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Eric Johnson-DeBaufre, Rare Books and Special Collections Librarian for the Watkinson Library at Trinity College, poses with a collection of scraps from the archives containing a page from an Aelius Donatus.
Previously Unknown 15th Century Text by Gutenberg Associates Discovered
A page of printed text hidden for more than a century in an uncatalogued scrapbook at Trinity College's Watkinson Library in Hartford, Connecticut, has been identified as a previously
Barnaby Rudge made from Newgate Prison wood
Unseen Charles Dickens Items on Display for First Time
Dickensian London: The Magic Lantern City is a new exhibition exploring the city which inspired
Artist's impression of the new Jack Kerouac Center
First Look at Jack Kerouac Center Designs
The Jack Kerouac Center has released new architectural renderings by Boston-based Flansburgh Architects showing how Lowell’s former St.
Bible, in English. Taverner's version.
Major Collection of Early English Bibles to Auction
More than 70 Bibles and devotional works from from the Estate of Robert Funk will go under the hammer at Heritage Auctions’ October 14 Rare Books sale.
Robert Louis Stevenson figure and bench structure during the sculpting process
Robert Louis Stevenson Statue Set for Unveiling
A life-size bronze installation depicting Scottish author Robert
Dickens Hallowe'en promotional image
Hallowe'en and Christmas Events at the Charles Dickens Museum
Tickets for Hallowe'en and Christmas events at the Charles Dickens Museum in London go on sale on October 1 with one-man performances of Dickens’s stories by
Pictured left, a limited edition of The Black Cat by Edgar Allan Poe (estimate: $1,000-$1,500), and right, a first edition, first issue of The Wonderland Postage-Stamp Case inscribed by Lewis Carroll, estimated at $2,000-$3,000.
Cat-Themed Books by Poe, Colette, and Warhol to Auction
A four-part sale series featuring one of the most significant private collections of cat-related books and art ever assembled begins tomorrow at Bo
Isaac Newton, autograph manuscript worksheet, Cambridge, May 4–8, 1694
Rare First Editions by Copernicus, Galileo, Kepler, and Newton at Sotheby's
The first of a two-part single-owner auction Reason and Revolution focusing on the history of scientific thought comes to Sotheby's next month.
Bob Dylan handwritten lyrics sold at auction
Bob Dylan’s Blood on the Tracks Handwritten Lyrics Sold For $290,404
Bob Dylan’s handwritten working lyrics for two songs from Blood on the Tracks have sold for $290,404 in RR Auction’s Remarkable Rarities s
Moominpappa at Sea cover sketch by Tove Jansson
Tove Jansson's Illustrations Focus of New Exhibition
The Quentin Blake Centre for Illustration in London has announced its winter programme of exhibitions including a new major exhibition on the work and li