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Almost Unknown, The Afric-American Picture Gallery is a new exhibition at Winterthur Museum, Garden & Library in Delaware inspired by a 19th century essay by free Black journalist and educator William J. Wilson.
Nearly 200 lots telling the writing story of Barbara Taylor Bradford go under the hammer at Doyle on May 7 including her favourite typewriter, paintings of her dogs, jewelry and rare first editions of her own works.
Rare Book School has announced the lineup for its 2025 summer lecture series at the University of Virginia.For the first time, RBS is offering an option to attend a livestream of the in-person lectures via Zoom. Lecture recordings will be made available by fall 2025. Past lectures are also…
Topping Bonhams' auction featuring 449 vintage NASA photographs from the collection of space historian Victor Martin-Malburet was a photograph by Neil Armstrong showing Buzz Aldrin on the Moon with the photographer, LM Eagle and Earth reflected in his gold-plated sun visor on Apollo 11 …
The Huntington has acquired six major collections through the support of the Library Collectors’ Council including an archive of John Steinbeck material, previously unknown letters from a 17th-century Caribbean slave trader, and the first edition of the first color-printed medical text.
The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture will begin its 100th anniversary on May 8 with a year-long celebration that includes a major exhibition, a summer festival, book giveaways, and a limited edition library card.
Where the Wild Things Are illustrations are among 28 works by Maurice Sendak at Heritage Auctions' May 2 auction which also features other pieces with a literary theme.
Leading RR Auction's Fine Autographs and Artifacts sale in May is Charles Dickens’s ornate travel writing desk, a beautifully preserved fruitwood case adorned with carved mother-of-pearl inlay marked with his CD monogram and silver banding.
The Blake Cottage Trust has been awarded a £243,954 grant from The National Lottery Heritage Fund to support essential conservation and planning efforts for Blake’s Cottage in Felpham, the historic Sussex home of poet and artist William Blake.This funding will enable the Trust to undertake three…
The only known set of unbound gathered sheets for Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone will lead Heritage Auctions' May 8-9 Rare Books auction.
