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 ...

A SNEAK PEEK INSIDE. SCIENTIFIC DISCOVERIES HAVE BEEN DOCUMENTED ALL THE WAY BACK TO ANCIENT TIMES, AND SOME OF THOSE FAMOUS TEXTS HAVE SURVIVED OVER THE CENTURIES. LINDA HALL LIBRARY AT UMKC IS NOW ...

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 ...

URBANA, Ill. (AP) -- Mold has infested the University of Illinois' rare book library, and officials said the estimated $800,000 worth of cleanup will force it to close for months. About 15,000 books ...

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 ...

A 1787 first-edition book signed by Thomas Jefferson. A rare copy of “The Journal of Major George Washington.” Other WRAL Top Stories A version of Isaac Newton’s “Principia,” among the most ...

URBANA, Ill. (AP) -- Mold has infested the University of Illinois' rare book library, and officials said the estimated $800,000 worth of cleanup will force it to close for months. About 15,000 books ...

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In 1939, Ernest Hemingway left a large collection of his belongings—the manuscript of his earliest short story, childhood trinkets, memorabilia from his time at war, intimate letters, books, and ...

On a chilly March evening while out for a walk with his dog Sparky on the North Side, Robert Miller came upon some books scattered on the sidewalk. Even in the dim light, Miller could see that these ...