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The Bodleian Libraries’ exhibition Treasured which opens today features a range of the most…
A green leather portfolio, believed to have housed the documents relating to the Louisiana Purchase…
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The Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment will mark the 300th anniversary of Johann Sebastian Bach’s 1726 Ascension Day cantata Auf Christi Himmelfahrt allein (BWV 128) with a performance at Oxford’s Sheldonian Theatre on May 7.
Bernard Shapero has been appointed as the new president of the The Antiquarian Booksellers' Association (ABA) and will represent the association as its new President for the next two years.
Almost Unknown, The Afric-American Picture Gallery is a new exhibition at Winterthur Museum, Garden & Library in Delaware inspired by a 19th century essay by free Black journalist and educator William J. Wilson.
Nearly 200 lots telling the writing story of Barbara Taylor Bradford go under the hammer at Doyle on May 7 including her favourite typewriter, paintings of her dogs, jewelry and rare first editions of her own works.
Rare Book School has announced the lineup for its 2025 summer lecture series at the University of Virginia.For the first time, RBS is offering an option to attend a livestream of the in-person lectures via Zoom. Lecture recordings will be made available by fall 2025. Past lectures are also…
Topping Bonhams' auction featuring 449 vintage NASA photographs from the collection of space historian Victor Martin-Malburet was a photograph by Neil Armstrong showing Buzz Aldrin on the Moon with the photographer, LM Eagle and Earth reflected in his gold-plated sun visor on Apollo 11 …
The Huntington has acquired six major collections through the support of the Library Collectors’ Council including an archive of John Steinbeck material, previously unknown letters from a 17th-century Caribbean slave trader, and the first edition of the first color-printed medical text.
The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture will begin its 100th anniversary on May 8 with a year-long celebration that includes a major exhibition, a summer festival, book giveaways, and a limited edition library card.
Where the Wild Things Are illustrations are among 28 works by Maurice Sendak at Heritage Auctions' May 2 auction which also features other pieces with a literary theme.
Leading RR Auction's Fine Autographs and Artifacts sale in May is Charles Dickens’s ornate travel writing desk, a beautifully preserved fruitwood case adorned with carved mother-of-pearl inlay marked with his CD monogram and silver banding.
