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Some of the Haud Nominandum items that will now be made accessible
Future of Priceless 'Haud Nominandum' LGBTQ+ Collection Secured
A £250,000 grant from The National Lottery Heritage Fund will ensure access to a unique historic…
Gil Evans' arrangement for Miles Davis of Concierto de Aranjuez by Joaquín Rodrigo
Gil Evans's Jazz Archive Acquired by Library of Congress
The Library of Congress has acquired the complete collection of music manuscripts of jazz…
J. M. Barrie's Peter Pan ,bound in full red Morocco with a multi-colored onlay on front cover by Sangorski & Sutcliffe. Illustrated and signed by Arthur Rackham. Offered by Imperial Fine Books.
New York Antiquarian Book Fair Expands Ambassador Program for 65th Edition
Book Fairs
The New York International Antiquarian Book Fair (NYIABF) returns to Park Avenue Armory in New York City April 3-6.
an electrotype for the frontispiece of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, People’s Edition (1887)
Major Lewis Carroll Collection Donated to Oxford by American Book Collector
News
The Jon A Lindseth Lewis Carroll collection, one of the world’s largest private Lewis Carroll collections, has been donated to Christ Church Oxford where the Reverend Charles Lutwidge Dodgson better known as Lewis Carroll taught mathematics from 1855 to 1881. 
George Getschow, director of the Larry McMurtry Literary Center, in the showroom of the former Booked Up.
Preview Opening of Larry McMurtry Literary Center in Archer City
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The Larry McMurtry Literary Center (LMLC) will open its doors to the public for the first time next month since it was bought last year by the Archer City Writers Workshop.
Jane Austen's Bookshelf by Rebecca Romney
Jane Austen's Bookshelf, Private Presses, and Libraries in Fiction: February Books Roundup
Book Reviews
Our ongoing look at new books that have recently caught the eye of our print and online editors.Jane Austen's Bookshelf: A Rare Book Collector's Quest to Find the Women Writers Who Shaped a Legend by Rebecca Romney
Front covers of Evelyn Waugh books "Unconditional Surrender," "Officers and Gentlemen," "Men at Arms".
Kennedy Family Ephemera, Dada Posters, Hardy Boys: Auction Preview
Current Events & Trends
At New England Auctions on Tuesday, February 18, 207 lots of Literature, Children's Prints & Ephemera, including a first issue copy of Joseph Conrad's Notes on Life & Letters (1921) and an uncut sheet of 1776 paper money issued by Pennsylvania, printed on paper containing flakes of mica and…
The George Washington letter
George Washington’s ‘Recur to Arms’ Letter For Sale on Presidents’ Day
News
The Raab Collection has acquired a rare letter of George Washington that goes to the heart of the American Revolution and the spirit of the colonists to take up their own arms to fight off the oppressors. 
Roosevelt's signed Panama document
Roosevelt Document Establishing Panama Canal Sold for $49,711
News
A historic document signed by President Theodore Roosevelt, crucial to the construction of the Panama Canal, has sold for $49,711 at RR Auction's sale of presidential documents and artifacts.
Melody J. Miller’s personal album of more than 65 autographed and signed typed letters received from various members of the Kennedy family, including a handwritten letter from Jacqueline Kennedy, and many items of correspondence from politicians, celebrities and other notables. Estimate: $2,000-$3,000
Archive of Washington Insider and Kennedy Confidante Melody Miller to Auction
News
Quinn’s Auction Galleries will auction political memorabilia archive of Washington insider and Kennedy family confidante Melody Miller (1945-2022) online on February 18.
The Importance of Being Earnest
Barry Humphries' Oscar Wilde First Edition Sold for £138,600
Current Events & Trends
The Barry Humphries: The Personal Collection sale at Christie's has realised a total of £4,627,224 from a variety of lots of books, art, and Dame Edna ephemera.
The El Llibre de Sent Soví i la cuina als segles XIV y XV exhibition in Valencia
Spain’s Oldest Surviving Cookbook Goes on Show
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A new exhibition commemorating the 700th anniversary of the oldest Spanish cookbook has opened at the University of Valencia in Spain.