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Jon Bogdanove's death of Superman art work
Original Comic Art Announcing Death of Superman to Auction
Jon Bogdanove is auctioning his drawing that told the world Superman would die at Heritage Auction's April 4-7 Comics & Comic Art auction.
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New Book Search Engine BookBuzz.org Launched
BookBuzz.org is a new search engine that aims to help people shop from independent booksellers.
Silverfish and book
Silverfish Top Rare Books Pest Survey at National Trust Properties
The National Trust’s annual insect pests report has found that Silverfish (Lepisma saccharina), which feed on books, paper and cotton, retained top sp
Pieter Schagen's Manhattan letter
Letter That Recorded 'Sale' of Manhattan for $24 
on View at New-York Historical Society
A nearly 400-year-old letter that documents the mythologized 'purchase' of the island of Manhattan from the Indigenous peoples who inhabited it is on view now through July 14, at the
Gerrit de Veer, VVaerachtighe Beschryvinghe Uan drie seylagien (Amstelredam: Cornelis Claesz, 1598). Engraving, 7.8 x 19.5 in (19.6 x 49.5 cm).
Early Maps, Photographs and Artists’ Books Chart 500 years of the Arctic
The Awe of the Arctic: A Visual History looks at how the Arctic has been visua
Harriet Hayden exhibition poster
First Major Exhibition of the Harriet Hayden Albums Displays Original Photos of Notable Black Bostonian and National Abolitionists
Inspired by the life and work of Beacon Hill-based abolitionist Harriet Bell Hayden, Framing Freedom: The Harriet Hayden Albums at the Bost
Jean-Marie Massaud for Poltrona Frau, a pair of Archibald lounge armchairs, c.2001, brown leather upholstery, on chrome base and legs, estimate £1,000 - £1,500
John le Carré's Juke Box, Garden Benches, and Furniture to Auction
John le Carré's desks, tables, chairs and other personal effects from his Cornish estate Tregiff
Murder by the Book poster
Crime Novels and Islamic Manuscripts Feature in New Cambridge University Library Exhibitions
Cambridge University Library will draw on its collections of
The Oppenheimer report cover
Oppenheimer Signed Manhattan Project Report Sells for $53,594
A historic report detailing the development of the atomic bomb signed by J.
Johann Sebastian Bach, Cantata Auf Christi Himmelfahrt allein, BWV 128 [1725], Catalogue no.1. The autograph manuscript of the full score, the only surviving working manuscript, with annotations also by Bach's eldest son, Wilehelm Friedemann. 
Bodleian Acquires Rare Johann Sebastian Bach Manuscript
Bodleian Libraries has announced the acquisition through the Acceptance in lieu scheme of the autograph of