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An archive of correspondence relating to the Kennedy political dynasty is expected to sell for £2,…
The final draft of the I Have a Dream speech given by Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. on August 28…
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Highlights from the collection of Maurice F. Neville featuring association copies, manuscripts and letters will go under the hammer at Heritage Auctions on November 18.Neville's love of books and literature began when he was growing up on a farm in Indiana. As an adult, as well as assembling a…
This weekly auction result is provided by Spencer W Stuart, an independent collections advisor specializing in rare books and manuscripts as well as fine photography and prints.
Our ongoing look at new books that have recently caught the eye of our print and online editors this month.Return of the Bookseller Diarist by Shaun BythellThe fourth in Bythell’s diary series which started with The Diary of a Bookseller, and marking 25 years since he took over The Bookshop in…
The Strand Magazine is publishing a rediscovered work written by Harry Houdini to mark 100 years since his death, a lively account of the magicians who came before him.
In 18th century Paris the Palais Royal housed booksellers in the galleries under the arcades and a new exhibition next month hosted by Les Enluminures will celebrate this heritage.
168 years after London’s 'Great Stink' which forced the government to pass a law to build the sewer system still in use today, a new exhibition explores Charles Dickens’s obsession with what he considered the most pressing of all of London’s public health issues.
Sotheby's will run the second installment of its Reason and Revolution auction devoted to the founding of the United States in December following the auction earlier this month featuring landmark works of science.
Three days after the failed Bay of Pigs invasion collapsed in Cuba, President John F. Kennedy signed a Top Secret letter directing General Maxwell Taylor to review U.S. military and paramilitary operations, with particular attention to the lessons of the failed mission.This April 22, 1961,…
The core of Sworders’ online Books, Manuscripts and Maps sale running through November 1 comes from the library of Michael Kuczynski.
A new exhibition opening today at the University of Leeds follows the bloody trail of the vampire through artistic movements and cultural moments from ancient times to the present.
