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What Sotheby’s describes as "the greatest collection of letters and documents relating to Vice-…
The British Library is has announced the appointment of Dr Paul Bate as its new Chief Executive,…
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This weekly auction result is provided by Spencer W Stuart, an independent collections advisor specializing in rare books and manuscripts as well as fine photography and prints.
Damaged Goods on view in the Huntington Art Gallery’s first floor brings together books and document marked by natural processes, human error, and intentional acts of censorship.
Our ongoing look at new books that have recently caught the eye of our print and online editors this month.Declare: A Civic Gospel
The top-selling item at the auction of Colonel Harland Sanders' personal collection at the Claudia Sanders Dinner House in Shelbyville, Kentucky was Sanders' personal dandwritten datebook and working planner which sold for $30,000. More than a simple appointment book, the planner served as…
The Making of a Medieval Manuscript exhibition examining how medieval manuscripts were produced in Europe and the Mediterranean region opens at The J. Paul Getty Museum on August 4.It will feature Christian manuscripts from Europe, Armenia, and Ethiopia, as well as objects of Jewish and Muslim…
More than 400 pieces of original artwork by illustrator Peter Firmin for some of the UK's most popular children's characters including Bagpuss, Ivor the Engine, The Clangers, and Noggin the Nog come to auction at The Canterbury Auction Galleries on July 31 and August 1.
Our Bright Young Librarians series continues today with Maggie Vanderford, Librarian for Instruction and Engagement at William L. Clements Library at the University of Michigan.What is your role at your institution?
Highlights of Swann Galleries' annual summer Vintage Posters auction on July 30 include:* Ernest Montaut, Cabanne - Nirouet (Ch. Wallac, Paris, c.1905)* Louis Charbonnier, Scala / La Danse des Jambes en l'Air (La Lithographie Nouvelle, Asnieres, c. 1897)* Tom Purvis, Mablethorpe & Sutton - On…
Abraham Lincoln’s handwritten autographed strategy blueprint for his 1858 Senate race against Stephen A. Douglas leads Heritage Auctions' The Alfred Orendorff Archive: Treasures from the Law Offices of Abraham Lincoln on July 30.
More than 1,000 books from the personal library of illustrator and author Raymond Briggs have gone on sale at Oxfam's bookshop in Hove.
