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Summer Issue Now Available
Our travel issue: Join a walking tour of London’s “Lost Libraries,” preview Chicago’s brand new American Writers Museum, and peek inside Winterthur’s mysterious Memorial Library in Delaware. Plus: Nick Basbanes salutes the Library of America; Ian McKay’s auction reports; and our annual Biblio360 guide.
Fine Maps
Panorama of War
Carrying little more than a pocket notebook and pencil, John Bachelder spent three months slogging across the war-ravaged Gettysburg battlefield. Arriving less than a week after the battle, Bachelder was determined to sketch “every acre of ground—the fences, houses, trees, the undulations—all the ruination so accurately …
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Sangorski & Sutcliffe Jewelled Binding Goes to Auction
At the turn of the twentieth century, Francis Sangorski and George Sutcliffe wowed their fellow craftsmen with elaborate and innovative leather binding designs.
In the News
Important Maps of the Americas & More
On June 7, Swann Galleries will hold an auction of Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books, with highlights from the colonization of the Americas, as well as botanical prints and original watercolors. The sale promises a trove of rare early maps of the United States, including a 1750 map of Pennsylvania by Lewis Evans.
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Coming EventsJune 1-3
London Book Fair
June 7
Swann
June 8-19
Cowan’s
June 14
Bonhams
June 15
Chrisites
June 17
Chicago Book Fair
June 29
PBA Galleries
June 30–July 1
Twin Cities Book Fair
Find More Events in the FB&C Calendar
Sotheby's to Present the Art Collection of American Playwright Edward Albee
NEW YORK, 26 June 2017-Sotheby’s is honored to announce that we will offer The... read more
Religious Lots Soar at Freeman's Books & Manuscripts Sale
Philadelphia, PA-On Friday June 16th Freeman’s presented the Books & Manuscripts sale, whose catalogue... read more
MCBA Book Art Biennial Amplifies Individual and Collective Voice
MINNEAPOLIS - (June 26, 2017) - Join Minnesota Center for Book Arts (MCBA) for... read more
Seven Artists to Interact with the Huntington's Collections in Exhibition this Fall
SAN MARINO, Calif.— The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens will present new... read more
Heritage Auctions' Eric Bradley Coming to Hot Springs, Arkansas, Show July 15
HOT SPRINGS, ARK. - Eric Bradley, international spokesman for Heritage Auctions and author of... read more
Letters from Einstein to his Friend Michele Besso Coming up at Christie’s London
London - A remarkable collection of letters from Albert Einstein to his closest friend,... read more
Rare Harry Potter First Edition at Bloomsbury Auctions in July
Bloomsbury Auctions will host an auction of Rare Books and Works on Paper including... read more
The KoKo Collection: Mystery & Detective Literature Will Appear at Auction Sept. 14
DALLAS, Texas (June 21, 2017) - Dashiell Hammett’s Red Harvest (est. $30,000) is expected... read more
- When a Bookseller Tries to Buy a Bookstore t.co/vqnjCNxOIg via @lithub
- European map auction July 1 @ByJasper52 t.co/Qwow7THhqB
- It's time to bring Branwell, the dark Brontë, into the light t.co/csnDNxqBgA
- Darwin's great-great-grandson opens 'treasure trove' of rare books t.co/j46lds9vaz via @thebookseller
- Sotheby's to Present the Art Collection of American Playwright Edward Albee t.co/CpKNLDAnEm
- Religious Lots Soar at Freeman's Books & Manuscripts Sale t.co/8cTj0eM2O2
- Look at that cake! Happy 90th Birthday @strandbookstore t.co/I5V1CkOmCj
- MCBA Book Art Biennial Amplifies Individual and Collective Voice t.co/1RZ7uofeFO
- Seven Artists to Interact with the Huntington's Collections in Exhibition this Fall t.co/DLoj5j5E7B
- Love this! @NYAMHistory created a digital collection of rare books & manuscripts in honor of #HarryPotter20… t.co/x4Nn7N5GDx
Harry Potter and History Collide at The New York Academy of Medicine
Yesterday marked twenty years since J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone... read more
Bright Young Booksellers: Alan Kitchen
Our Bright Young Booksellers series continues today with Alan Kitchen, proprietor of Black... read more
Recently Discovered Image of Henry Thoreau's Sister Bequeathed to Concord Museum
Earlier this week, the Concord Museum in Massachusetts received a daguerreotype of Sophia Thoreau... read more
Major Jane Austen Exhibition Opens
On Friday the Bodleian Libraries in Oxford will ask the question: Which Jane Austen?... read more
Postcard from the Chicago Book Fair
Guest Post by Martha BayneThe second-floor ballroom at Chicago's Journeymen Plumbers Union Hall is... read more
Streaming Books, Literally
screenshot: PixGrove Ever feel like your home is overwhelmed with books? (No? Really?)... read more
The House at Lobster Cove
The House at Lobster Cove, by Jane Goodrich; Benna Books, $24.95, 388 pages.... read more
Harriet Beecher Stowe Center Unveils New Interactive Tour
What better day than June 14--the birthday of author Harriet Beecher Stowe--to share this... read more
Recap of International Symposium on Beatrix Potter
The Beatrix Potter Society hosted a three-day symposium this past weekend at Connecticut... read more
Sotheby's to Present the Art Collection of American Playwright Edward Albee
NEW YORK, 26 June 2017-Sotheby’s is honored to announce that we will offer The... read more
Religious Lots Soar at Freeman's Books & Manuscripts Sale
Philadelphia, PA-On Friday June 16th Freeman’s presented the Books & Manuscripts sale, whose catalogue... read more
MCBA Book Art Biennial Amplifies Individual and Collective Voice
MINNEAPOLIS - (June 26, 2017) - Join Minnesota Center for Book Arts (MCBA) for... read more
Seven Artists to Interact with the Huntington's Collections in Exhibition this Fall
SAN MARINO, Calif.— The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens will present new... read more
Heritage Auctions' Eric Bradley Coming to Hot Springs, Arkansas, Show July 15
HOT SPRINGS, ARK. - Eric Bradley, international spokesman for Heritage Auctions and author of... read more
Letters from Einstein to his Friend Michele Besso Coming up at Christie’s London
London - A remarkable collection of letters from Albert Einstein to his closest friend,... read more
Rare Harry Potter First Edition at Bloomsbury Auctions in July
Bloomsbury Auctions will host an auction of Rare Books and Works on Paper including... read more
The KoKo Collection: Mystery & Detective Literature Will Appear at Auction Sept. 14
DALLAS, Texas (June 21, 2017) - Dashiell Hammett’s Red Harvest (est. $30,000) is expected... read more