The Collected Library: Summer Reading

Date(s)

Friday, July 17th, 2026

Auctions

Street Address

Freeman's - Chicago
1550 W Carroll Avenue
Chicago, IL 60607

Freeman's Auctions Sale #6519

Preview By Appointment

41.887538214242, -87.66580485

The Collected Library: Summer Reading

Event Times

10am CDT

Auctions

As You Like It complete play extracted from The First Folio, estimate: $30,000–$50,000

'As You Like It' First Folio Leads Library of Stephen J. Farber Auction

Vintage Posters

The Collected Library: Summer Reading

Book Arts

Miami Zine Fair 2025

Miami Zine Fair 2026 Details

Major New Samuel Beckett Biennale to Include First Ulster-Scots Translation of 'Waiting for Godot'

New Celebrations Mark 40 years of ‘Poems on the Underground’

Americana

Marilyn Monroe's 1962 annotated script from Something's Got To Give

Marilyn Monroe's Annotated Scripts, Bank Book, and Recipe for Stuffing to Auction

$4.5m Estimate for Major Benjamin Franklin Collection Auction

Rare Americana and Declaration of Independence Go On Show Today

Rare Books

A Matter of Colour (in Tabula, Vol. XXII, No. 3. Oak Park, IL, Publishing Board of the Oak Park)

Ernest Hemingway: Five Rare Books for Collectors

Recently Recovered Stolen Keats Love Letters On Show Before Auction

Signed John Wilkes Booth Portrait, Founding Father Archive, and Citroën Photolog: The Week in Rare Books

Exhibitions

Robert Lawson, illustration for The Story of Ferdinand by Munro Leaf, 1936

90th Anniversary of 'The Story of Ferdinand' Celebrated with Special Exhibition

William Hogarth, Black Poetry, and the Harlem Renaissance lead Beinecke Exhibition Plans

Jane Austen's House Hosts New Clare Twomey Art Installation Inspired by Her Letters

Photographs

Jules Verne

Signed Authors’ Photographs: Five Rare Photos for Collectors

Center for Creative Photography Acquires Nine Photography Archives

The Photography Show Returns

Maps

London in the 18th Century

New Book Focuses on Historic First Detailed Map of 18th Century London

Top Secret Omaha Beach Invasion Maps to Auction

Maps and Atlases: Five Rare Maps for Collectors

Visual Art

Thunderball artwork, 1965

James Bond Movie Posters Feature in Bonhams' World of Spies Sale

Quentin Blake Centre for Illustration Confirms Summer Opening Date

Unseen Winnie-the-Pooh Preliminary Sketches Come to Light

Sponsored

Lieutenant Henry Robertson Bowers, At the South Pole.

Odfjell Collection Goes to Auction

Caveat Emptor: or some thoughts on ethics and online book buying

In Lincoln’s Own Words

Book People

Oliver Dickens

Charles Dickens's Great-Great-Great Grandson to Perform Ancestor's Famous 'Sikes and Nancy' Scene

Bright Young Collectors: Kaveh Bahar

New York International Antiquarian Book Fair 2026: Opening Night Report