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Seamus Heaney's The Railway Children in a London tube carriage
New Celebrations Mark 40 years of Poems on the Underground
Transport for London (TfL) has announced a series of special events and publications to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the Poems on the Underground
The Rothschild Vienna Mahzor, 1415 Prayers for the Morning Services of Rosh Hashana (the Jewish New Year)
The Rothschild Vienna Mahzor Medieval Illustrated Hebrew Prayerbook
 to Auction with $7m Estimate
Sotheby’s is to offer the newly restituted Rothschild Vienna Mahzor, one of the most important illustrated Hebrew prayerbooks ever produced, next month.
Nina Crews, Illustration for The Neighborhood Mother Goose (Greenwillow Books)
New Exhibition Celebrates Photography in Children's Books
A new exhibition at the Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art celebrates the art of photography in picture books.
• Portrait of Oscar Wilde by the famous New York photographer Sarony taken in 1882
Major Auction of Oscar Wilde Manuscripts, Letters, and Photos at Bonhams
Bonhams has announced a major sale dedicated to Oscar Wilde
Ars moriendi (block book), Netherlands or Lower Rhine, approximately 1467-1469
Blockbooks, Ragtime, and John Ashbery Drawings at the Morgan 2026
The Morgan Library & Museum's exhibition lineup for 2026 includes a display of late medieval European blockbooks, the history of ragtime, drawings from
Robert Seymour, The March of Intellect (London, 1828)
Development of Technology Through History of Printing at the Grolier
A new exhibition at The Grolier Club explores the evolution of technology and its impact on labor through a close look at the history of printing.
A Declaration […] Setting Forth the Causes and Necessity [of] Taking up Arms (Philadelphia: Bradford, 1775)
Declaring the Revolution: America’s Printed Path to Independence at The New York Historical
The current exhibition at The New York Historical focuses on the development of the ideas of the American Revolution through original printings and explores
Henry David Thoreau's Journal, November 9, 1858 - April 7, 1859, autograph manuscript
New Exhibition Explores 3,000 Years of Stories and Storytelling
The Morgan Library & Museum's Come Together: 3,000 Years of Stories and Storytelling will explore the history of storytelling running January 3
Part of the Winterthur celebrations
Yuletide at Winterthur Offers Literature-Inspired Festive Experiences
Decorations and holiday trees inspired by poems, traditional tales, and children’s books are on show at this year's Yuletide at Winterthur which runs throug
The Lord of the Rings by J. R. R. Tolkien
J. R. R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings Sold for Record $250,000
A complete three-volume set of J. R. R.