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#12801814

27 Sep 2025

Visitors select books from Prime Publication during the 2025 Indonesia International Book Fair at the Jakarta Convention Center on September 27, 2025, in Jakarta, Indonesia. The international exhibition, attended by 20 countries, presents more than 500,000 books at affordable prices and serves as a meeting place for intellectual, cultural, and creative business activities.

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#12801815

27 Sep 2025

Visitors select books during the 2025 Indonesia International Book Fair at Jakarta Convention Center on September 27, 2025, in Jakarta, Indonesia. The international exhibition, attended by 20 countries, presents more than 500,000 books at affordable prices and becomes a meeting place for intellectual, cultural, and creative business activities.

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#12801816

27 Sep 2025

Visitors select books during the 2025 Indonesia International Book Fair at Jakarta Convention Center on September 27, 2025, in Jakarta, Indonesia. The international exhibition, attended by 20 countries, presents more than 500,000 books at affordable prices and becomes a meeting place for intellectual, cultural, and creative business activities.

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#12801779

27 Sep 2025

People visit the booth of China Publication during the 2025 Indonesia International Book Fair at Jakarta Convention Center on September 27, 2025, in Jakarta, Indonesia. The international exhibition, attended by 20 countries, presents more than 500,000 books at affordable prices and becomes a meeting place for intellectual, cultural, and creative business activities.

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#12801780

27 Sep 2025

People visit the booth of China Publication during the 2025 Indonesia International Book Fair at Jakarta Convention Center on September 27, 2025, in Jakarta, Indonesia. The international exhibition, attended by 20 countries, presents more than 500,000 books at affordable prices and becomes a meeting place for intellectual, cultural, and creative business activities.

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#12801781

27 Sep 2025

People visit the booth of China Publication during the 2025 Indonesia International Book Fair at Jakarta Convention Center on September 27, 2025, in Jakarta, Indonesia. The international exhibition, attended by 20 countries, presents more than 500,000 books at affordable prices and becomes a meeting place for intellectual, cultural, and creative business activities.

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#12801784

27 Sep 2025

People visit the booth of Turkiye during the 2025 Indonesia International Book Fair at Jakarta Convention Center on September 27, 2025, in Jakarta, Indonesia. The international exhibition, attended by 20 countries, presents more than 500,000 books at affordable prices and becomes a meeting place for intellectual, cultural, and creative business activities.

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#12801793

27 Sep 2025

People visit the booth of Prime Publication during the 2025 Indonesia International Book Fair at Jakarta Convention Center on September 27, 2025, in Jakarta, Indonesia. The international exhibition, attended by 20 countries, presents more than 500,000 books at affordable prices and becomes a meeting place for intellectual, cultural, and creative business activities.

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#12506365

26 Jun 2025

LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM - JUNE 26, 2025: An art handler holds ''Cecco di Ronchitti da Bruzene. Dialogo in perpuosito de la stella nuova'' (Padua, 1605), an exceptionally rare first edition of Galileo's first published work, co-authored with Girolamo Spinelli and written in vernacular dialect to challenge Aristotelian cosmology through a witty dialogue sparked by the 1604 supernova; no other copy recorded on the market in over a century, estimate: GBP500,000 - 700,000 during a photocall at Christie's auction house ahead of Valuable Books and Manuscripts Sale in London, United Kingdom on June 26, 2025.

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#12506366

26 Jun 2025

LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM - JUNE 26, 2025: An art handler looks at a love letter from John Lennon to his girlfriend Cynthia, written in Hamburg in April 1962 after Stuart Sutcliffe's death, capturing Lennon's raw grief, tenderness, and longing at a pivotal moment in Beatles history, estimate: GBP30,000 - 40,000 during a photocall at Christie's auction house ahead of Valuable Books and Manuscripts Sale in London, United Kingdom on June 26, 2025.

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#12506355

26 Jun 2025

LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM - JUNE 26, 2025: An art handler holds Gladstone Missal, beautiful Renaissance illuminated manuscript once owned by British Prime Minister William Gladstone (who served from 1868 to 1894 - the longest tenure of any British Prime Minister), estimate: GBP200,000 - 300,000 during a photocall at Christie's auction house ahead of Valuable Books and Manuscripts Sale in London, United Kingdom on June 26, 2025.

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#12506354

26 Jun 2025

LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM - JUNE 26, 2025: An art handler holds ''Tale of Petter Rabbit'' by Beatrix Potter, privately printed first edition of Potter's debut, one of only 250 copies - origin story of the beloved classic, estimate: GBP40,000 - 60,000 during a photocall at Christie's auction house ahead of Valuable Books and Manuscripts Sale in London, United Kingdom on June 26, 2025.

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#12182593

22 Mar 2025

Fabio Masi is a bookseller and publisher specializing in the history of Ventotene and Santo Stefano, on September 23, 2019. Ventotene lacked plaques or signs commemorating its historical events for many years. Between 1941 and 1942, amid the war rubble on this small island between Lazio and Campania, Altiero Spinelli and a small group of individuals drafted the Ventotene manifesto--a text advocating European unity. The island's history as a place of confinement spans 2,000 years, as evidenced by the remains of Julia's Roman villa, where Augustus' daughter was exiled. This legacy is preserved in local memory and can be seen in the remnants of former shops, lodgings, and canteens, as well as in a bookshop and publishing house dedicated to maintaining this heritage. In a period marked by renewed debate over the European project, Ventotene--reflecting a long history of both confinement and liberation--has been linked to pro-European sentiment. On the island, an independent bookshop, an annual meeting of young federalists, and a literature festival addressing themes of freedom and democracy have been established.

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#12182602

22 Mar 2025

Fabio Masi is a bookseller and publisher specializing in the history of Ventotene and Santo Stefano, on September 23, 2019. Ventotene lacked plaques or signs commemorating its historical events for many years. Between 1941 and 1942, amid the war rubble on this small island between Lazio and Campania, Altiero Spinelli and a small group of individuals drafted the Ventotene manifesto--a text advocating European unity. The island's history as a place of confinement spans 2,000 years, as evidenced by the remains of Julia's Roman villa, where Augustus' daughter was exiled. This legacy is preserved in local memory and can be seen in the remnants of former shops, lodgings, and canteens, as well as in a bookshop and publishing house dedicated to maintaining this heritage. In a period marked by renewed debate over the European project, Ventotene--reflecting a long history of both confinement and liberation--has been linked to pro-European sentiment. On the island, an independent bookshop, an annual meeting of young federalists, and a literature festival addressing themes of freedom and democracy have been established.

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#12182604

22 Mar 2025

Cristina is a bookseller at the bookshop Ultima Spiaggia in Ventotene, on September 25, 2019. Ventotene lacked plaques or signs commemorating its historical events for many years. Between 1941 and 1942, amid the war rubble on this small island between Lazio and Campania, Altiero Spinelli and a small group of individuals drafted the Ventotene manifesto--a text advocating European unity. The island's history as a place of confinement spans 2,000 years, as evidenced by the remains of Julia's Roman villa, where Augustus' daughter was exiled. This legacy is preserved in local memory and can be seen in the remnants of former shops, lodgings, and canteens, as well as in a bookshop and publishing house dedicated to maintaining this heritage. In a period marked by renewed debate over the European project, Ventotene--reflecting a long history of both confinement and liberation--has been linked to pro-European sentiment. On the island, an independent bookshop, an annual meeting of young federalists, and a literature festival addressing themes of freedom and democracy have been established.

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#12182594

22 Mar 2025

The entrance to the Ventotene Town Hall building, on September 23, 2019. Ventotene lacked plaques or signs commemorating its historical events for many years. Between 1941 and 1942, amid the war rubble on this small island between Lazio and Campania, Altiero Spinelli and a small group of individuals drafted the Ventotene manifesto--a text advocating European unity. The island's history as a place of confinement spans 2,000 years, as evidenced by the remains of Julia's Roman villa, where Augustus' daughter was exiled. This legacy is preserved in local memory and can be seen in the remnants of former shops, lodgings, and canteens, as well as in a bookshop and publishing house dedicated to maintaining this heritage. In a period marked by renewed debate over the European project, Ventotene--reflecting a long history of both confinement and liberation--has been linked to pro-European sentiment. On the island, an independent bookshop, an annual meeting of young federalists, and a literature festival addressing themes of freedom and democracy have been established.

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