Our ongoing look at new books that have recently caught the eye of our print and online editors this month.Cryptic: From Voynich to the Angel Diaries, the Story of the World's Mysterious Manuscripts by Garry J. ShawAn examination of nine puzzling European texts including, naturally, the Voynich,…

Frank Frazetta’s pen-and-ink  Famous Funnies No. 214 Buck Rogers cover original art which portrays Buck Rogers sailing through space topped Heritage Auctions' Comic & Comic Art auction, selling for $1,035,000.

Our Bright Young Booksellers series continues today with Dr Emerson Richards, proprietor of Mobilis Books in Geneva, Florida.How did you get started in rare books?

The Grolier Club in New York has released details of its forthcoming exhibition schedule for the coming year starting with a focus on writer Richard Aldington and ending with the Irish literary revival in July 2026.

Two rare Lincoln-signed copies of the Thirteenth Amendment and Emancipation Proclamation have set new records for the documents at auction at Sotheby's New York. Both documents were bought by Kenneth Griffin, founder and CEO of Citadel, who intends to loan the documents to a U.S.…

Freeman's | Hindman sells 324 lots of American Historical Ephemera and Photography on Wednesday, July 2, including a group of seven stereoviews of Abraham Lincoln's funeral procession in Chicago ($1,500–2,500); a CDV photograph by Pauline Cushman by Mathew Brady ($800–1,200); and an 1845 letter…

A new tool developed by the University of St Andrews is helping institutions detect toxic pigments in historic books and making it easier to identify hazardous books.The new device has been developed in collaboration between the University of St Andrews Libraries and Museums and the…

Stockholms Auktionsverk, founded in 1674, has announced the acquisition of Uppsala Auktionskammare, founded in 1731 with offices and showrooms in Stockholm, Uppsala, Gothenburg and Malmö.Stockholms Auktionsverk, operating across 10 locations in Sweden, Finland and Germany, is the world’s oldest…

A collection of Revolutionary War material including letters from General George Washington and rare items signed by Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, and John Adams is on offer in RR Auction's July 2025 Fine Autographs and Artifacts sale which ends on July 9.
Among the most historically…

A unique collection of books relating to the Quaker movement in England and the U.S. has sold for £11,500 at Anderson & Garland.