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Matthew Perry's 'Friends' Scripts and Photo Album at Charity Auction
59+ min ago (52+ words) Friends, The Last One script signed by the cast Part of the 26 season 10 scripts owned by Matthew Perry Six of One pilot script signed by the cast A showcase for fine and important books and the booksellers who offer them…...
James Bond Movie Posters Feature in Bonhams' World of Spies Sale
1+ day, 1+ hour ago (188+ words) Fine Books Magazine For book news, special columns, auction reports, events, and more. James Bond Movie Posters Feature in Bonhams' World of Spies Sale Real stories of World War Two codebreaking and James Bond posters and ephemera will go under…...
Marilyn Monroe's Letters, Acting Notes, and Phone Book to Auction
1+ day, 54+ min ago (260+ words) Marilyn Monroe letter about a recent pregnancy Timed to mark the 100th anniversary of Marilyn Monroe's birth on June 1, Heritage Auctions' sale The Marilyn Monroe Collection from the Estate of Norman and Hedda Rosten will offer part of her personal archive…...
New York International Antiquarian Book Fair 2026: Opening Night Report
4+ day, 3+ hour ago (117+ words) Patti Smith and Michael Stipe at the New York International Antiquarian Book Fair opening night Attendance reached2, 400 on opening night, surpassing last year's record of 1, 900 and marking the highest opening night attendance in the fair's history, with presentations from174 exhibitorsfrom around the…...
Jane Austen's House Hosts New Clare Twomey Art Installation Inspired by Her Letters
5+ day, 1+ hour ago (289+ words) Clare Twomey's installation at Jane Austen's House A site-specific art installation partly inspired by a quote from'Pride and Prejudice is running at Jane Austen's House'in England where she spent the last eight years of her life. Running through November 1 at…...
David Ruggles Prize Winner Laurane Reine-Adela'de on Collecting the Lived Experience of Caribbean Life
5+ day, 8+ min ago (574+ words) Our Bright Young Collectors series continues today with 2025 David Ruggles Book Collecting Prize Winner Laurane Reine-Adela'de Where are you from / where do you live? "I am originally from Martinique, a Caribbean island where my whole family is from. I now…...
Frederick Douglass Letters and Bob Dylan Handwritten Lyrics to Auction
5+ day, 1+ hour ago (357+ words) Fine Books Magazine For book news, special columns, auction reports, events, and more. Frederick Douglass Letters and Bob Dylan Handwritten Lyrics to Auction The Frederick Douglass signed letter A Frederick Douglass signed letter from March 13, 1893, addressed to Frederick Perry Noble,…...
Judy Blume, Shakespeare, and Secondhand Books' Secret Lives: April Books Roundup
5+ day, 22+ hour ago (298+ words) Finders, Keepers: The Secret Life of Second-hand Books The Making of the Middle Ages: An Atlas of Europe by'John Haywood'and Michael Wood A new history of the period from the fall of the Roman Empire to 1000 AD told via 85 specially…...
Lost Copy of Earliest English Language Poem Discovered in Rome
6+ day, 1+ hour ago (129+ words) The rediscovered 9th century manuscript of Caedmon's Hymn An early 9th century manuscript containing a text of Caedmon's Hymn has been discovered in Rome by researchers from Trinity College Dublin. The manuscript was discovered by medieval manuscript experts Dr Elisabetta Magnanti and…...
Richard Burton First Editions Lead Armenian and Iranian Scholar's Personal Library Sale
1+ week, 1+ hour ago (109+ words) Richard Burton's A Pilgrimage to Mecca and Medina (1855) Rare books from the personal library of pioneering British scholar of Armenian and Iranian studies Professor Charles Dowsett form part of Sworders' Books and Maps online sale running through May 4. Proceeds from…...