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The Family Album

Book Dealer: Antiquarian & Rare

At the Old Mill - 4887 Newport Road

Kinzers, PA 17535

Rare Books

the pocket book of Captain Henry D’Esterre Darby of HMS Bellerophon, kept between April and October 1799

HMS Bellerophon Pocket Book: Rare Book of the Week

'Wuthering Heights' First Edition Breaks Emily Brontë Record at Christie's

Tea Act, Peepshows, and Kubrick's 'Napoleon' Script: The Week in Rare Books

Book People

Nadeem Toodayan on his first visit to the Osler Library of the History of Medicine at McGill University

Book Collector Nadeem Toodayan on William Osler and the History of Medicine

American Library Association 'Read' Posters to Auction

Collectors Share Their Bookplates

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

Americana

The 1856 pro-James Buchanan satirical broadside taking jabs at the American and Republican Party positions on key issues

“I Am A Man” Protest Placard Leads Anti-Slavery to Civil Rights Auction

Rare Mormon Volumes Lead Early American Printing Auction

Manuscript of Songs Written During Charles Wilkes’ Antarctica Expedition Acquired by Library of Congress

Exhibitions

Frontispiece Portrait of Phillis Wheatley (1834) from the collection of Alvin A. Patrick Jr. is among the highlights of the coming season of exhibitions at the Grolier Club

Grolier Club Announces 2026-2027 Exhibition Schedule

Eric Carle’s Modernist Inspirations Leads Museum's 2026-27 Exhibition Schedule

Influence of Music on the Work of Jerry Pinkney Exhibition Opens

Auctions

The Big Book sold by Christie's

Original Working Manuscript of Alcoholics Anonymous  Sold for $2,393,000

12th century Copy of Origen’s Homilies on the Bible Leads Freeman’s Sale

Rare Group of JRR Tolkien Inscribed Books and Letters to 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

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’

Photographs

Max Desfor's Flight of Refugees Across Wrecked Bridge in Korea (1951 Pulitzer Prize)

Pulitzer Prize-Winning Photographs to Auction

International Center of Photography Focuses on Yves Saint Laurent and Photography

Signed Authors’ Photographs: Five Rare Photos for Collectors

Visual Art

Don Heck's artwork for Iron Man's first appearance in Tales of Suspense #39

Original Iron Man First Appearance Cover Artwork to Auction

New Exhibition Explores History and Impact of Tarot Since the Renaissance

Political Posters: Five Rare Posters for Collectors