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Western County Histories including the scarce Yolo county history from 1879, early California…
Muhammad Ali's draft card which was issued the day the Louisville Kentucky Draft Board ordered him…
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V&A East Storehouse opens its doors on September 13 to the David Bowie Centre and the singer's archive of writings and sketches in London.Highlights include:
The Nature of Gothic at Blackburn Museum celebrates how artists across centuries, disciplines and faiths have all drawn inspiration from the natural world.At its heart are treasures from Blackburn’s Hart Collection, one of the UK’s most important collections of rare books and manuscripts,…
The Tucson-based gallerist's library which goes under the hammer at 11am Pacific Time today at PBA Galleries runs to more than 4,500 volumes, and has supported over 300 exhibitions and 150 art fairs, featuring numerous signed and inscribed editions by photographers that he worked with over the…
Running September 19 through February 1, 2026 L is for Look will focus on children's photobooks from their rise in the 1930s to the present day at the Photo Elysée in Lausanne.Most of the books on display come from the Photo Elysée library, one of the largest collections of photography books in…
The entire United States Constitution is to go on display for the first time as part of the National Archives’ celebration of the 250th anniversary of the United States.The four-page Constitution and the original Bill of Rights will be surrounded by 17 Constitutional amendments, filling the Rotunda…
The fourth annual David Ruggles Prize to support and encourage international young book collectors of color has been awarded to
Laurane Reine-Adelaïde for her collection on Martinique.Reflecting the everyday lives of the Caribbean island's people, her collection is particularly rich in material on…
The Carle will open a new exhibition later this month exploring Eric Carle’s career through the perspective of food. Cooking with Eric Carle, running September 20 through August 23, 2026, at The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art in Amherst, MA, will feature more than 50 works dating from…
One of Jane Austen’s letters written to her sister Cassandra in 1805 chronicling the social life of Bath that shaped her novel Persuasion headlines a special auction at Sotheby's next month.
RR Auction's online September Fine Autographs and Artifacts auction includes more than 800 lots and is anchored by highlights from the Civil War and American West Collection of Dr. Joseph Matheu.Among the offerings is a candid 1952 Ernest Hemingway handwritten signed letter…
A line-up of mostly Marvel comics goes under the hammer at Richard Winterton Auctioneers on September 29.They were all bought contemporaneously by a Staffordshire man who enjoyed them in his youth and have subsequently been carefully stored in a loft for many years. Catalogued across more than 50…
