Christie's' Valuable Books, Manuscripts and Photographs auction on December 10 will feature 205…
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A century after Sir James Roberts gifted Haworth Parsonage to the Brontë Society it has announced that it has acquired three adjoining properties in the centre of Haworth which it intends to renovate.
Of the 138 lots covering the history of science at PBA Galleries' August 28 auction are 18 related to Albert Einstein with 16 offprints presented to this son Hans on topics including aspects of General Relativity, early work on Unified Field Theory and the Canal Rays experiment.
At Heritage Auctions on Tuesday, August 26, 125 lots in a Pulp, Paperback, Science Fiction & Fantasy showcase auction, with original illustration and cover art expected to lead the way These include John Conrad Berkey's cover art for the 1998 publication From Afar estimated at $4,000+; Greg and…
Going under the hammer this week at University Archives is a ticket stub for Charles Dickens's second U.S. tour dated January 2, 1868.Billed to start at 8 o'clock precisely, the reading was scheduled to take place at Steinway Hall, and reserves the bearer a Floor seat in Row A, No. 11.
A handwritten set of 17th century records of prisoners at Stafford Gaol has sold for £11,000 in Tennants Auctioneers’ Books, Maps & Manuscripts Sale.
A collection of notes, documents, and ephemera used for the Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends television series is under the hammer at Julien's Auctions online Thomas and Friends: The Britt Allcroft Collection.
The Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals's Rare Books and Special Collections Group 2025 conference takes place September 3-5.CILIP is the professional body for librarians, information specialists and knowledge managers in the UK, and its Rare Books and Special Collections…
The Huntington has announced a wideranging exploration of the relationship between land, United States history, and American identities, drawing on its library and other collections.Launching this fall and continuing through 2027, THIS LAND IS… references the iconic 1940s folk song This Land Is…
Items from one of the UK'S most popular high street booksellers WH Smith are at auction at Chorley’s Auctioneers.The selection of retail memorabilia from the WH Smith Archive Trust collection reflects the company’s central role in British retail history, particularly in literature,…
A new exhibition at Princeton University Library showcases late 19th and early 20th century cartoons satirizing women’s fashion at a time when the 'New Woman' began to wear trousers, tailored jackets, and sportswear, and enter traditionally masculine spheres.
