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The earliest known testimony of the liturgy followed by the priests and knights of Avis will go…
One of Ireland's most significant medieval manuscripts is now available for the public to view in a…
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A new statue of Herman Melville will be unveiled on Friday 14 at the New Bedford Whaling Museum as part of its Melville in Our Seaport Weekend running August 13-16.The four-day literary and cultural series will honor Melville’s enduring influence and New Bedford’s defining role in shaping his most-…
Highlights of Swann Galleries' LGBTQ+ Art, Material Culture & History on August 13 include:* The Mattachine Society's copy of Howl and other Poems signed by Allen Ginsburg
A June 10, 1779, letter signed by George Washington and written in the hand of his aide-de-camp James McHenry is among the highlights of RR Auction's August Fine Autographs and Artifacts auction which ends August 12.
Highlights of Heritage Auctions' August 11 Pulp, Paperback, Sci-Fi and Fantasy Illustration Art auction include:* The Eternal Enemy book cover study, acrylic on board, 1990Vincent Di Fate created the study as a near final preliminary step for the cover of The Eternal Enemy by Michael…
In the year marking the 125th anniversary of Marlene Dietrich’s birth, Rare Books Berlin is dedicating a special exhibition to the artist in collaboration with the Deutsche Kinemathek Museum für Film und Fernsehen.
I’ve sold four books to AI companies which added $439 to my gross sales before online commissions were subtracted, writes Scott Brown from Downtown Brown Books.
A collection of Type 1 photographs from the personal collection of longtime official photographer of the San Francisco 49ers Michael Zagaris will go under the hammer at Heritage Auctions' Summer Platinum Night Sports Auction running August 21-23.The 27-lot Michael Zagaris Collection features…
The Morgan Library & Museum has received a $2.5m grant from the Lilly Endowment's Religion and Cultural Institutions Initiative to support The Morgan Illuminated, a major project that will expand access to the Morgan's collection of medieval and Renaissance religious manuscripts through a new…
Claire White has been appointed as the Shaetlan Scriever and takes up a year-long residency with the National Library of Scotland this month.
Our Bright Young Collectors series continues today with Anushmita Mohanty who won second place in the David Ruggles Book Collecting Prize in 2025.Where are you from / where do you live?I grew up in Ahmedabad, India, and I now live in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, where I'm pursuing my PhD.What do you study…
