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Exhibitions

Diamond Sutra Manuscripts Star in New Silk Roads Exhibition

'Jane Austen and the Art of Writing' Exhibition Opens

New Artists’ Books Exhibition Reimagines the Passport

Book Arts

Jane Austen's Elizabeth Bennet Becomes Interactive AI Avatar

Ptolemy’s 'Geographia': Rare Book of the Week

Incline Press Launch New Letterpress Edition of 'The Tragical Comedy of Punch & Judy'

Maps

Unpublished annotated Proof of Harry Beck’s 1933 first edition tube map, with corrections and proposals in Becks own hand

Rare London Underground Maps in New Exhibition and Sale

World War II Maps of Service and Sacrifice

Five Rare Books for Collectors: Maps

Americana

Extra-illustrated copy of John G. Nicolay and John Hay’s 1890 history of Abraham Lincoln (lot 99; estimate: $50,000 - $70,000

Lincolniana and Stephen White Photography Collection  at Freeman’s | Hindman

Pens Used By John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson to Sign Legislation to Auction

Rare Printed Archetype of the United States Constitution to Auction

Book People

Opening November 14, Journey to Joy: Rise of Representation in Children's Picture Books

University of Minnesota Endows Curatorial Chair for Kerlan Collection of Children's Literature

British Library Cyber Attack: More Services Restored

The People's Porch Curator Nubia Lateefa on Collecting Rare Black Literature

Visual Art

Leslie Ragan, The New 20th Century Limited / New York Central System, 1939. Estimate $12,000 to $18,000.

Leslie Ragan Calendar Art for the New York Central Railway to Auction

Bloomsbury Group Celebrated in New Exhibition Including Rarely Seen Virginia Woolf Gift

The Story of 'Free to Be...You and Me' Celebrated in New Exhibition

Auctions

Five covers of the "San Francisco Oracle"

Ansel Adams Photos, Rare Printed Constitution, Aldines: Auction Preview

'A Charlie Brown Christmas' and 'How The Grinch Stole Christmas' Artwork to Auction

Martin Luther Letter, Oscar Wilde Photograph, and Malcolm X Prison Archive to Auction

Photographs

Pre-Civil War Photograph

Historic Pre-Civil War Photograph of an Interracial Couple to Auction

New York Photographs and Posters in 400th City Anniversary Auction

Photographs by Paul Strand, Tina Modotti, and Hal Gould Go Under the Hammer

Rare Books

Oliver Sacks at the NYPL in 2011

New York Public Library Acquires Archive of Oliver Sacks

The Adventures of Tintin, King Ottokar’s Sceptre: Rare Book of the Week

Five Rare Books for Collectors: Freize Masters 2024

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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