Journal of Magellan's Voyage
Medieval & Early Modern Maps on View at Yale
A research trip to the Beinecke Library at Yale University gave me the opportunity to visit its new…

The Fine Books Blog

August 10, 2022
Dalziel Wood Engravings on View at the British Museum
Wood engravings by one of Victorian England’s finest business partnerships, which illustrated some…
August 9, 2022
2022 National Book Festival Poster Reveal
Every year since 2001, the Library of Congress has commissioned original artwork for its National…
August 8, 2022
Rare Books &c. at Auction This Week
Here are the three sales I'll be watching this week:
August 5, 2022
Video Fridays: The Fragile History of Libraries
In our current issue, Nick Basbanes talks with historians Andrew Pettegree and Arthur Der Weduwen…
August 4, 2022
Bright Young Booksellers: Tengyu Shoten
Our Bright Young Booksellers series continues its journey to Japan with our profile today of Tengya…
August 3, 2022
Designer Bookbinders Highlight Nature in New Exhibition
Although funding for bookbinding courses in the UK is at a perilous level, a new traveling…
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From the Pages of Fine Books & Collections
Summer 2022
Summer 2022
Emily Dickinson, Drama Queen
The typical fate of a television set and its contents post-production is not...
The Art of Bookish Baking
There are many ways of reinterpreting our cultural heritage, but Shakespeare...
The Women Behind James Joyce
I am sitting in the beautiful, air-conditioned space of the gallery at the...
Spring 2022
Cartographer Olaus Magnus' Map of Sea Monsters
Disappointed with the maps of Scandinavia that were circulating throughout...
NYC Alamo Drafthouse's New "Press Room"
From its inception in Austin, Texas, in 1997, Alamo Drafthouse Cinemas has...
Hiding in Plain Sight: Newton’s Opticks
Like many book collectors, David L. DiLaura, professor emeritus of civil and...
Winter 2022
Metal Detecting for John Burroughs Literary Artifacts
When famed naturalist John Burroughs died in 1921, he left behind hundreds of...
Zines at The Ohio State University’s Rare Book Library
Collectors familiar with The Ohio State University’s Rare Books & Manuscripts...
Jan Brett: Magic in the Margins
Before becoming an award-winning picture book illustrator, Jan Brett could tell...
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Charles Baudelaire’s Les Fleurs du Mal (1857)
Banned Books to be Featured at Firsts: London’s Rare Book Fair
London — Firsts: London’s Rare Book Fair, organised by the Antiquarian Booksellers' Association (…

In The News

August 11, 2022
New Book About Book Designer Margaret Armstrong Published
Catskill, NY — For a brief twenty years as the 19th turned into the 20th century, Americans were…
August 10, 2022
Library of Congress Acquires Original Artwork by Vera B. Williams
Washington, D.C. — The Library of Congress has acquired the original watercolor illustrations…
August 8, 2022
First Edition Sets of Tolkien Come to Auction
Stansted Mountfitchet, England — Sworders’ August 23 Books and Maps sale includes not one but two…
August 5, 2022
LGBTQ+ Art, Material Culture & History at Swann August 18
New York — Swann Galleries’ LGBTQ+ Art, Material Culture & History sale is at auction Thursday…
August 4, 2022
Americana, Travel & Exploration at PBA Galleries
Berkeley, CA — On August 11, 2022, PBA Galleries will be hosting a sale with over 450 lots of…
August 3, 2022
Vintage Posters at Potter & Potter August 20
Chicago — Potter & Potter Auctions is pleased to announce this 700+ lot sale to be held on…
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