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The Wordsworth Trust, which operates Wordsworth Grasmere and Dove Cottage, has acquired three…
The Sunderland Collection of world maps has announced the creation of Ex Carta, a sister collection…
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When Charles Dickens began his farewell tour of public performances in 1868 he decided to introduce the brutal Sikes and Nancy murder scene into his set list.
The ABAA New York International Antiquarian Book Fair has returned to the Park Avenue Armory for its 66th edition, welcoming collectors, curators, tastemakers and bibliophiles for an exclusive VIP preview.Attendance reached 2,400 on opening night, surpassing last…
Our Bright Young Collectors series continues today with 2025 David Ruggles Book Collecting Prize Winner Laurane Reine-AdelaïdeWhere are you from / where do you live?
A Frederick Douglass signed letter from March 13, 1893, addressed to Frederick Perry Noble, Secretary of the African Congress is among the highlights of University Archives' May 6 Rare Autographs, Manuscripts & Books auction.
A site-specific art installation partly inspired by a quote from Pride and Prejudice is running at Jane Austen’s House in England where she spent the last eight years of her life.
Our regular look at new books that have recently caught the eye of our print and online editors this month. Finders, Keepers: The Secret Life of Second-hand Books by Nicholas Royle
Porto's first Antiquarian Book Fair (1º Salão do Livro Antigo no Porto) will take place May 1-3 in the city's Fundação Manuel António da Mota.The event is sponsored and organized by the Fundação Miranda de Andrade and the antiquarian bookseller Paulo Gaspar Ferreira from the In-Libris bookshop.…
An early 9th century manuscript containing a text of Caedmon’s Hymn has been discovered in Rome by researchers from Trinity College Dublin.
Highlights from the exhibitors at the 2026 New York International Antiquarian Book Fair which runs April 30-May 3 include:* Catch-22 by Joseph Heller (1961)
Rare books from the personal library of pioneering British scholar of Armenian and Iranian studies Professor Charles Dowsett form part of Sworders’ Books and Maps online sale running through May 4.
