library's upcoming exhibition will focus on the diversity and beauty of global…
Two autograph letters by Lord George Byron offering a glimpse into his early life and scandalous…
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Going under the hammer this week at University Archives is a ticket stub for Charles Dickens's second U.S. tour dated January 2, 1868.Billed to start at 8 o'clock precisely, the reading was scheduled to take place at Steinway Hall, and reserves the bearer a Floor seat in Row A, No. 11.
A handwritten set of 17th century records of prisoners at Stafford Gaol has sold for £11,000 in Tennants Auctioneers’ Books, Maps & Manuscripts Sale.
A collection of notes, documents, and ephemera used for the Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends television series is under the hammer at Julien's Auctions online Thomas and Friends: The Britt Allcroft Collection.
The Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals's Rare Books and Special Collections Group 2025 conference takes place September 3-5.CILIP is the professional body for librarians, information specialists and knowledge managers in the UK, and its Rare Books and Special Collections…
The Huntington has announced a wideranging exploration of the relationship between land, United States history, and American identities, drawing on its library and other collections.Launching this fall and continuing through 2027, THIS LAND IS… references the iconic 1940s folk song This Land Is…
Items from one of the UK'S most popular high street booksellers WH Smith are at auction at Chorley’s Auctioneers.The selection of retail memorabilia from the WH Smith Archive Trust collection reflects the company’s central role in British retail history, particularly in literature,…
A new exhibition at Princeton University Library showcases late 19th and early 20th century cartoons satirizing women’s fashion at a time when the 'New Woman' began to wear trousers, tailored jackets, and sportswear, and enter traditionally masculine spheres.
The Morgan Library & Museum has received a gift from William Palmer Johnston of works by Herman Melville constituting one of the most comprehensive collections of the author in print.The gift adds more than 200 items to an existing collection of rare Melvilliana at the Morgan featuring more…
The FBI has returned a stolen manuscript signed by Spanish conquistador Hernán Cortés to the government of Mexico."This is an original manuscript page that was signed by Hernán Cortés on February 20, 1527," said Special Agent Jessica Dittmer, a member of the Bureau’s Art Crime Team currently…
Our Bright Young Booksellers series continues today with Oliver Bayliss, proprietor of Bayliss Rare Books in London.How did you get started in rare books?
