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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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An original handwritten advertisement for the Apple-1 Computer, penned entirely by Steve Jobs, has sold for $175,759 at RR Auction.
The rough draft specification sheet for the groundbreaking Apple-1 bears Jobs' full signature in lowercase print, "steven jobs." It features contact information,…
The Yiddish Book Center presents a major new core exhibition that explores a multi-faceted international story of identity, creativity, migration, and belonging. Yiddish: A Global Culture opens on October 15, 2023, expanding the Center’s scope to include the world’s first…
The Houses of Tove Jansson exhibition includes works that have not been publicly on display before including a number of her Moomin sketches.
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.
Chiswick Auctions’ 'Books and Works on Paper' sale on August 24 will include two rare Georgian manuals on the art of boxing. Both were written by well-known bareknuckle prize fighters around 1790.
On August 2, 1776, the Declaration of Independence was signed by John Hancock and members of the Continental Congress. Visitors to the Museum of the American Revolution in Philadelphia now can see a rare 1823 engraved printing of the Declaration that belonged to the last surviving signer, Charles…
Celebrity became an international industry in the late 19th century and the English artist and author Max Beerbohm (1872–1956) was at the center of it, as a new NYPL exhibition Max Beerbohm: The Price of Celebrity will show in October.
The Folio Society today publishes a new limited edition of the multimillion bestseller and one of the most successful Spanish books ever written, Carlos Ruiz Zafón’s The Shadow of the Wind.First published in English 20 years ago, this anniversary is marked with a leather-bound volume, blocked in…
A CGC 9.6 copy of Amazing Spider-Man #1 (March 1963) – one of only five of its type and grade known to exist – rocketed to a final price of $520,380 at Hake’s latest auction of pop culture memorabilia. The comic had been displayed at Comic-Con in San Diego.
Potter & Potter's August, 2023 Vintage and Modern Magicana Auction will feature a fine selection of Harry Houdini-related items including inscribed and signed books, images, posters, and rare ephemera.Leading the sale are several books with ties to Harry Houdini including:
