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One of Jane Austen’s letters written to her sister Cassandra in 1805 chronicling the social life of…
Highlights of Lyon & Turnbull's The Secret Life of Props: The Eccentric Trading Collection,…
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Handwritten correspondence and design sketches will feature in a new exhibition next year to mark the centenary of Queen Elizabeth II’s birth at The King’s Gallery at Buckingham Palace will play host to the largest and most comprehensive exhibition of the late Queen’s fashion ever…
For this year’s edition of Frieze Masters Dr. Jörn Günther Rare Books will display English manuscripts from the Library of Longleat House which is the seat of the Marquesses of Bath.
This week's Rare Book of the Week appears at PBA Galleries' Photography & Fine Art; Fine Press & Fine Bindings - with Rare & Antiquarian Books sale on August 14.It's lot 303, a first edition the 1662 Cantus, songs and fancies: To thre, foure, or five partes, both apt for voices and…
FrielDays: A Homecoming is a theatrical celebration throughout August marking the centenary of the Irish playwright Brian Friel.It will begin with a 35th anniversary production of his most celebrated play, Dancing at Lughnasa, staged only 50m from the house in which it is set, and end with a…
At RR Auction on August 13, Fine Autographs and Artifacts, in 837 lots, including a remarkable Disney artifact: a "continuity sketch book" for the opening minutes of Pinocchio (1940), with 114 pages containing 48 storyboard drawings and nearly 200 photographic storyboard images.
Washington Irving’s original 90 page draft manuscript of Legend of the House of Omeya written during his years in Spain with revisions in the author’s hand is one of the stars of RR Auction’s Fine Autographs and Artifacts Featuring Art, Literature, Books, and Animation ending August 13. Other…
The National Library of Scotland marks its official birthday today on the 100th anniversary of its creation via an Act of Parliament.Visitors to the National Library at George IV Bridge Edinburgh and Kelvin Hall in Glasgow will be given their own copy of a special edition centenary comic, created…
Highlights from Heritage Auctions' Historical Manuscripts including Texana on August 8 include:Richard S. Hunt and Jesse F. Randel, Map of Texas (New York: J. H. Colton, 1839)
Highlights from Swann Galleries' Vintage Posters auction on August 7 include: * Two versions of Fred Spear's, Enlist, 1915 (estimate $7,000 - $10,000 and 1917 (estimate: $3,000 - $4,000)* Designer Unknown, Dear God Keep Them Safe, 1942 (estimate $15,000 _ $20,000)* Karl Koehler and Victor…
A celebration of the work of printer Scott Vile at the Ascensius Press is the focus of The Baxter Society's current exhibition Printing Books for Four Decades.
