June 2010 | Jonathan Shipley

What are the Best Book Covers of 2009?

The one above, according to the American Institute of Graphic Arts, and 49 others.

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Auctions

Napoleon

Catawiki Presents its First Exclusive Autograph and Manuscript Selection

Sworders Offers Bedaux Archive

From the Middle Ages to the Moon at Christie’s

Americana

Declaration of Independence 1776 printing

Landmarks of American History at Christie’s

Printed & Manuscript Americana at Swann April 15

Sotheby’s Presents the Lipman Collection of Printed & Manuscript Americana

Book People

Ernest Hemingway at his home Cuba

Video Fridays: Hemingway

British Book Collector's Private Treasures Now Public Trust

Bright Young Booksellers: Victoria Forsberg-Lary

Rare Books

Harrison-Hiett Rare Books catalogue image

Harrison-Hiett Rare Books Debuts Clickable Catalogue

$2.1 Million for Boston Public Library’s Founding Research Collection

Rare Books for Women’s History Month

Book Arts

Folio Society Complete Short Stories of Philip K. Dick

The Folio Society Publishes the Complete Short Stories of Philip K. Dick

Saving the Art of Bookbinding in the UK

Video Fridays: Women Paper Artists

Sponsored

Pablo Neruda

‘Democratized’ Book, Map, and Manuscript Auctions Promise Finds in All Price Ranges

Potter & Potter to Auction Science, Americana, and more at October Sale

Visual Art

Martin Puryear, Phrygian, 2012

The Morgan Library Acquires Group of Exceptional Prints by Martin Puryear

On View: British Postcards

Warhol’s Rare Illustrated Books Triumph at Bonhams NY

Photographs

Dorothea Lange’s Migrant Mother

Dorothea Lange Leads March Sale of Fine Photographs at Swann

Briscoe Center for American History Acquires Jacques Lowe Photographic Archive

Online Getty Exhibition Explores Palmyra in English and Arabic

Exhibitions

Front cover of Lindisfarne Gospels

Lindisfarne Gospels to go on Display in 2022

Armchair Journeys: Reading the World

A Virtual Snow Day Escape at Cotsen Children’s Library

Maps

Dr. John Snow used this map to further demonstrate that cholera was not caused by foul city air but by something in the water.

Maps in the Time of Cholera

British Library Makes 40,000 Historical Maps Available Online

The Legendary Vladi Collection of Historical Maps at Guernsey’s