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BlissBooks

Book Dealer: Antiquarian & Rare

P.O. Box 100

Excelsior, MN 55331

rgbliss@mac.com

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

Exhibitions

Map of Oz, 1914

New Exhibition Charts 700 years of Cartography in Fiction

Charles Dickens's Summer Holiday Letters Go On Show

'The Worlds of Gertrude Stein' Opens at the Harry Ransom Center

Americana

Paul Cuffe, signed autograph letter, sold for $96,000

Important African Americana Collection Leads at Freeman's

George Washington Wartime Letter to New York Governor Sold for $45,375

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

Rare Books

St. Francis Missal

12th Century St. Francis Missal Goes On View in Baltimore

Unique Palestinian Diaries Acquired by University of Edinburgh

Circus Books: Five Rare Books for Collectors

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

Sponsored

On the Origin of Species

First Edition of “On the Origin of Species” Features at Ripley

1859 First Edition of Darwin’s "On the Origin of Species" to Lead Ripley Rare Books Auctions

Odfjell Collection Goes to Auction

Photographs

Henry Wessel, Incidents No 5, no date, gelatin silver print

'Henry Wessel: Photographs and Books' at the Grolier Club

Sports and Music Photographs by Michael Zagaris to Auction

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

Auctions

Dave Brubeck handwritten La Fiesta de la Posada and Christmas Music manuscripts with inscribed record and CD albums

Dave Brubeck's Personal Library and Handwritten Music Manuscripts to Auction

Ernest Hemingway's "Best Book" Letter and Harry Potter First Edition to Auction

'The Wipers Times' First World War Newspaper Sold for £7,000

Book People

Adélaïde Carton

Le Feu Follet's Adélaïde Carton on the Rare Book Trade in France

Wordsworth Trust Acquires Three of the Poet's Letters

Apport Used Books's Ben Roylance on Ufology, Eugenia Macer-Story, and Percy Grainger

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’