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Americana

The Jost Bürgi Research Library at the Horological Society of New York

New York Public Library Acquires East Village Eye Archive

Letters signed by Washington, Hancock and Thomas Paine to Auction

Maps

John Speed's atlas

John Speed 17th Century Atlas Makes Auction Debut

18th Century California Map the First to Depict San Francisco Bay

Medieval & Early Modern Maps on View at Yale

Exhibitions

Preparations for the Deathless Fragments exhibition

Deathless Fragments Manuscript Exhibition Opens

Flower Fairies Centenary Celebrated in New Exhibition

Thunderbirds Are Go! Gerry Anderson’s Century 21

Photographs

Ansel Adams, Moonrise

Ansel Adams, Paul Greenberg, and Beatles in America Photographs to Auction

Berenice Abbott’s 1929 Photographic Album of New York City on Show

Irving Penn, Diane Arbus, and Richard Avedon Photographs to Auction

Book Arts

A handwritten page of the original manuscript of Alice's Adventures Under Ground, illustrated by the author.

18th Annual Wonderland Awards: Call for Entries

New Edgar Allan Poe Edition Binding Features Brick Dust from his Home

New Fine Press Editions of Peter Pan From Conversation Tree Press

Book People

Anne Lister's Diaries

New Edition of Anne Lister’s Diaries Published

Laurence Sterne's Shandy Hall Receives Major Renovation Grant

Books About Books: Spring 2023 Picks

Visual Art

Oliver Twist by George Cruikshank

The Charles Dickens Illustrated Gallery Launches

National Audubon Society Decides to Retain Name

New Library of Congress Books on Food and Photography

Sponsored

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Caveat Emptor: or some thoughts on ethics and online book buying

In Lincoln’s Own Words

Heritage Seeks Illustration Art for April Sale

Auctions

Items from the J.J. Lally auction

J. J. Lally Reference Library Under the Hammer

Unseen Unpublished Roger Casement Autograph Letters to Auction

New High for a Tintin Coloring Book Cover

Rare Books

Designs for the Pavillon [sic.] at Brighton by Humphry Repton

Five Rare Books for Collectors: Colour Plate Books

19th Century Silhouette Portrait Album Reveals Hundreds of Identities

Export Bar Placed on Coleridge Anti-Slavery Poetry Manuscript