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Coming Events

June 8–9th

London Map Fair

June 12th

Christie’s

June 13–15th

London Book Fair

June 19th

Bonhams June

June 20th

Swann

June 20-21th

TN Book Fair

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First Edition of Frankenstein Sells for $172,000 at London Antiquarian Book Fair

Over 1,000 people visited the London International Antiquarian Book Fair on the first day, with... read more

Famed Harrisburg Collection to be Auctioned by Guernsey’s

New York, New York — Beginning July 15th on Harrisburg, Pennsylvania’s lovely City Island,... read more

Rare Magazine Collection in a Vuitton Portfolio at Bonhams

Fashion Special, edition 18 of the contemporary fashion, art and design periodical, Visionare, which... read more

The Independent Online Booksellers Association Announces Winners of the Annual Scholarship Contest

IOBA awards two scholarships annually to support the professional development of its member booksellers,... read more

Announcing the 24th Annual Antiquarian Book Fair at Searles Castle

The 24th Annual Antiquarian Book fair will be held again at the John Dewey... read more

Beat Generation Poet Peter Orlovsky’s Archive Acquired by Ransom Center

AUSTIN, Texas — The Harry Ransom Center, a humanities research library and museum... read more

ABAA Urges Congress to Support Postal Service

The Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America (ABAA) is asking Congress to do its part... read more

Robert A. Siegel Galleries & Seth Kaller to Auction Rare Newspaper Printing of the Declaration of Independence

June 10, 2013, NYC, NY — The rare first newspaper printing of the Declaration... read more

Features

Buy this issue at the Fine Books store.

Strange Beauty

By Rebecca Rego Barry

The captivating drawings, paintings, and prints of bestselling novelist Audrey Niffenegger

Big Sur

By Lili DeBarbieri

A land of indulgence and escape for generations of writers, from Robert Louis Stevenson to Henry Miller

Illustrating the Classics

By James D. Keeline

Rand McNally tapped Milo Winter to illustrate its Windermere series

Featured Columns

Gently Mad

Prime Pickwicks and Beyond

By Nicholas A. Basbanes

A private collection of Charles Dickens goes on exhibit at Southern Methodist University

Record-Breaker

Persia’s Physician

By Ian McKay

The first Arabic edition of Canon medicinae

Book Art

Book Architect

By Richard Minsky

An interview with Hedi Kyle, inventor of the “flag book”

Beyond the Basics

In the Margins

By Joel Silver

The effect of notes, marginalia, and ownership marks on a book’s value

In the Library

Read Online

Creative Destruction and the Photography Revolution

By Jenny Bagert

Dawn’s Early Light: The First 50 Years of American Photography at Cornell University Library

Fine Maps

Photomapping

By Jeffrey S. Murray

Mapmakers were among the first to embrace the new science of photography