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The Call of the Wild inscribed by Jack London
Bookman Maurice F. Neville's Collection to Auction
Highlights from the collection of Maurice F.
Harry Houdini, giant lobby portrait, offered by Potter & Potter, estimate: $5,000-$10,000
Strand Magazine to Publish Rediscovered History by Houdini
The Strand Magazine is publishing a rediscovered work written by
Hieronymus Tochtermann's Schriften Buch (Augsbourg, 1744-1747), from Librarie Paul Jammes 
The Return of Rare Book Dealers to the Palais-Royal in Paris
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.
48 and 49 Doughty Street, the Charles Dickens Museum
Charles Dickens's Campaign to Clean Up London's Water Explored in New Exhibition
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 con
Items from the Sotheby's sale
$12m Estimate for Washington's Acts of Congress Printing at Sotheby's
Sotheby's will run the second installment of its
JFK's Bay of Pigs Top Secret letter
JFK’s Top Secret Bay of Pigs Letter to Auction
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.
Les Ruines des plus beaux monuments de la Grece, 1758
Library of Economist Michael Kuczynski to Auction
The core of Sworders’ online Books, Manuscripts and Maps sale running through November 1 comes from the library of Michael Kuczynski.
Godfrey Bingley, Whitby, Across Harbour, 1896
Unfinished Byron Fragment Leads New Vampire Exhibition
A new exhibition opening today at the University of Leeds follows the
Gene Cernan’s lunar surface-used cuff checklist
Gene Cernan’s Handwritten Lunar Rover Repair Notes Sold for $510,000
A wrist-mounted checklist containing Gene Cernan’s handwritten instructions for repairing a damaged lunar rover fender has sold for $510,000 in RR Auction’s
La Princesa and the Pea by Susan Middleton Elya, illustration by Juana Martinez-Neal
Connections Between Textiles and Picture Books at The Carle
A new exhibition at The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art opening next month will explores the connection between textiles and picture books over the past