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A rare volume marking the start of the Harry Potter phenomenon has been found in an Oxfordshire village primary school which bought it for £1 in 1997.
Potter & Potter Auctions' sale of The Collection of Robin and Kathryn Smiley, the co-publishers and editors of Firsts: The Book Collector's Magazine, smashed presale estimates to realize $516,000.First or unusual editions of the world's most recognized 19th century books took several of the top…
A lost letter written by lexicographer Samuel Johnson and officially logged as ‘present location unknown’ for many years has been found on a routine valuation by Chorley’s.The letter - published in The Letters of Samuel Johnson (Oxford, 1994; Bruce Bedford, ed.) - was tucked away with…
In honor of the 400th anniversary of William Shakespeare’s First Folio of 1623, Princeton University Library (PUL) will present In the Company of Good Books: From Shakespeare to Morrison in its Milberg Gallery.
A cache of letters by Ernest Hemingway shedding light on his harrowing experiences surviving two consecutive plane crashes and the devastating injuries he sustained went under the hammer at Nate D Sanders Auctions yesterday.
Chiswick Auctions’ Books and Works on Paper sale on August 24 included a private collection of Boxiana for £80,000.
Christie's will present an autograph manuscript by Albert Einstein in the 10th Shanghai Auction Anniversary: 20th/21st Century Art Evening Sale on September 23 at the Waldorf Astoria Shanghai.
Penny Bloods: Gothic Tales of Dangerous Women, edited by Nicole C. Dittmer, continues the British Library's programme of bringing forgotten classic works back into publication.
Graphic Design in the Middle Ages will reveal the ways that design influenced the making, reading, and interpretation of medieval books. Drawn primarily from the Getty Museum’s manuscripts collection, the exhibition goes on view at the Getty Center from August 29, 2023 through January 28, 2024.
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 – will be offered in Sotheby’s Travel, Atlases, Maps & Photographs Sale in London on September 21.
