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An unpublished set of pen, ink, and watercolour sketches showing Charles Dickens and his theatre…
A wide variety of documentation relating to the history of the Scottish Cricket Union and Cricket…
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Opening November 18 and on view through April 14, 2024, The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art is presenting Kid in a Candy Store: The Picture Book Art of Seymour Chwast, a look at the career of graphic designer Seymour Chwast spanning nearly seven decades. 
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One of the most important and extensive collections of Alan Turing's autograph material has been sold at Bonhams for £381,400. Among the papers of Turing and his collaborator Donald Bayley (1921-2020) are more than 40 pages of working notes and mathematics relating to the Delilah…
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Developmental sketches by Antoine Saint-Exupéry for The Little Prince, a handwritten inventory by Charles Dickens of his library, and E.H.
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The lyrics to Knockin’ On Heaven’s Door handwritten by Bob Dylan ca. 2009 on a leaf of The Carlyle hotel stationery are going under the hammer at University Archives with an estimate of $35,000 - $45,000.
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Mutual Friends: The Adventures of Charles Dickens & Wilkie Collins, which traces the literary friendship between the two novelists, opens today at the Charles Dickens Museum in London. 
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Potter & Potter Auctions' December 9 'Select Secrets' sale offers various magicana rarities, lead by Houdini’s Death-Defying Mystery, estimated at $40,000 - 60,000. 
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Durham University is celebrating the 400th anniversary of the printing of William Shakespeare’s First Folio by launching a major new blind-juried bookbinding competition inspired by the Durham First Folio. 
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Momentous historical events, dubious legends, and the real-life characters who shaped our world today are among the rich variety of stories told in Books and Benefactors, a new display running at the University of Leeds’ Treasures of the Brotherton Gallery until April 6 2024.
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A unique collection of typewriters owned by writers including John Updike, Ray Bradbury, and George Bernard Shaw goes under the hammer at Heritage Auctions on December 15.Put together by Steve Soboroff, it was dubbed 'The World’s Greatest Typewriter Collection' by the Huffington Post and began with…
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A water-stained menu for Titanic's first class restaurant which shows diners feasted on oysters, lamb and mallard duck before the cruise liner sank has been sold for £84,000.