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A June 10, 1779, letter signed by George Washington and written in the hand of his aide-de-camp…
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A new permanent exhibition charting more than 200 years of Jane Austen publishing history has opened at Jane Austen's House in Chawton.
The New York Historical has announced the launch of The Story of America in 7 Books, part of its ongoing commemoration of the 250th anniversary of the founding of the United States. Beginning this fall, Joseph Luzzi, Asher B. Edelman Professor of Literature at Bard, will lead monthly…
The Grolier Club will begin its 2026–2027 season with a new exhibition highlighting revolutions in contemporary American hand papermaking. The milestone 1,000th exhibition Pioneers in Hand Papermaking: 50 Years of Innovation at Dieu Donné on view September 8 through November 28, also…
An exceptionally rare nine-volume set of A Collection of Prints, Engraved after the Most Capital Paintings in England by John and Josiah Boydell will go under the hammer at Anderson & Garland Auctioneers tomorrow.
A rare 1776 printing of the US Declaration of Independence which is one of just 11 known to survive and the only copy outside the United States has been discovered at The National Archives in Kew, London.The document was among papers seized when the American privateer Dalton was captured by the…
Benjamin Franklin's June 15, 1748, autograph letter written from Philadelphia during the aftermath of the British capture of Louisbourg leads RR Auction's latest Fine Autographs & Artifacts.
The original Don Heck artwork introducing Tony Stark’s superhero persona Iron Man on page 1 of Tales of Suspense No. 39 from March 1963 has set a new auction price record for original comic art, going for $3,875,000 in Heritage Auctions’ Comic Art sale.“A fantastic image and a historic book combine…
Papermaking, the Quantum Revolution, and the story of Black people in America are among the highlights of the Grolier Club's upcoming exhibitions for the rest of this year and into 2027.
![Origen of Alexandria (c. 185–253) Homilia in Genesim, Homiliae in Exodum, in Latin, translation by Rufinus, decorated manuscript on parchment [Austria, Lambach Abbey? c. 1150–1175]. Estimate: $150,000-$200,000.](/sites/default/files/styles/mobile_listed_teaser_thumb_768x735_/public/media-images/2026-06/origen.jpeg?itok=xBZ5haTi)
More than 65 illuminated manuscript leaves and cuttings alongside a selection of codices go under the hammer at Freeman's on July 9.Leading the sale is an illustrated Romanesque manuscript, probably produced at Lambach Abbey in Austria c. 1150–1175 (estimate: $150,000-$200,000) containing…
Books and letters associated with J.R.R. Tolkien's friendship with fan Eileen Elgar come to the Books, Manuscripts & Music sale at Sotheby's on July 9.They were inscribed for Elgar who started a correspondence with the author, and who received him when he visited her at home in Bournemouth,…
