December 10, 2009 | Jonathan Shipley

Five Things You Don't Know about Louisa May Alcott

Before you watch the PBS special, Louisa May Alcott: The Woman Behind "Little Women," this video will tempt your palate for more about the famed author:

Book People

Letterlocking: The Hidden History of the Letter

Fine Books’ 10 Best Books About Books 2025

Bright Young Booksellers: Erin Mae Black

ILAB Breslauer Prize for Bibliography 2026

Maps

WWII Operation Bigot map

Top Secret Omaha Beach Invasion Maps to Auction

Maps and Atlases: Five Rare Maps for Collectors

Civil War Maps at Printed & Manuscript Americana Auction

Exhibitions

Robert Seymour, The March of Intellect (London, 1828)

Development of Technology Through History of Printing at the Grolier

'Declaring the Revolution: America’s Printed Path to Independence' at The New York Historical

Manuscripts Relating to Jane Austen's Brothers on Display for First Time

Rare Books

Ars moriendi (block book), Netherlands or Lower Rhine, approximately 1467-1469

Blockbooks, Ragtime, and John Ashbery Drawings at the Morgan 2026

Christ Church and Bodleian Libraries Secure Rare Copy of 'Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland'

Christmas: Five Rare Books for Collectors

Auctions

The Lord of the Rings by J. R. R. Tolkien

J. R. R. Tolkien’s 'The Lord of the Rings' Sold for Record $250,000

Major Auction of Oscar Wilde Manuscripts, Letters, and Photos at Bonhams

Book Collection of Silver and Antiques Expert Michael Baggott to Auction

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

Visual Art

Part of the Winterthur celebrations

Yuletide at Winterthur Offers Literature-Inspired Festive Experiences

Original Works by Charlie Mackesy to Auction

Opening Bid of $10m for Frank Frazetta’s 'Conan the Conqueror (Berserker)' Cover Art

Americana

Ernest Hemingway's The Old Man and the Sea with inscription to Spencer Tracy

Hemingway Presentation Copy of 'The Old Man and the Sea' Inscribed to Spencer Tracy Sold for $83K

Bing Crosby 'White Christmas' Musical Arrangements and Scripts to Auction

Rufus King's Draft Constitution and Apple's Foundation Document to Auction

Photographs

Nina Crews, Illustration for The Neighborhood Mother Goose (Greenwillow Books)

New Exhibition Celebrates Photography in Children's Books

New York Melting Pot Photographs Go On Display

Unrecorded Photograph of Ralph Waldo Emerson: Rare Photo of the Week

Book Arts

The six shortlisted novels for the Booker Prize in their special bindings

Booker Prize Bindings 2025

Printing Press That Aided Chilean Independence Goes on Show

Antique Bookcases: Five Rare Books for Collectors