Special Feature
Tom Wolfe
Prior to Mr. Wolfe's death on May 14, 2018, we talked to the bestselling author about politics, prose, and the death of New Journalism fifty years after The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test
Record-Breaker
The Ripley Scroll
Cryptic verses and curious pictures fill an early seventeenth-century illustrated alchemical manuscript in English and Latin that sold for £584,750 ($781,225) at Christie’s in London on December 13. It was billed as—and perhaps still is—the only one of twenty-three recorded copies of what is known as the Ripley Scroll remaining in private hands.
Fine Books Blog
New Rare Books Heist Film
The rare book world is abuzz with the news that a film based on a real-life special collections robbery in 2004 is making its way to a national audience after a successful premiere at Sundance. American Animals follows four Kentucky college students who plot to steal John James Audubon’s Birds of America …
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Ben Franklin’s Papers Online
The papers of American scientist, statesman, and diplomat Benjamin Franklin are now available online for the first time from the Library of Congress.
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Morgan Library Curators to Lead a Traveling Seminar on Drawings Connoisseurship
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Important Cartography, Audubon & More at Swann June 7
New York—Swann Galleries’ June 7 auction of Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color... read more
Getty Foundation Announces New Initiative Focused on Prints and Drawings Curatorship
Los Angeles - The Getty Foundation announced today the launch of The Paper Project:... read more
Sci-Fi from the Stanley Simon Estate Breaks Records in Swann Literature Auction
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MoMA Announces Major Acquisitions from the Merrill C. Berman Collection
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Sunday Comics & "New Yorker" Covers Lead Swann's Sale of Illustration Art
New York — Swann Galleries will offer an auction of Illustration Art on Tuesday,... read more
Original Tintin Art by Hergé May Bring $720,000 in Heritage's First European Comic Art Auction
Dallas, TX - An extraordinary, 12-panel page of Original Tintin Art by Belgian cartoonist... read more
Highlights of Christie's Spring Sales of Books & Manuscripts to be Held on June 14
New York—Christie’s announces the spring various owner sale of Fine Printed Books & Manuscripts... read more
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Bright Young Booksellers: A. N. Devers
Our Bright Young Booksellers series continues today with A. N. Devers, proprietor of The... read more
Update: A New Photo by Lillian Baynes Griffin Surfaces
Guest Post by Eve M. KahnVirtually no papers have surfaced for the photographer Lillian... read more
Rare Books &c. at Auction This Week
On Tuesday, May 22, Sotheby's London holds two music sales: Fine Autograph Music: The... read more
Women in a Golden Age of Artists' Books
Though artists' books can arguably trace their origins back to medieval volumes like the... read more
The ABA Rare Book Fair London: Part Two
Rare Books London is now underway, and there's an audible hum of activity in... read more
Bright Young Librarians: Emily Kader
Our Bright Young Librarians series continues today with Emily Kader, Rare Book Research Librarian... read more
In Memoriam Tom Wolfe
We received the sad news that author Tom Wolfe passed away yesterday at the... read more
A View from Europe: Preparations for the London Fair
It is that time of year again, when Marcia and I must put all... read more
Rare Books &c. at Auction This Week
Swann Galleries offers 19th & 20th Century Literature on Tuesday, May 15, in 310... read more
Morgan Library Curators to Lead a Traveling Seminar on Drawings Connoisseurship
New York—The Morgan Library & Museum is proud to announce that curators John Marciari... read more
Important Cartography, Audubon & More at Swann June 7
New York—Swann Galleries’ June 7 auction of Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color... read more
Getty Foundation Announces New Initiative Focused on Prints and Drawings Curatorship
Los Angeles - The Getty Foundation announced today the launch of The Paper Project:... read more
Sci-Fi from the Stanley Simon Estate Breaks Records in Swann Literature Auction
New York—Science fiction ruled on May 15 at Swann Galleries’ auction of 19th &... read more
MoMA Announces Major Acquisitions from the Merrill C. Berman Collection
New York—The Museum of Modern Art has acquired more than 300 masterworks of The... read more
Sunday Comics & "New Yorker" Covers Lead Swann's Sale of Illustration Art
New York — Swann Galleries will offer an auction of Illustration Art on Tuesday,... read more
Original Tintin Art by Hergé May Bring $720,000 in Heritage's First European Comic Art Auction
Dallas, TX - An extraordinary, 12-panel page of Original Tintin Art by Belgian cartoonist... read more
Highlights of Christie's Spring Sales of Books & Manuscripts to be Held on June 14
New York—Christie’s announces the spring various owner sale of Fine Printed Books & Manuscripts... read more