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September 30, 2019

John Milton’s personal notes on Shakespeare’s 1623 folio discovered

Annotations in an early Shakespeare folio have been discovered to have been made by poet…

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July 9, 2019

British woman bought a book worth £20K- for £5!

A book bought 20 years ago for only five pounds is now worth £20K when…

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July 1, 2019

Lord Byron’s copy of Frankenstein discovered signed by Mary Shelley

A signed copy of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein has been discovered in what was left of…

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April 19, 2019

New Daphne Du Maurier Poems Discovered in Photo Frame

Daphne Du Maurier 's undiscovered poems have been found in an old photo frame containing…

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Children's Literature News

March 29, 2019

Rare Harry Potter Early Edition with Errors Sells for £70,000

When the first 500 copies of Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone were printed they…

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December 18, 2018

Kurt Vonnegut’s War Journal Auctioned for Almost $200,000

Considered by many to be one of the finest writers the United States has ever…

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November 2, 2018

Judge’s Copy of Lady Chatterley’s Lover Sells at Auction

On 2nd November 1960 Penguin Books was found not guilty of obscenity in the trial…

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Children's Literature News

August 23, 2018

Rare Beano comic book is up for auction!

A rare copy of the first Beano annual, without Dennis the Menace, is to be…

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May 31, 2018

Original Winnie the Pooh ‘Hundred Acre Wood’ Map up for Auction

The original map of Winnie the Pooh’s Hundred Acre Wood will be unveiled by Sotheby’s…

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March 1, 2018

George Washington’s hair was used as a bookmark.

What's the strangest thing you have found hidden in a second-hand novel or library book?…

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