A new three-part BBC television series will explores the life and inspirations of the novelist, journalist and social campaigner Charles Dickens.Produced by Expectation, and made in partnership with The Open University, the series will air later this year on BBC Two and iPlayer as part of the…

A 1510 vellum warrant signed by King Henry VIII and a 1601 letter signed by his daughter Queen Elizabeth I excusing the Archbishop of York from attending her final Parliament are among the highlights at RR Auction's latest sale.Closing March 26, other leading lots in the auction include:

This weekly auction result is provided by Spencer W Stuart, an independent collections advisor specializing in rare books and manuscripts as well as fine photography and prints.

The Man of Steel's battle against a prehistoric Krypton creature called Doomsday chronicled in 1992's Superman #75 The Death of Superman is estimate to have sold more tham 6m copies.The set of original drawings is under the hammer at ComicConnect's online auction finishing April 12.

Five years after the inaugural sale, the fourth and final The Poetic Library of Jean Paul Barbier-Mueller will be held in Christie's Paris on March 24, nearly five years to the day after first auction which was marked by two pre-emptions by the Bibliothèque nationale de  France. 

A new exhibition at The Grolier Club looks at the Irish Literary Revival of the late 19th and early 20th centuries alongside the Irish nationhood using rare books, manuscripts, letters, theatre pamphlets, political propaganda, and photographs.

An autograph album including a scarce Jane Austen signature with Austen family provenance is on offer in the online Fine Books, Atlases & Manuscripts auction at Bonhams finishing March 26.

The Ephemera Society of America's Ephemera 46 Fair opens today and runs through March 22 with more than 60 exhibitors offering a huge variety of vintage posters, postcards, letters, photographs, tickets, brochures, and advertisements.Held at The Hyatt Regency in Greenwich, Connecticut, the…

Highlights of the Potter & Potter Vintage Posters auction on March 26 include:Job (Paris: F. Champenois, 1898) Classic Art Nouveau advertising poster by Alphonse Mucha (1860 – 1939) showing a woman with a cigarette rolled with Job papersPeaceful Paradise Valley/Northern Pacific Railway (St…

Four national libraries across Ireland and the United Kingdom have been awarded €750,000 through the UK-Ireland Cultural Co-operation Programme for Across These Islands: Shared Histories, Shared Futures, a first-of-its-kind partnership to widen access to their national collections, deepen research…