September 11, 2020 | Rebecca Rego Barry

Video Fridays: Conserving Rare Books at King’s College, Cambridge

Spend nine minutes gazing at some beautiful books and learning how King’s College Library conserves a collection of rare English literature and theology books that belonged to an early nineteenth-century college provost. A First Folio and Jane Austen first editions are among them.

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Auctions

Abraham Lincoln's handwritten strategy blueprint for his 1858 Senate race against Stephen A. Douglas

Manuscripts From Abraham Lincoln’s Law Offices to Auction

Books & Manuscripts, Including Americana

Albert Einstein’s Mathematical Notes to Auction

Book People

Homer Haunted: The Many Afterlives of an Ancient Poet by Henry Power

Homer, Emily Brontë, and Wordsworth’s Home: July Books Roundup

William L. Clements Librarian Maggie Vanderford on Frederick Douglass, AI, and literary worms

Raymond Briggs's Personal Library Goes on Sale in Charity Shop

Maps

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

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’

Exhibitions

Benjamin Franklin, ink-stained draft of The Life of Benjamin Franklin, 1771-1789

Benjamin Franklin's Ink-Stained Autobiography in New 'Damaged Goods' Exhibition

New Exhibition Focuses on Process of Creating Medieval Books

Oor Wullie and the Broons 90th Anniversary Marked by New Exhibition

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

Americana

Colonel Sanders' planner

Colonel Sanders' Personal Planner Sold for $30,000 at Auction

Colonel Sanders' Personal Working Planner Leads KFC Founder's Auction

JFK Autographs, Photographs, Ephemera, and Stamps to Auction

Photographs

Dr. Wakefield's Labrador, Newfoundland, Canada

Dr. Wakefield's Labrador, 'Even a Dog Enlists', and 'Windowsill Daydreaming': The Week in Rare Books

Billy Haines Vintage Gelatin Silver Prints to Auction

Pulitzer Prize-Winning Photographs to Auction

Rare Books

The Kilmarnock Burns edition on display

Rare First Edition of Robert Burns’ 'Kilmarnock' Goes on Display

The Last Spike, Devil's Gate, and Beaumarchais Expedition Document: The Week in Rare Books

Jane Austen Society of North America Donates 'Sanditon' First Edition to Chawton House

Visual Art

Peter Firmin, original Noggin the Nog artwork in colour for the cover of The Saga of Noggin the Nog - book 1, monogrammed with title to lower margin

Original Noggin the Nog, Bagpuss, and Ivor the Engine Artwork to Auction

Vintage Posters: Five Rare Posters for Collectors

Original Iron Man First Appearance Cover Artwork to Auction