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Shakespeare specialist Professor Emma Smith from the University of Oxford will give the 2026…
An 1837 English translation of Santa Anna's second-in-command's account of his conduct in the Texas…
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In Imprimer! L'Europe de Gutenberg (Printing! Gutenberg’s Europe), the Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF) looks back at the innovation of printing by tracing the history of its development and the keys to its success.
2023 is the 20th anniversary of Chawton House opening to the public. To mark this milestone, the heritage site once owned by Jane Austen’s brother is launching an urgent fundraising appeal to ensure its legacy continues for the next twenty years and beyond.
Poets in Vogue brings together the fashion worlds and poetic work of seven women poets through a series of displays, including an iconic tartan skirt owned and worn by Sylvia Plath.
The 2023-2024 ABAA Gender Equity Initiative has announced the ABAA Mentorship Program which furthers the ABAA’s mission to promote ethical standards and professionalism in the antiquarian book trade, to encourage the collecting and preservation of rare and antiquarian books and related materials,…
The 1931 Style A movie poster for Frankenstein designed by the legendary Universal Pictures art director Karoly Grosz is among more than 100 sci-fi and horror rarities coming to sale at the end of this month at Heritage Auctions.
Growing from its successful 2022 launch, this year’s Photobook Fest will expand into The International Center of Photography’s galleries to host nearly 50 leading and independent photobook publishers from more than 10 countries, showcasing their latest image-based books, magazines, and zines.
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Honey & Wax Booksellers and Johnson Rare Books & Archives have announced the offering of the Morris-Levin collection of publishers’ bindings.
A series of photographs taken by Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (1832-98) – aka Lewis Carroll – of one of his ‘child friends’ come for sale at Sworders. The eight images come from a descendent of the sitter - Alexandra 'Xie' Rhoda Kitchen (1864-1925). They were recently found in an…
Oxford University Museum of Natural History (OUMNH) has acquired an important archival collection relating to pioneering 19th-century geologist and theologian William Buckland. Passed by descent to the current owners, the archive contains over 1,000 items including letters, notebooks, family papers…
The Bernard and Anne Spitzer School of Architecture has opened the Sorkin Reading Room, dedicated to its namesake, Michael Sorkin, the late distinguished professor of architecture.
