March marks the last month of Rare Books 101 at the Buffalo & Erie County Public Library. Along with opportunities to view significant historic acclaimed works that are always on display, visitors to ...

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The Victorian fascination with natural history combined with affordable book publishing led to some comely titles in elegant binding. The Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library at the University of Toronto ...

UW’s American Heritage Center houses the research journals of author Owen Wister, who wrote “The Virginian,” which is widely touted as the first recognized Western novel. This 1902 first edition is in ...

The Fresno County Public Library is set to receive a rare book collection valued at $26,000, containing first editions from John Steinbeck.

Some libraries draw you in with their architecture, others with the history they hold. A few carry an atmosphere that’s harder to define, the kind that lingers the moment you step inside. It might be ...

LAKE CHARLES, La. (KPLC) - McNeese State University’s Frazar Memorial Library will be hosting a Rare Book Petting Zoo where students, faculty, staff, and the general public can get an up-close look at ...

Penn Libraries has received $4.25 million — the largest gift ever from a living donor — to go toward the Rare Book and Manuscript Library. The donor, who is a member of the Libraries’ Board of ...

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