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A first edition first printing of J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone has sold…
Yale University’s Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library has unveiled two exhibitions focusing…
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One of Ireland's most significant medieval manuscripts is now available for the public to view in a major new free exhibition in University College Cork.The 57 vellum leaves known as The Annals of Inisfallen, a single bound volume, consists of a year-by-year chronicle in the Irish language and…
All seven pages of George Washington’s annotated copy of a draft of the U.S. Constitution go on display for the first time today at the National Archives Museum in Washington, DC.The secret printing of a draft of the Constitution was revised in Washington’s original handwriting as he presided over…
John Singer Sargent’s family collection including a Laurie Lee archive will go under the hammer at Chorley's on September 15.
Captain Robert A. Lewis’s mission-used flight logbook from the Enola Gay containing 25 handwritten pages including an eight-page account written aboard the aircraft as the August 1945 Hiroshima mission unfolded leads RR Auction’s September Remarkable Rarities sale.
An illustrated mahzor created in Italy circa 1475 by Joel ben Simeon and estimated at $3m–$5m is among the highlights of the upcoming Magnificent Judaica sale at Sotheby's.The December 17 auction will feature a group of medieval and Renaissance Hebrew manuscripts from Jewish communities across…
A new exhibition at the New York Public Library opens today celebrating the 100th anniversary of the publication of Winnie-the-Pooh. Silly Old Bear! Winnie-the-Pooh at 100 is a special pop-up display at the Stephen A. Schwarzman Building on 42nd Street showcasing the origins of the story by A…
Princeton University Library focuses on the art and evolution of Japanese publishing in its The Art of Japanese Publishing exhibition opening today.It features selections from Marquand Library’s collection of rare Japanese illustrated books from the 17th century to the 20th century, and runs…
A collection of James Bond first editions spanning the spy's career from Casino Royale through to the posthumously published Octopussy and The Living Daylights comes up for sale at Gorringe's' Books and Manuscripts sale on September 21.
Ernest Hemingway’s driver’s license, a Marilyn Monroe photographic model release, and a monumental World War II map signed by Winston Churchill are among the items coming to University Archives’ online Rare Autographs, Manuscripts, Books & Photographs auction on September 9.
The Harry Ransom Center at The University of Texas at Austin has acquired the papers of literary scholar and cultural critic Harold Bloom who taught for six decades in the English Department at Yale University.
