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A first edition first printing of J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone has sold…
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Yale University’s Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library has unveiled two exhibitions focusing on the experimental arts magazine Fire!!, and the nonprofit literary organization Cave Canem.
The Christie's online Rare Books and Manuscripts sale running October 27 through November 5 will feature engravings by Dürer and 20th century manuscripts by Jean-Paul Sartre, Pierre Boulez, and André Breton.A collage-letter by Breton addressed to Louis Aragon in 1918 (estimate: €30,000-€40,000)…
A handwritten letter by Albert Einstein filled with mathematical equations examining covariance and invariance in Hamiltonian mechanics sold for $71,811 at RR Auction's latest Fine Autographs and Artifacts sale.
Opening next month at the Bodleian Libraries in Oxford, Plain Things Wonders marks 400 years since the publication of Francis Bacon’s influential experimental science text Sylva Sylvarum.
A working manuscript of Walt Whitman’s Civil War poem, working drafts of Dylan Thomas's work, and a cache of Leonard Cohen’s early poetry feature in Peter Harrington's new catalogue Poetry: The Heart of the Matter.Highlights include:
Boundless: The Book as Art opens tomorrow at The New Bedford Whaling Museum celebrating creativity in traditional book arts, including printing, typography, illustration, bookbinding, papermaking, and graphic design. On view through February 15, 2027, the exhibition includes more than 200 rare…
Ragtime: Cakewalk in Pianoland following ragtime's path from the musical traditions of enslaved Black people to the world's concert halls will go on show at The Morgan Library & Museum next month.
Frank Earle Schoonover’s Where is the Key, Sola? painted for the first book edition of A Princess of Mars in 1917 and one of the earliest depictions of John Carter and Dejah Thoris is among the highlights of Heritage Auctions’ October 29 Illustration Art sale.
The Harry Ransom Center at The University of Texas at Austin has acquired the archive of author, journalist, publisher, activist, and artist Dave Eggers.“Dave Eggers’s archive is a record of creative engagement with the world,” said Stephen Enniss, Director of the Harry Ransom Center. “With this…
Literary historian Alain Riffaud has won First Prize in the 19th ILAB Breslauer Prize for Bibliography for his Catalogue Molière: 1660–1673 published last year by the Le Mans cultureal association Matière à Dire.Riffaud wins $10,000 for the The International League of Antiquarian Booksellers' prize…
