Vanessa Parker, Rare Books Ireland

The most westerly antiques and book store in Europe, large range of antiquarian, illustrated, fine bindings, children`s Irish books, antiques, IADA & IOBA

Americana

Raymond Chandler’s Olivetti Studio 44 typewriter

Raymond Chandler's Typewriter, Scarf, and Unpublished Fantasy Stories to Auction

Gold Rush Letters and Diaries Lead Swann's Americana Auction

'Over the Rainbow' Song Contract and Mervyn LeRoy's Script for 'The Wizard of Oz' to Auction

Photographs

Cartier-Bresson's New Orleans, Louisiana, 1947

Cartier-Bresson and Chris Killip Lead Auction of Eric Franck’s Photography Collection

Asala Collection of Middle East Photographs: Rare Book of the Week

Photos of Truman Capote and Joan Didion in Major Irving Penn Retrospective

Exhibitions

Kings Library tower in the British Library

16th Century Gardening Manual, Secret War Maps, and Football Fanzines in British Library's 2025 Exhibitions

David King’s Small Press Publications and Zines Celebrated in New Exhibition

Bodleian Libraries’ Kafka Archive Debuts in the US

Rare Books

Inside page of Francis Ford Coppola’s The Godfather Notebook

Francis Ford Coppola’s The Godfather Notebook: Rare Book of the Week

Rare Books Advent Calendar

Earliest Color Illustrated Manuscript of 'A Visit from St. Nicholas' Acquired by The Morgan

Book People

Nature Writer Ronald Blythe's 15th Century Former Home to Become Writers' Retreat

Elizabeth Gaskell’s House Announces  Inaugural Writers Residency

Book Curses, Literary Tourism, and Academic Spies: November Books Roundup

Auctions

Travelling library chest of John Bell's editions of British poetry and theater

Superman, Schiller's Collection, Christina Rossetti Letters: Auction Preview

Spiritual Instruction Manual Leads Books, Maps and Manuscripts Sale

$80,000 Estimate for Lewis Carroll’s Hand-Colored Photograph of Alice Liddell

Caveat Emptor: or some thoughts on ethics and online book buying

In Lincoln’s Own Words

Heritage Seeks Illustration Art for April Sale

Book Arts

Dr Seuss's Blue Green Abelard to Auction

Jane Austen's Elizabeth Bennet Becomes Interactive AI Avatar

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

Visual Art

Rare ‘Son of Frankenstein’, Disney, and Orson Welles’ 'Macbeth' Posters to Auction

Five Rare Books for Collectors: Vintage Posters

Earliest Engravings by William Blake Uncovered Using New Scanning Technology

Maps

Andreas Cellarius’ Harmonia macrocosmica after conservation

Rare 17th Century ‘Star Atlas’ from Golden Age of Dutch Mapmaking On Display For First Time

Bay of Pigs Map Signed and Annotated by Fidel Castro to Auction

Andreas Bureus' Rare Map of Nordic Countries Goes Under the Hammer

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