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Special Report
A Million Manuscripts
David Karpeles speaks like a man who has grown up to do what he dreamed of as a boy. Though it’s hard to think of a boy dreaming of opening ten museums in various unlikely cities across America in order to display his collection of rare manuscripts. But that’s just what he’s done. These museums …
Sold@Auction
Arcana I: St. Jerome Illuminated
The Arcana collection, a stunning selection of illuminated manuscripts and early printed books assembled over three decades by American financier and philanthropist Ladislaus von Hoffman, was without doubt one of the high spots of the London …
Fine Maps
French Models
“There is nothing which represents a place more perfectly than … a model in pewter, plaster or some other solid material,” declared the great military theoretician Alain Manesson Mallet in his famous treatise Les Travaux de Mars ou l’Art de la Guerre, which was published at the peak of King Louis XIV’s reign. …
Fine Books Blog
Something About Mary
In honor of Mary Shelley’s birthday today (she was born in 1797), here are a few goodies about Mary from Fine Books. …
Summer 2010Now in print! 
About the AuthorNicholas Basbanes’ latest book has arrived. 
Curiosities of LiteratureA Feast for Book Lovers |
May 2010
Attics Of My Life
March 2010
A Passion for Paper
January 2010
And The Beat Goes On
December 2009
Classic and Classy Penguins
November 2009
Young Modern(ist)
Coming EventsSeptember 11th
Rochester Antiquarian Book Fair
September 12th
New Hampshire Antiquarian Book Fair
September 18th
Sacramento Fall Antiquarian Book Fair
September 24 – 26th
Baltimore Book Festival
October 9 – 10th
Seattle Antiquarian Book Fair
October 12 – 13th
Heritage Auctions
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National Book Auctions August Sale
ITHACA, NY National Book Auctions, located in Ithaca, NY, held an August 29th auction... read more
Art Book Collection to UNL Library
Lincoln, Neb., August 10th, 2010 —University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries announced that it has received... read more
August 12 Auction To Include Mercator, Johnson And Lewis And Clark
(Chicago, Illinois) August 9, 2010 - Leslie Hindman Auctioneers’ August 12 Fine Books and... read more
Digitization in the Real World
New Book Highlights Recent Digitization Projects Involving Historically Significant Collections at Leading Libraries and... read more
Multiplied Contemporary Editions Fair
New Fair to be Hosted by Christie's in Frieze WeekChristie’s is delighted to announce... read more
Innerpeffray Library Publishes Book
Scotland's First Lending Library Publishes First Book The First Light is a new book... read more
New Punch Magazine Book
One of the enduring images of journalists ‘hard at work’ over a substantial meal... read more
Special Report: Richard Goodman speaks to David Karpeles about his ten manuscript museums. Also: Ian McKay reports on big buys at summer auctions, including Jean Grolier's Hypnerotomachia Poliphili, and Jeffrey S. Murray explores 3-D maps from the reign of King Louis XIV. Plus, we review The Book in the Renaissance. See the Table of Contents |
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The Nature of Printing Money
Earlier this week, the exhibition Money on Paper opened at Princeton University. Looking at... read more
Beer, Wine & Food books at auction
On Thursday, PBA Galleries in San Francisco will hold an auction of Beer, Wine... read more
Something About Mary
In honor of Mary Shelley's birthday today (she was born in 1797), here... read more
The Unofficial Historian of Crime
There is not much mystery about Balham nowadays--unless it be why anyone should... read more
Yes, We're in a Reading Revolution...
... but certainly not the first. The Atlantic knows this. In fact, there... read more
Book Review: "Priceless"
Retired FBI agent Robert Wittman's new memoir Priceless: How I Went Undercover to Rescue... read more
Fluxus
A new exhibit titled Experimental Women in Flux: Selective Reading in the Silverman Reference... read more
National Book Auctions August Sale
ITHACA, NY National Book Auctions, located in Ithaca, NY, held an August 29th auction... read more
Art Book Collection to UNL Library
Lincoln, Neb., August 10th, 2010 —University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries announced that it has received... read more
August 12 Auction To Include Mercator, Johnson And Lewis And Clark
(Chicago, Illinois) August 9, 2010 - Leslie Hindman Auctioneers’ August 12 Fine Books and... read more
Digitization in the Real World
New Book Highlights Recent Digitization Projects Involving Historically Significant Collections at Leading Libraries and... read more
Multiplied Contemporary Editions Fair
New Fair to be Hosted by Christie's in Frieze WeekChristie’s is delighted to announce... read more
Innerpeffray Library Publishes Book
Scotland's First Lending Library Publishes First Book The First Light is a new book... read more
New Punch Magazine Book
One of the enduring images of journalists ‘hard at work’ over a substantial meal... read more
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