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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.

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American Book Covers

Curiosities of Literature

A Feast for Book Lovers

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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Gently Mad Blog

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

News Stories

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