"Rare heritage books, maps and manuscripts are under threat amid flooding across five levels of Auckland Central Library this afternoon, which has closed for the rest of the day."

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"The bulk of a man's childhood comic-book collection that included many of the most prized issues ever published sold at auction Wednesday for about $3.5 million."

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"Las Vegas is getting an insider's look at some of the rarest books and manuscripts in the history of America."

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"More than 100 rare Bibles once used by a Shakespeare scholar and University of Memphis professor are now part of the University of Tennessee Special Collections."

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"Johnny Depp collects first-edition works by Jack Kerouac, Arthur Rimbaud, Dylan Thomas and Edgar Allan Poe."

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"A scarce copy of Rudimentum Novitiorum, the first printed history of the world, published in 1475, and the first printed book to feature maps, sold for $1,150,000 at the 45th California International Antiquarian Book Fair this past weekend in Pasadena, CA"

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"Among the books stored in a back room on the third floor is a tiny, original manuscript by Charlotte Brontë, who is most famous for her book "Jane Eyre." The 179-year-old manuscript, which contains two short stories, has been miraculously preserved through diligent care."

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"The School of English at Bangor University will be celebrating the 200th birthday of Charles Dickens (1812-1870) on Tuesday 7 February by showing two rarely seen early film adaptations of his works."

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"Today marks the opening of the “Remembering Shakespeare” exhibit at the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, and with it, the unification of books, prints and documents chronicling the Bard’s lasting impression on the world and on Yale."

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