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Highlights of Swann Galleries' Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books auction…
The National Archives has announced that it will temporarily loan more than 30 historic documents,…
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A fundraising campaign launched by the University of York to secure the archive of scriptwriting duo Ray Galton and Alan Simpson who are credited with inventing the British sitcom has successfully reached its target.The two scriptwriters were influential figures in the history of British comedy,…
Highlights from PBA Galleries' miniature books auction on August 28 include:Expelled by John Cheever (Los Angeles, Sylvester & Orphanos, 1987)Foreword by Malcolm Cowley, Afterword by John Updike. 55x73 mm, slipcase, 77 of 150 numbered copies. Signed by Cheever, Updike, and Cowley, and the book'…
An unpublished set of pen, ink, and watercolour sketches showing Charles Dickens and his theatre company in the midst of acting rehearsals has gone on show for the first time at the Charles Dickens Museum in London.
A wide variety of documentation relating to the history of the Scottish Cricket Union and Cricket Scotland from 1908 to the present day have been acquired by the National Library of Scotland.
A century after Sir James Roberts gifted Haworth Parsonage to the Brontë Society it has announced that it has acquired three adjoining properties in the centre of Haworth which it intends to renovate.
Of the 138 lots covering the history of science at PBA Galleries' August 28 auction are 18 related to Albert Einstein with 16 offprints presented to this son Hans on topics including aspects of General Relativity, early work on Unified Field Theory and the Canal Rays experiment.
At Heritage Auctions on Tuesday, August 26, 125 lots in a Pulp, Paperback, Science Fiction & Fantasy showcase auction, with original illustration and cover art expected to lead the way These include John Conrad Berkey's cover art for the 1998 publication From Afar estimated at $4,000+; Greg and…
Going under the hammer this week at University Archives is a ticket stub for Charles Dickens's second U.S. tour dated January 2, 1868.Billed to start at 8 o'clock precisely, the reading was scheduled to take place at Steinway Hall, and reserves the bearer a Floor seat in Row A, No. 11.
A handwritten set of 17th century records of prisoners at Stafford Gaol has sold for £11,000 in Tennants Auctioneers’ Books, Maps & Manuscripts Sale.
A collection of notes, documents, and ephemera used for the Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends television series is under the hammer at Julien's Auctions online Thomas and Friends: The Britt Allcroft Collection.
