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Rare Book School's new exhibition Famous and Forgotten: The Game of Authors will look at the…
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A rundown of the top ten highest selling sales on AbeBooks during the first quarter of this year.1. Battles and Leaders of the Civil War - $18,200A four-volume set, published in 1887, containing firsthand accounts from more than 266 authors, including Union and Confederate generals. Also includes…
A touching wartime letter written by Elizabeth II as a young princess is among the highlights of the Autographs and Memorabilia at Chiswick Auctions.The letter, written from Windsor Castle on August 26, 1940 to Lady Aston, includes a signed photograph of the castle that the future queen had…
The original watercolor illustration for the cover of J.K. Rowling's 1997 Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone, comes to auction at Sotheby’s in June with a $400,000 - $600,000.
Highlights from Peter Harrington's selection of items at the Abu Dhabi International Book Fair running until May 5 include:* Seven Pillars of Wisdom: The Triumph by T.E. Lawrence (1926)One of the few purposely incomplete copies of the subscribers’ edition, presented by Lawrence to brother-in-…
RR Auction is offering a collection of John F. Kennedy memorabilia this month featuring nearly 800 lots which also includes rare items from George Washington, Samuel Clemens, Marie Antoinette, and Henry VIII.
In 1985 my wife bought me a check signed by Orville Wright. I had no idea there was a market for autographs like that, and I was excited and began to look into it. I discovered an entire industry and began to buy autographs.
Norman Rockwell Museum's summer exhibition will explore the art and cultural impact of counter-cultural touchstone MAD Magazine.Opening June 8 and running through October 27 at the museum in Stockbridge, Massachusetts, What, Me Worry? The Art and Humor of MAD Magazine will feature iconic original…
Organisers of the ninth iteration of the York Antiquarian Book Seminar (YABS) are now seeking applications for places on its highly respected annual seminar in Yorkshire.YABS is the sister seminar of the Colorado Antiquarian Book Seminar and was set up with its support. The 2024 event is again…
A new exhibition featuring never-seen-before artworks and items from the home of author-illustrator Raymond Briggs has opened in the area of East Sussex where he made his home.
An 'Inauguration' Bible used by Jackie Kennedy to select verses to be read at her husband John F. Kennedy’s funeral has been sold for $162,500 at Heritage Auction's April 26-27 Americana & Political Signature sale.
