May 10, 2011 | Jonathan Shipley

Building a House with Books

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Videos

Auctions

The letter from Carl Linnaeus to the German physician and botanist Christian Gottlieb Ludwig

Carl Linnaeus Letter Sells for Record Price at Auction

Film Scripts and Princess Diana Letters In Terence Stamp Sale

Montgomery Secret Battle Orders, Churchill–de Gaulle Letters, and WWII Surrender Pen to Auction

Maps

London in the 18th Century

New Book Focuses on Historic First Detailed Map of 18th Century London

Top Secret Omaha Beach Invasion Maps to Auction

Maps and Atlases: Five Rare Maps for Collectors

Rare Books

Jim Spencer with the paperback copy of Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone

Rare Harry Potter Paperback Sets New World Record at Auction

Emblems Engraved on Wood by Eric Gill: Rare Book of the Week

Huntington Acquires Japanese Manuscripts, Arctic Exploration Photos, and 17th Century Jail Records

Book People

Melbourne Rare Book Week 2026 poster

Melbourne Rare Book Week Announces 2026 Programme

Vita Sackville-West's Climate-Resilient ‘Delos’ Garden Officially Opens

Thriller Writer Ken Follett's Wine Cellar Goes Under the Hammer

Sponsored

Lieutenant Henry Robertson Bowers, At the South Pole.

Odfjell Collection Goes to Auction

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

In Lincoln’s Own Words

Photographs

Jules Verne

Signed Authors’ Photographs: Five Rare Photos for Collectors

Center for Creative Photography Acquires Nine Photography Archives

The Photography Show Returns

Exhibitions

18th century Scottish scientist James Hutton’s Theory of Rain

New Summer Exhibition Focuses on Rain in Literature

Historic Manuscripts to Join Bayeux Tapestry in New Exhibition

Major Agatha Christie Exhibition Coming to the British Library

Visual Art

Inside the new centre

Quentin Blake Centre for Illustration Opens as World's Largest Illustration Centre

Archive Surrounding Controversial Fort Worth Painting Goes on Show

McKnight Fellowships for Book Artists 2026 Awarded to Christopher Selleck and Brooks Turner

Americana

Lot 97, circa 1872 thin, canary-yellow broadside advertising a Maine Republican Party rally publicising Frederick Douglass and former Maine governor Israel Washburne as guest speakers, estimate: $10,000-$20,000

Frederick Douglass Broadside Leads Anti-Slavery to Civil Rights Auction

Lincoln Assassination Night Tickets to Ford's Theatre at Ongoing Jim Irsay Auction Series

23 Letters Signed by George Washington Lead Americana Auction

Book Arts

Miami Zine Fair 2025

Miami Zine Fair 2026 Details

Major New Samuel Beckett Biennale to Include First Ulster-Scots Translation of 'Waiting for Godot'

New Celebrations Mark 40 years of ‘Poems on the Underground’