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One of only three known surviving copies of A Complete Map of All Under Heaven by Cao…
Christie's' Cabinet des Livres by Pierre Brossette sale of the Lyon businessman's collection…
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Where the Wild Things Are illustrations are among 28 works by Maurice Sendak at Heritage Auctions' May 2 auction which also features other pieces with a literary theme.
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Leading RR Auction's Fine Autographs and Artifacts sale in May is Charles Dickens’s ornate travel writing desk, a beautifully preserved fruitwood case adorned with carved mother-of-pearl inlay marked with his CD monogram and silver banding. 
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The Blake Cottage Trust has been awarded a £243,954 grant from The National Lottery Heritage Fund to support essential conservation and planning efforts for Blake’s Cottage in Felpham, the historic Sussex home of poet and artist William Blake.This funding will enable the Trust to undertake three…
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The only known set of unbound gathered sheets for Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone will lead Heritage Auctions' May 8-9 Rare Books auction.
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Sotheby's' auction dedicated solely to all four Shakespeare Folios will mark the first time they have been offered as a single lot since 1989.
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Inscribed first edition books by Danish author Hans Christian Andersen, and more than 35 association copies as well as autograph letters and original artworks created for some of his most famous stories are going under the hammer at Bonhams' online auction running until April 29.
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The Reading Agency’s State of the Nation in Adult Reading 2025 report released for World Book Day today indicates a growing reading crisis among adults who report distraction as one of the most common barriers to reading for pleasure in the UK. According to select findings from its upcoming…
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More than 100 works by artists who inspired illustrator Maurice Sendak as well as almost 30 original works by Sendak himself will go under the hammer at Christie's.Maurice Sendak, Artist, Collector, Connoisseur includes a live auction on June 10 which would have been Sendak’s 97th birthday, and an…
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An original hand-edited manuscript leaf by Henry David Thoreau for his work Cape Cod will be offered by Nate D. Sanders Auctions on April 24, 2025. 
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The Morgan Library & Museum will open A Celebration: Acquisitions in Honor of the Morgan’s Centennial, an exhibition marking the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Pierpont Morgan Library as a public institution on May 9.