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Rare Books

* A first and only edition from Bernard Quaritch Ltd of a rare set of ornithological prints by cartographer Nicolaes Visscher I from 1659. The 24 plates show more than 100 figures in natural settings (£3,750).

Five Rare Books for Collectors: Natural History

17th Century Royal Commode Designed Like a Book at Firsts London

Firsts London 2024 Highlights

Maps

Gerrit de Veer, VVaerachtighe Beschryvinghe Uan drie seylagien (Amstelredam: Cornelis Claesz, 1598). Engraving, 7.8 x 19.5 in (19.6 x 49.5 cm).

Early Maps, Photographs and Artists’ Books Chart 500 years of the Arctic

Early Baseball Sheet Music, Arrowsmith’s Maps, JFK Presentation Copy: Auction Preview

Rare New Amsterdam Map Helps Reveal Life in New York Before New York

Visual Art

Annina Nosei

Magazzino Italian Art Acquires Full Run of Annina Nosei Gallery Catalogues

Hundreds of Copies of George Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-Four to Feature in Anniversary Library Artwork

Original Harry Potter Cover Illustration to Auction with $600,000 Estimate

Photographs

Queen Elizabeth II letter

Wartime Letter Written by Queen Elizabeth II With Signed Photogaph to Auction

Wilson Centre for Photography Deposits Collection of Early Photographs at the Bodleian Libraries

Street Photographer Vivian Maier's Vintage Prints, Self-Portraits and Earliest Camera Work to Auction

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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

Americana

San Francisco Center for the Book Awarded NEA Grant for David Anthony King Exhibition

Millions of Historical Records Held by the National Archives to be Digitized and Made Accessible

Benjamin Franklin Book-Related Items to Auction

Book Arts

Impression of the new Quentin Blake Centre for Illustration

Quentin Blake Centre for Illustration Awarded £3.75m to restore derelict New River Head Buildings

World Premiere of New Bröntes Play Opens at National Theatre

The Creative Process of Italy's Most Prolific Small Publisher, Alberto Casiraghy

Book People

Natural Magic: Emily Dickinson, Charles Darwin, and the Dawn of Modern Science by Renée Bergland

Dickinson and Darwin, Why We Read, and Drink Maps: May Books Roundup

The Bibliographical Society’s New YouTube Channel

Small Volume Books' Justine Johnson on Goofy Erotica, Fan Fiction, and CABS-Minnesota

Auctions

Stephen Shames photograph used in Ericka Huggins' Comrade Sisters

Black Panther Portraits, Babbage Presentation Copies, Signed Churchill Photograph: Auction Preview

Messi Napkin Contract for Barcelona FC Sold for Just Short of $1m

JFK's Handwritten Notes the Night Before His Assassination Sold for $34,504

Exhibitions

Mort Drucker, The Oddfather (parody of The Godfather), illustration for MAD #155 (EC, 1972). Ink on board . Private Collection

Original MAD Magazine Illustrations Featured in New Norman Rockwell Museum Exhibition

Raymond Briggs' Writing and Drawing Desk Goes on Display for First Time

Exhibition of Book-like Objects Opens at at The Metropolitan Museum of Art