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At Long Last, a Celebration of the Legendary Gotham Book Mart

By Rebecca Rego Barry

On New Year’s Day in 1920, a horse-drawn wagon carrying a typewriter and 175 books pulled up outside of a basement on West 45th Street in Manhattan. …
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Lisa Unger Baskin Exhibition at Duke University Chronicles 500 Years of Women's Work

BY BARBARA BASBANES RICHTER

On February 28, highlights from Lisa Unger Baskin’s nearly 9,000-piece collection of rare books, ephemera, and other artifacts created and produced by women over the course of five hundred years went …
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Mexican Imprints & Manuscript Material Leads Swann Americana Auction

Swann Galleries’ Tuesday, April 16 auction of Printed & Manuscript Americana features a robust selection of Mexican imprints and manuscripts, state material and items relating to the Civil War and President Lincoln. …
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The Duc d’Orléans’ Document Box

BY Rebecca Rego Barry

Coming to auction next month is a perfect time capsule of a collection—that of Ambassador Alexander Weddell and his wife, Virginia Chase Steedman Weddell. Avid collectors, the Weddells filled their Richmond, Virginia, home with fine art, furniture, antiquities, and rare books. …

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Book of Ottoman Dress is Top Lot at Freeman's Virginia House Museum Sale

Philadelphia — On Wednesday, April 10, Freeman’s had the privilege of auctioning nearly 500... read more

Heritage Auctions' Americana & Political Sale Includes Collection of Robert E. Lee Photographs

Dallas, TX - Consignments from five private collections, including one of the most comprehensive... read more

Series of Exhibits & Events at the Library of Congress for Whitman's 200th Birthday

The Library of Congress will celebrate the 200th anniversary of American poet and changemaker... read more

New Photobook Documents the Notorious Burning Man

Smallworks Press, an independent publishing company specializing in limited edition, exquisitely-printed books focusing on... read more

"Cuban Caricature and Culture" Opens at the Wolfsonian-FIU in June 2019

Miami Beach, FL — In a focused installation, The Wolfsonian-Florida International University will highlight... read more

2019 New England Society Book Awards Finalists Announced

WHAT: The New England Society in the City of New York (NES) is pleased... read more

Wolfson History Prize 2019 Shortlist Revealed

London — The shortlist for the Wolfson History Prize 2019 is revealed today, celebrating... read more

Books & Manuscripts from Aviation to Exploration at Hindman LLC on May 1

Chicago — Hindman LLC announces the May 1 Fine Books and Manuscripts auction, featuring... read more

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UK Arts Minister Michael Ellis has prevented the sale of Sir Charles Lyell's notebooks t.co/nBwFUSLCCl via… t.co/YxlZgY9vAT
The Piece That Started My Collection: Anne-Marie Springer on acquiring intimate letters and documents from figures… t.co/O6V0fq2YGb
Book of Ottoman Dress is Top Lot at Freeman's Virginia House Museum Sale t.co/CIZN2arlQV
From the FB&C blog - Little Blue Books #Bibliography Published t.co/pOlc0d4VFx #currenteventstrends
Little Blue Books Bibliography Published t.co/Pjr5ZnjLkf
RT @secondshelfbks: Oh, btw, we are now in possession of Vanessa Bell's copy of The Voyage Out. Her sister Virginia Woolf's first novel. No…
RT @artandobject: Uncover the rich history of illuminated manuscripts and the often bizarre images that filled the margins of medieval book…
RT @NewberryLibrary: Actually, you can judge a book by its cover. In this 1897 #portrait, early Newberry trustee and donor Edward Ayer pos…

Little Blue Books Bibliography Published

We learned via the Exlibris list earlier this week that a Little Blue Books... read more

New Limited Edition of Cormac McCarthy's "The Road" Published

Suntup Editions, California-based publisher of fine limited editions, will be publishing a special... read more

175 Years of a Bloomsbury Publisher

The small but interesting exhibition celebrating 175 years of the London publisher Batsford (now... read more

Rare Books &c. at Auction This Week

Here are the auctions I'll be watching this week: On Tuesday, April 16, Printed... read more

Houghton Library Letterpress Printing Workshops

Each semester, the Houghton Library at Harvard University hosts a series of workshops on... read more

Victorian Parenting Guides: Starting a Collection

One of several thoughts that occurred to me while reading the immensely enjoyable new... read more

Bright Young Booksellers: Eric Albritton

Our Bright Young Booksellers series continues today with Eric Albritton of Ed's Editions in... read more

Hemingway's "Dangerous Summer"

In the summer of 1960, Ernest Hemingway was in Madrid writing an epilogue to... read more