VARENNES BOOKS

Book People

Emily Chauvin

Book Collector Emily Chauvin on Aesthetic Theory, Artists' Books, and Desert Island Books

Mary Queen of Scots’ Last Letter in National Library of Scotland Centenary Programme

Tina and John Bruno Call Time on Flamingo Eventz

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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

Paul Strand, Wall Street, platinum-palladium print, 1915; printed 1984. Estimate $6,000 to $9,000.

Roy DeCarava, Robert Mapplethorpe, and Ansel Adams Lead Swann's Fine Photographs Auction

Photographs by Lee Miller and Kate Winslet at Bonhams

New Exhibition Focuses on Robert Louis Stevenson's Final Years in the Pacific

Visual Art

Visitors and stallholders at the first Tropic Bound in 2023

Tropic Bound International Biennial Artists' Book Fair Returns to Miami

Picture Book Artist Raúl Colón Celebrated at The Eric Carle Museum

Tapestries of Tolkien’s Art Celebrate The World of Middle-earth

Americana

Melody J. Miller’s personal album of more than 65 autographed and signed typed letters received from various members of the Kennedy family, including a handwritten letter from Jacqueline Kennedy, and many items of correspondence from politicians, celebrities and other notables. Estimate: $2,000-$3,000

Archive of Washington Insider and Kennedy Confidante Melody Miller to Auction

Broadside of George Washington’s First Inaugural Address Tops Americana Auction

White Bull’s Historic Lakota Storybook Sold for $270,600

Rare Books

Mare Booksellers, Hip Hop Map of the Bronx signed by Coke La Rock

ESA Ephemera Fair Returns for its 45th Edition

'A Streetcar Named Desire' Script: Rare Book of the Week

20,000 Rare Books from General Theological Seminary Library Acquired by James Cummins Bookseller

Exhibitions

The El Llibre de Sent Soví i la cuina als segles XIV y XV exhibition in Valencia

Spain’s Oldest Surviving Cookbook Goes on Show

Creative Endpapers Celebrated at New Eric Carle Museum Exhibition

Newly Acquired Books and Photographs on Show at the Davis Museum

Auctions

The Importance of Being Earnest

Barry Humphries' Oscar Wilde First Edition Sold for £138,600

Victor Hugo Drawings, Barry Humphries's Wilde Collection, Presidential Letters: Auction Preview

New World Record Set for Sale of Tolkien's 'The Lord of the Rings'

Maps

F.A. Somerville, Journal of H.M.S. Glory from Nov. 1900 to April 1902,

Five Rare Books for Collectors: Rare Maps and Atlases

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

Book Arts

San Francisco Center for the Book mentorship scheme

San Francisco Center for the Book Book Arts Mentorship Award 2025

Barrovian Books Launches New Series Combining Traditional Bookmaking and Chicago Artists' Work

McKnight Book Artist Fellowship Exhibition Celebrates Book Arts