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December 2009 | Jonathan Shipley

Congratulations, Seattle!

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Congratulations, fair city in which I live, for making it back to the top of the list. Seattle, beating out Washington, D.C. and Minneapolis, is America's Most Literate City.

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Lot 46: Papers of the Arctic explorer Robert E. Peary, including diaries, correspondence, lecture notes and more, 1877–1920. Estimate $50,000 to $75,000.
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A History of Collecting Bookmarks
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Book Arts

Cover of Artists Making Books
New Book Focuses on Artists’ Books From the Middle East and Beyond
The Order Creating Napoleon’s Traveling Library Signed by its Makers at Raab
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Exhibitions

George Lowther, The Adventures of Superman. Editions for the Armed Services, Inc., No. 656. From the collection of Molly Guptill Manning.
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New Exhibition on Bloomsbury Group and Fashion Opens
Phaidon and Christie’s Celebrate a Century of Bookmaking

Maps

Two first edition copies of the Greenwood London maps published in 1827
London Book Dealer Paul Bentley's Map Collection to Auction
Rare Spanish Armada Maps on Display for the First Time
John Speed 17th Century Atlas Makes Auction Debut

Photographs

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Rare Early Photographs By and Of African Americans Acquired by National Gallery of Art
Final Photographs of Doomed Franklin Expedition to Auction

Book People

Bouquinistes by the Seine by Claude Attard CC.2.0
Rare Books Community Petition Paris Authorities Over Potential Bouquinistes Removal
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Rare Book Specialist Ken Gloss on 'Improbable Finds' at the Grolier Club

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Letter from Albert Einstein
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The slipcase and three volumes of the Complete Plays
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Five Rare Books for Collectors: Literature Manuscripts
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L'Arroseur Arrosé (The Waterer Watered) poster
World’s First Movie Poster Makes its Debut at Auction
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New Exhibition Shows Unseen Works by Moomins Creator Tove Jansson
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