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A 1920 tour contract guaranteeing George Herman 'Babe' Ruth $10,000 for 10 exhibition games in Cuba…
An archive of correspondence relating to the Kennedy political dynasty is expected to sell for £2,…
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Hindman’s summer American Historical Ephemera & Photography auction saw passionate bidding for early photographs and material surrounding America’s westward expansion.
During routine work on papyrus fragments in the Special Collections at Graz University Library, conservator Theresa Zammit Lupi came across an Egyptian papyrus from the 3rd century BC. It shows evidence of sewing, indicating that it must have been part of a book in codex form.
Highlights from Jeff Weber Rare Books' latest catalogue, Masterpieces of Fore-edge Painting including:* Bible [Latinus bibliis editionis vulgatae], Antwerp, ex Officina Plantiniana Plantin, 1618.
A 400-year-old prayer book that once belonged to a priest who helped save the life of King Charles II has gone on public display after being bought for the nation by the National Trust.
Botanical catalogues, lavish celestial atlases and unique pamphlets from the early modern period are among 30,000 titles being conserved and digitally catalogued in an ambitious collaboration to register the 18th-century Fagel Collection which fills a mile of shelving space in the Old…
The eighth annual Bodies From The Library conference at the British Library takes place on June 24 and there's still time to obtain last minute tickets.
Autographed material from the Civil Rights movement, art, business, science, and military feature in University Archives next Rare Autographs, Photographs, Books sale on June 28.
Applications for the ninth York Antiquarian Book Seminar (YABS) 2023 are now open, offering the chance to learn about the rare book trade from some of the best booksellers and librarians in the country.
Posters promoting performers of yesteryear took several of the top lot slots in the latest Potter & Potter June magicana sale.
The Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery's exhibition One Life: Frederick Douglass explores the life and legacy of one of the 19th century’s most influential writers, speakers and intellectuals. The exhibition will showcase more than three dozen objects, including:
