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Visual Art

Eric Carle. “Walter worked all day and into the night.” Walter the Baker, 1995. Collage of acrylic-painted tissue paper with pen and ink on illustration board.

Eric Carle Museum Showcases Role of Food in His Work

2025 NY Art Book Fair Opens Next Week

Unseen Sketches of Charles Dickens in Play Rehearsals Go On Display For First Time

Americana

Carla Rodríguez and Rosa Colón Guerra, Goodbye, For Now San Juan (Soda Pop Comics, 2016) Images for press Carla Rodríguez (b. 1983), writer Rosa Colón Guerra (b. 1977), illustrator Goodbye, For Now San Juan: Soda Pop Comics, 2016 Turn on screen reader support To enable screen reader support, press ⌘+Option+Z To learn about keyboard shortcuts, press ⌘slash

'Wepa! Puerto Ricans in the World of Comics' at The New York Public Library

National Archives to Display Entire U.S. Constitution For First Time in U.S. History

Custer, Sitting Bull, Jefferson, Lennon, and Hemingway Headline Fine Autographs and Artifacts Sale

Exhibitions

Lyrics for song Win from album Young Americans by David Bowie, 1974

David Bowie Handwritten Lyrics and Unfinished Musical Go On Show

Gothic Exhibition Features Rare Books and Manuscripts

 Laurane Reine-Adelaïde Wins David Ruggles Book Collecting Prize

Maps

F. E. Gallup. Gallup's Map of Texas, Showing Oil and Gas Fields, Pipe Lines and Refineries

Maps of Texas: Five Rare Books for Collectors

The Sunderland Collection Acquires Cao Junyi’s ‘A Complete Map of All Under Heaven’

Maps & Atlases: Five Rare Books for Collectors

Photographs

85 chats by Ylla (La Guilde du livre, Lausanne, 1952)

Photography in Children's Books Explored in New Exhibition

Photographer Bill Cunningham’s Archive Acquired by The New York Historical

Marilyn Monroe’s Signed Passport Photograph Sold for $21,655

Rare Books

High Street illustrated by Eric Ravilious

Eric Ravilious: Five Rare Books for Collectors

The Complete Novels by Jane Austen: Rare Book of the Week

Jane Austen Letter to Cassandra and 'Emma' Sent By Her to Maria Edgeworth to Auction

Book People

York 2025 Rare and Antiquarian Book Fair poster

Britain's Largest Antiquarian Book Fair Returns to York

Illuminated Manuscripts History, Debut Poetry, and Gatsby Cook Book: August Books Roundup

Brontë Parsonage Museum Acquires New Historic Buildings

Auctions

From Harry Callahan's Water's Edge

Photography Book Collection of Terry Etherton to Auction Today

Thoreau Pencil, Ravilious Woodblock, Lincoln Documents: Auction Preview

Single Owner Collection of Hundreds of 1960s Marvel Comics to Auction

Book Arts

pair of early 20th century mahogany and brass revolving bookcases

Antique Bookcases: Five Rare Books for Collectors

Rare Book School’s Author Card Games Collection on Display For First Time

New AI Tool Could Help Reconstruct Missing Ancient Inscriptions

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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