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An Apollo 11 lunar star chart, surface-flown sheet, and signed history book are the headline lots at the online-only Bonhams July 8 - 18 sale.
A complete set of first edition L. Frank Baum ‘Oz’ titles will feature in Heritage Auctions' July 28 sale offering the largest selection of memorabilia from The Wizard of Oz available in more than 50 years.
The inaugural exhibition for the Lambeth Palace Library’s new exhibition room celebrates musical treasures held in its library, placing better-known holdings alongside lesser-known volumes and fragments from the collections.The exhibition features the Arundel Choirbook (one of the most important…
After 17 years heading up the Rare Books, Maps, Manuscripts & Photographs department at Lyon & Turnbull, Simon Vickers is retiring from his full-time position to become a consultant. He will pass the baton of leading an internationally-respected department to his colleague of 10 years Cathy…
The Raab Collection announced today the discovery of an unpublished, early Civil War letter of President Abraham Lincoln. Addressed to American civil engineer and Union Army Colonel Charles Ellet, Jr., the letter documents Lincoln’s wartime strategizing, shows the use of the science of the day…
The Folio Society has announced Cristina Bencina as the winner of the Folio Book Illustration Award 2023 (FBIA). This is the second edition of the annual free-to-enter competition, launched in 2022 to mark The Folio Society’s 75th anniversary.
The highest-priced lot at Heritage Auctions' June Celebrating 100 Years Of Disney: 1923–2023 sale went to Mary Blair, the artist, animator and designer who worked for the company for nearly two decades starting in the 1940s.
Bought for 30p after being withdrawn from Wolverhampton Library, a hardback copy of Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone – the first in the original series of books by JK Rowling – is coming to auction next week with an estimate of £3,000-£5,000.
Christie’s London sale Valuable Books and Manuscripts on July 12 features a wide range of lots described as "visual delights and documents of turning points in human history".
Becoming the Brontës follows Charlotte, Branwell, Emily and Anne Brontë on a chronological journey from their Yorkshire childhood to the beginning of their literary careers and finally their lasting legacy as genre-defining authors.
