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Today, on the 155th anniversary of the death of Charles Dickens, a previously unpublished…
The Bodleian Libraries’ exhibition Treasured which opens today features a range of the most…
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Rebecca Rego Barry, the former longtime editor of Fine Books & Collections, now director of communications at The Raab Collection, will discuss her latest book at the Library of Congress in Washington, DC on March 13.
Historic England has acquired the Janette Rosing Collection of England, a world-class collection of some of the finest earliest landscape photography of England, taken by leading practitioners of the time.The Rosing Collection includes more than 8,000 original black and white photographs of English…
An interdisciplinary exhibition examining the history, artistry, and impact of children’s literature has opened at The Harry Ransom Center at The University of Texas at Austin.
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The National Archives has received a collection of historical documents from Arlington National Cemetery (ANC) including Audie Murphy poetry, and rare maps and architectural drawings from the 1830s to 1970s used in constructing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…
