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A newly discovered raccoon-sized armored monstersaurian lizard from Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument in southern Utah has been named for the goblin prince from J. R. R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit, 'Bolg amondol'
A rare signed photograph tied to Marilyn Monroe’s 1954 visit to the San Francisco Federal Building has sold for $21,655 at RR Auction.Two weeks after marrying baseball legend Joe DiMaggio, Monroe arrived at the Federal Building on January 29, 1954, to secure a passport for their upcoming honeymoon…
The Fine Literature, Mysteries & Sci-fi, Bukowski, Beats and The Counterculture auction at PBA Galleries on July 17 features a section dedicated to the works of Charles Bukowski, including original art, limited editions, manuscripts and letters.
Original comic art from Gene Colan, Gill Kane, and Brian Bolland plus sports and political memorabilia comes to auction later his month at Hakes.
Bonhams London sells 183 lots of Travel & Exploration on July 15, with a number of paintings expected to lead the way; among the books, manuscripts, and photographs are a copy of Francis Frith's 1858 "mammoth view" albumen print of Cairo (£8,000–12,000); a presentation copy of Ernest Shackleton…
This week's Rare Book of the Week is more than a single book it's an entire pop-up secondhand bookshop sited in a 1935 Parisian bus which will be one of the many venues and attractions at this year's Ventnor Fringe on the Isle of Wight.
The typewriter that Cecil B. DeMille used for his 1914 movie The Squaw Man goes under the hammer at Heritage Auctions tomorrow in its dedicated Cecil B. DeMille Lifetime Collection auction.
The Woodland Trust has announced its Tree of the Year shortlist which features two examples that inspired Virginia Woolf and William Wordsworth.
Our ongoing look at new books that have recently caught the eye of our print and online editors.Wonders and Rarities: The Marvelous Book That Traveled the World and Mapped the Cosmos by Travis ZadehA study of the influential 13th century encyclopedic natural history Wonders and Rarities by…
Highlights of Potter & Potter's Fine Books & Manuscripts featuring Mystery & Detective Literature sale on July 24 include:* a complete run of Red Star Mystery (New York: The Frank A. Munsey Company, June 1940 - Dec. 1940), a rare, short-lived mystery pulp starring Don Diavolo, the…
