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Auctions

Edward Bawden lithograph of London's Borough Market, 1967.

Thoreau Pencil, Ravilious Woodblock, Lincoln Documents: Auction Preview

Single Owner Collection of Hundreds of 1960s Marvel Comics to Auction

Rare Intimate Lord Byron Letters to Auction

Exhibitions

Cat playing the organ, detail from late 15th-century prayer book, illuminated by followers of Willem Vrelant of Bruges

Cats in Medieval Manuscripts Feature in New Baltimore Exhibition

Qurʾan Manuscript Masterpieces on Display in Houston

New York Public Library Announces Major Exhibition for America's 250th Celebrations

Rare Books

The Maria Edgworth copy of Emma

Jane Austen Letter to Cassandra and 'Emma' Sent By Her to Maria Edgeworth to Auction

Global Book Traditions Showcase at Princeton University Library

Centuries of Jewish Literary Creativity Celebrated at the Grolier

Book Arts

pair of early 20th century mahogany and brass revolving bookcases

Antique Bookcases: Five Rare Books for Collectors

Rare Book School’s Author Card Games Collection on Display For First Time

New AI Tool Could Help Reconstruct Missing Ancient Inscriptions

Visual Art

2025 NY Art Book Fair Opens Next Week

Unseen Sketches of Charles Dickens in Play Rehearsals Go On Display For First Time

New Exhibition Focuses on 19th century Cartoons Satirizing Women's Fashion

Americana

Ernest Hemingway autograph letter to a Scribner's bookseller referring to The Old Man and the Sea: "Hope you like my new one".

Custer, Sitting Bull, Jefferson, Lennon, and Hemingway Headline Fine Autographs and Artifacts Sale

FBI Returns Stolen Conquistador Manuscript to Mexico

Charles Bukowski, Beats and The Counterculture at PBA Galleries

Maps

F. E. Gallup. Gallup's Map of Texas, Showing Oil and Gas Fields, Pipe Lines and Refineries

Maps of Texas: Five Rare Books for Collectors

The Sunderland Collection Acquires Cao Junyi’s ‘A Complete Map of All Under Heaven’

Maps & Atlases: Five Rare Books for Collectors

Book People

The First Book: Twentieth-Century Poetic Careers in America by Jesse Zuba

Illuminated Manuscripts History, Debut Poetry, and Gatsby Cook Book: August Books Roundup

Brontë Parsonage Museum Acquires New Historic Buildings

Oliver Bayliss on Graham Greene’s ‘Dracula’, Private Members’ Clubs, and New Ideas for the Rare Book Trade

Photographs

Bill Cunningham, Municipal Building, built 1914

Photographer Bill Cunningham’s Archive Acquired by The New York Historical

Marilyn Monroe’s Signed Passport Photograph Sold for $21,655

Victorian Photobook Bought at US Yard Sale to Auction with $67,000 Estimate

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Caveat Emptor: or some thoughts on ethics and online book buying

In Lincoln’s Own Words

Heritage Seeks Illustration Art for April Sale