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To celebrate what would have been the 100th birthday of writer, activist, public intellectual, and beloved library patron James Baldwin (August 2), the New York Public Library has put together a collection of the most important and extraordinary items from its holdings of Baldwin's papers.
Works by Emily Dickinson, Herman Melville, and F Scott Fitzgerald were among the headliners of the five books and manuscripts auctions across three salerooms as part of Freeman’s | Hindman book month in June.
A Captain America Comics #1 is expected to be the star of the Hake's July 30 and 31 pop culture memorabilia online auction.
Turner Auctions + Appraisals will present Bohemian Club Books & Ephemera on August 10 featuring more than 200 lots of books, booklets, posters, flyers, programs, playbills, invitations, wine lists and menus, and reports from the private men’s club based in San Francisco and Northern…
On view in the Grolier Club’s second floor gallery from September 12 through November 9, Melville’s Billy Budd at 100 highlights the work left unfinished on Melville’s desk at his death in 1891 and posthumously published in 1924.
Collectors of Australiana at the Melbourne Book Fair next week will be offered significant first editions of historical works, including eyewitness accounts featuring finely detailed and hand-coloured maps, journey logs, and surveys from the First Fleet era from Peter Harrington. The fair,…
Sutton House, a 500-year-old property in London's Hackney owned by the National Trust, was built for one of Henry VIII’s statesmen and over its lifetime it was home to different families and used for different purposes including a girls’ school in the 17th century.
A significant autograph letter signed by Sigmund Freud, in which he declares his pacifist ideals while expressing skepticism about the effectiveness of non-violence, has sold for $31,625 at RR Auction.
Goldin's July Pop Culture Elite Auction features more than 100 comic books including various first appearance issues, with many graded CGC 9.6 and above. Highlights include: * * the beginning of the Silver Age of Comics with the origin and first appearance of Flash in Showcase #4,…
Heritage Auctions’ July 12-13 Summer Sports Card Catalog Auction will feature a mint-condition 1952 Topps Jackie Robinson, a gem-mint Michael Jordan Fleer rookie card, and a gem-mint chrome rookie card signed by a young Bryce Harper.
