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May 10, 2011 | Jonathan Shipley

Building a House with Books

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Rare Books

A Display of Presses, collections of pamphlets from presses around the world.
Private Press: Five Rare Books for Collectors
Rabbi Papers, Needlework Album, and Annapolis Map: The Week in Rare Books
Previously Unpublished Tolkien Translation Discovered in Oxford Archives

Book People

Shelf of old books
‘In defence of visibly used books' Wins Bodleian Book Collecting Prize
Bright Young Collectors: Emily Porter
National Library of Ireland Announces Bloomsday 2026 Programme of Events

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Detail from the production-cel pairing of the Grinch and Cindy-Lou Who as she catches the Grinch in the act of stealing Christmas
Grinch 60th Anniversary Art Leeds Animation and Comic Art Auction
Quentin Blake Centre for Illustration Opens as World's Largest Illustration Centre
Archive Surrounding Controversial Fort Worth Painting Goes on Show

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Items from the Living with Nature exhibition
'Living with Nature' Manuscripts Exhibition Opens
Beauties of My Style
Muted Volumes: Book-Objects, Patterned Papers, and the Closed Stacks of Buhr

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Jean-Claude Sauer, Cocktail dresses known as “Homage to Pop Art”, Fall/Winter1966 haute couture collection. Published in LIFE magazine, September 1966
International Center of Photography Focuses on Yves Saint Laurent and Photography
Signed Authors’ Photographs: Five Rare Photos for Collectors
Center for Creative Photography Acquires Nine Photography Archives

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In Lincoln’s Own Words

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Miami Zine Fair 2025
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New Celebrations Mark 40 years of ‘Poems on the Underground’

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Abraham Ortelius, Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, Antwerp, 1601
Atlases and Maps: Five Rare Maps for Collectors
New Book Focuses on Historic First Detailed Map of 18th Century London
Top Secret Omaha Beach Invasion Maps to Auction

Americana

Detail from 'The Big Book'
Original Working Manuscript of 'Alcoholics Anonymous' Ends Jim Irsay Auction with $2m Estimate
John Steinbeck’s Manuscript Unpublished Anti-McCarthyism Story to Auction
The North American Indian and Keats's Love Letters Lead Sotheby's Book Week

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Dream Days cover from the Holmes auction
Kenneth Grahame's Illustrators' Archive to Auction
Voltaire and Fontaine Lead Château de Tournay Library Auction
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