S. Howlett-West Books

2109 Spring Oak Ct

Modesto, CA 95355

Rare Books

1825 Beethoven autograph letter

The Virtual Stuttgart Rare Book Fair Runs January 29-February 1

Jörn Günther Rare Books Presents Two Stately Epics for Stuttgart Book Fair

Les Enluminures Publishes Book on Medieval Scribe Joel ben Simeon

Book Arts

Echiko Ohira, Untitled

Video Fridays: Women Paper Artists

Center for Book Arts to Host Virtual Reception for Three New Exhibitions

Video Fridays: Book Arts Prize Reveal

Americana

George Catlin's Os-ce-o-lá

Collecting & Repatriation

Peruse the Copyright Title Pages Collection at the Library of Congress

PBA Galleries Auctioneers & Appraisers

Book People

Ed Nassau Lake

Ed Nassau Lake Joins Jarndyce Antiquarian Booksellers as Partner

“Lost” Shirley Jackson Story Surfaces

1920 Bestsellers: A Conversation with Linda Aragoni

Visual Art

Betye Saar exhibition gallery image

Video Fridays: Betye Saar: Call and Response

Illustration Art Sale Boasts Advertisements, Cartoons, Fashion, Theater

Election Ephemera

Photographs

Charles Aubry, Untitled (A Study of Leaves)

National Gallery Acquires its First Charles Aubry Photograph

Steichen's Personal Copy of Stieglitz's Camera Work Heads to Auction

A Fresh Look at Ansel Adams

Exhibitions

Physicall Directions in Time of Plague

17th-Century Medical Books Examined in Contagion on the Page

Queen Victoria’s Mini Quran Dazzles

Stroll Through Jane Austen’s House — Virtually

Maps

Dr. John Snow used this map to further demonstrate that cholera was not caused by foul city air but by something in the water.

Maps in the Time of Cholera

British Library Makes 40,000 Historical Maps Available Online

The Legendary Vladi Collection of Historical Maps at Guernsey’s

Auctions

Paul Revere's "The Bloody Massacre" print

Rare Books &c. at Auction This Week

Coming up at Christie’s: Une Bibliothèque des Avant-gardes

Fitzgerald Fan Letter Sells for $37,987 at Auction

Sponsored

Pablo Neruda

‘Democratized’ Book, Map, and Manuscript Auctions Promise Finds in All Price Ranges

Potter & Potter to Auction Science, Americana, and more at October Sale