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The most substantial manuscript by Horatio Nelson still in private hands is being offered for sale…
Researchers have confirmed that what was believed to have been a copy of Magna Carta owned by…
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The Library of Congress has acquired the photographs, manuscripts and periodical collection of Raúl Ruiz, a leading figure in the Chicano Movement in Los Angeles beginning in the 1960s. Ruiz (1940-2019) was an activist, journalist, photographer, educator and political candidate who advocated…
Auctions
Freeman’s | Hindman's Lincoln’s Legacy: Historic Americana from the Life of Abraham Lincoln auction of manuscripts, letters, campaign ephemera, keepsakes and personal effects will be held live and online on May 21.
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Two new wooden carved sculptures celebrating East Yorkshire’s influence on J. R. R. Tolkien’s work will be officially unveiled on June 6 at All Saints Church in Roos, East Riding of Yorkshire.
Book Fairs
The LA Art Book Fair opens this week on May 15 at a new location across two buildings on ArtCenter College of Design's South Campus. 
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An installation of works by Frédéric Chopin opens today at the The Morgan Library & Museum.
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As America approaches the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence, the National Archives is launching Opening the Vault, a new exhibition series that will display the most historically valuable and iconic artifacts in American history for the first time in many…
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This week's focus is on the Horae beatae marie secundum usum curie romane better known as the Black Book of Hours which has been awarded conservation funding from the the TEFAF Museum Restoration Fund and Bank of America’s Art Conservation Project.
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Minnesota Center for Book Arts (MCBA) Board of Directors has announced that Executive Director Elysa Voshell will step down from her position in September 2025 after six years of leadership. Voshell will be relocating to Los Angeles to join her wife and to focus on her personal artistic practice.…
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To mark the exact 155th anniversary of Charles Dickens's death and the opening of the Charles Dickens Museum in London will be free of charge to all visitors on June 9 when it will also be guest-stewarded by members of the writer's family.Among the members of the Dickens family welcoming visitors…
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Book collectors will probably already be familiar with the address of Boston's new book shop Philip Salmon & Company Rare Books at 607 Boylston Street since it occupies second floor space where the well known Bromer Booksellers ran its shop for decades.