Kurt A. Sanftleben, ABAA/ASDA - Paper Americana

Americana

Hemingway's letter from July 29, 1955

Hemingway Reflects on Writing and Death in Unpublished Letters

Whaling Journal and Civil War Diaries to Auction

Canadian Banknote with Queen Elizabeth II Portrait Leads 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

Arthur Rackham illustration for 1915 edition of A Christmas Carol

Dickens and the London Fog Exhibition Opens

Deathless Fragments Manuscript Exhibition Opens

Flower Fairies Centenary Celebrated in New Exhibition

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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

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

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

Rare Books

Firsts: London’s Rare Book Fair Returns to Saatchi Gallery

Landmark $10.5m Shakespeare Folio Offering at Peter Harrington

100 Books from the Libraries of the National Trust

Book People

Notebook containing James Fenton’s story, The Chaplain, 1964

James Fenton Archive Acquired by Harry Ransom Center

Bright Young Collectors: Alexandra Plane

New Edition of Anne Lister’s Diaries Published

Auctions

John Speed’s A Prospect of the most famous Parts of the World

John Speed 17th Century Atlas Sells for £33,750

Raverat Engravings, Wellington Letters, and 54th Massachusetts Surgeon's Diary: Auction Preview

J. J. Lally Reference Library Under the Hammer

Book Arts

Vincent Valdez

Arion Press Launch New Book Arts Residency

18th Annual Wonderland Awards: Call for Entries

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