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An archive spanning six decades of Tom Verlaine’s working life including lyric drafts, handwritten…
Highlights from Bernard Quaritch's new catalogue Almanacks include:Rider’s British Merlin for 1660
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The Bodleian Libraries' forthcoming exhibition Pets & their People will explore why humans keep animals close, and what our evolving relationships with pets reveal about ourselves.
Upcoming exhibitions at The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art include a focus on The Story of Ferdinand, Carle's modernist inspirations, and the connection between fiber arts and picture books.
The 63rd Stuttgart Antiquarian Book Fair returns next week featuring more than 70 exhibitors from 11 countries making it the most globally represented edition in the fair’s six-decade history.
Unfurling the Flag: Reflections on American Patriotism at Yale's Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library will explore the ideological underpinnings and print manifestations of patriotism from the nation’s founding to the present day.
A one-page signed autograph manuscript featuring Franz Schubert’s choral setting Das Grab has sold for $156,658 at RR Auction.
Our Bright Young Collectors series continues today with Jaeden Yoshikawa of Mankato, Minnesota who was an Honorable Mention in the 2025 Honey & Wax Book Collecting Prize for woman collectors aged 30 and younger. Jaeden can be contacted about her collection at jaedenyoshi@gmail.com:
A new celebration of the life and work of Samuel Beckett will take place in rural and urban settings in Northern Ireland, the Republic of Ireland, and England from April to December 2026, then return in January 2028 in Belfast, with the Beckett Winter School. Produced by Arts Over Borders, the…
The British Library has acquired the literary archive of writer and essayist Ronald Blythe and will mark it with an evening of celebration of his work on February 23.
Rare Book School has announced its summer 2026 course schedule of nearly 50 in-person and online courses.This year’s schedule includes nine new courses, and features online opportunities in addition to in-person courses in Charlottesville and partner institutions including new partnerships at…
Highlights from Heritage Auctions' TV & Movie Tie-Ins Comics sale on January 15 include:Scooby Doo #1 (Gold Key, 1970)The first comic book appearances of Scooby (nickname of his full name, Scoobert), Shaggy Rogers, Fred Jones, Daphne Blake, and Velma Dinkley, with Jack Manning cover. The…
