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The Library of Congress has acquired rare music and lyric sketches from composer Harold Arlen and…
The New York Public Library has announced plans to commemorate the semiquincentennial of the…
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The Raab Collection has announced that it has discovered, acquired, and is offering for sale for the first time ever a letter of great importance in the history of the Revolutionary War, one in which George Washington thanks God and Heaven for American victory in the Revolution.
Known to generations of children (and their parents) for his illustrations for the books of Roald Dahl, Sir Quentin Blake has worked on more than 300 other titles, dozens of which he wrote himself. Featuring a selection of Blake’s illustrations, Bonhams is hosting Making a Mark: A Fundraising…
The Folio Society is marking this year's 400th anniversary of William Shakespeare’s First Folio by today publishing a landmark edition of The Complete Plays in what it describes as the "most ambitious limited edition in the company’s 75-year history".
A scarce letter signed by the philosopher Friedrich Engels which offers a glimpse into his economic theories and personal correspondence is set to go under the hammer at Nate D Sanders Auctions today. Bidding begins at $160,000.
A collection of 22 letters from Albert Einstein, Winston Churchill, Charles De Gaulle and Chiang Kai-shek to Oxford academic of Sir William David Ross and donated to Oxfam come to sale at Chiswick Au
Leading Swann Galleries' September 28 Americana auction is a large archive of papers from polar explorer Robert Peary including supply lists for his Greenland expeditions, a letter to his longtime lieutenant Matthew Henson, letters on his rivalry with explorer Frederick Cook, four diaries, and…
An archive of correspondence between magician Karl Germain and his assistant Paul Fleming is the top lot in the upcoming Ricky Jay Collection Part II sale at Potter & Potter Auctions.The auction follows its first Ricky Jay sale, held in February this year, which realized over $980,000. The…
A set of photographs of Sir John Franklin and his fellow senior officers of the ill- fated HMS Erebus and Terror – believed lost until now – has fetched £444,500 at Sotheby’s Travel, Atlases, Maps & Photographs Sale. One of the most significant artifacts for the history…
The Grolier Club in New York City presents an exhibition this fall about the power of books and ideas at a time of censorship and repression.
A signed book from the dawn of the atomic age featuring the signatures of J. Robert Oppenheimer, Albert Einstein, Niels Bohr, and other nuclear researchers goes under the hammer at RR Auction this week.
