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Maps

Central and Western Earthsea, for A Wizard of Earthsea, c.1967. Ink on paper.

The Maps of Ursula K. Le Guin Explored in New Exhibition and Book

Maps of Texas: Five Rare Books for Collectors

The Sunderland Collection Acquires Cao Junyi’s ‘A Complete Map of All Under Heaven’

Auctions

Xavier Le Prince’s Les Jeux des Jeunes Garçons

Rare Cricket Books from the Christopher Saunders Collection to Auction

Ali's Draft Card, Stirling Math Manuscripts, Picasso Artist Book: Auction Preview

Historic Columbus Letter Sells for $1.6m at Auction

Americana

Gene Cernan's Apollo 17 Lunar Surface Data Card

Gene Cernan’s Apollo 17 Lunar Module Data Card Book Sold for $73,219

Unpublished Raymond Chandler Manuscript 'Nightmare' Published by Strand Magazine

Western Americana to Auction at PBA Galleries

Book People

The Ticknor Society Book Collecting Prize 2026

Bright Young Booksellers: Francisco Brito

The Huntington Acquires Papers and Personal Library of Kim Stanley Robinson

Rare Books

Edwin Dawes' collection of booklets and lecture notes

Magic Books: Five Rare Books for Collectors

Chelsea Rare Book Fair Returns

The Business of Travel: Five Rare Books for Collectors

Visual Art

Alice Bolam Preston (1889-1958), The Prince That Married a Nixie and The Brownie in the House. Seven Peas in the Pod by Margery Bailey, 1919. Pen and ink on board.

Fairies, Mermaids, and Wizards at the Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art

Brock Brothers Original Illustrations for Jane Austen's Novels to Auction

Todd McFarlane 'Batman' Cover Headlines Comic Art Auction

Photographs

The Camera Helps exhibition

First Retrospective of Photographer Paddy Summerfield at the Bodleian

Never Seen Before Photographs of Iran’s Constitutional Revolution to Auction

Ansel Adams, Richard Avedon, and Gordon Parks Photos to Auction

Book Arts

The printing press played an important role in Chile’s path to independence from Spain

Printing Press That Aided Chilean Independence Goes on Show

Antique Bookcases: Five Rare Books for Collectors

Rare Book School’s Author Card Games Collection on Display For First Time

Exhibitions

Afīfa Karam (1883–1924), the first Lebanese American female journalist, prolific novelist and translator who contributed regularly to Arabic serial publications including al-Akhlāq (Character) (New York, June 1921, The Syrian-American Press: Ya‘qūb Rūfā’īl)

Rare Books and Photographs Tell Story of Middle Eastern and North African Immigration to New York

Fairy Tales Exhibition Leads British Library's 2026-27 Events

William Blake’s Handprinted Publications Centrepiece of 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