Fairs | April 12, 2010 | Rebecca Rego Barry

New York, Continued

More from New York, but thankfully, not from me! A sweet article from Forbes ("Rare Books and Suicide Bombers") on the treasures at the NY fair this year.

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Rare Books

Robert Frost: A collection of five Christmas Poems for 1953, 1959, 1960, 1961 and 1963

Christmas: Five Rare Books for Collectors

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

Books, Manuscripts, and Photographs from Royal Society of Medicine Library to Auction

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

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

Auctions

The Leonard Cohen letter

Leonard Cohen Letter to Marianne Ihlen and Hendrix Signatures Lead RR Auction's 'Marvels of Modern Music' Sale

Book Collection of Silver and Antiques Expert Michael Baggott to Auction

Jane Austen Letter, Middlemarch in Parts, Stowe Manuscript: Auction Preview

Exhibitions

Paper conservator Jen Snowden working on Francis Austen’s mathematics coursebook from the Royal Naval Academy at Portsmouth.

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

New Exhibition Explores 3,000 Years of Stories and Storytelling

The Story of Creation in the Middle Ages at Getty

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

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

Book People

Antique books

ILAB Breslauer Prize for Bibliography 2026

Are the Movie Adaptations of 'Pride and Prejudice' Ruining the Book: Part II

Fine Books' 10 Best Books About Books 2025

Photographs

Unidentified photographer, Hester Street, West from the Southwest Corner of Norfolk Street, New York City, ca. 1898.

New York Melting Pot Photographs Go On Display

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

First Retrospective of Photographer Paddy Summerfield at the Bodleian