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December 2009 | Jonathan Shipley

Congratulations, Seattle!

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Congratulations, fair city in which I live, for making it back to the top of the list. Seattle, beating out Washington, D.C. and Minneapolis, is America's Most Literate City.

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Kings Library tower in the British Library
16th Century Gardening Manual, Secret War Maps, and Football Fanzines in British Library's 2025 Exhibitions
David King’s Small Press Publications and Zines Celebrated in New Exhibition
Bodleian Libraries’ Kafka Archive Debuts in the US

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In Lincoln’s Own Words
Heritage Seeks Illustration Art for April Sale

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The letter from Ernie Wise to Morecambe (left) and from comedian Ronnie Barker (right)
Comedian Eric Morecambe's Joke Books, Writing Desk, and Letters to Auction
Traquair Illuminated Leaves, Amulet Prayer Roll, Twain Photograph, Mormon Missionary Diary: Auction Preview
The Federalist Essays Sold for $203,200

Rare Books

The facsimile edition of The Rossetti Manuscript
New Facsimile Edition of William Blake’s Notebook Published
London Rare Book School Announces Summer School 2025 Courses
Five Rare Books for Collectors: Northampton Book Fair

Photographs

Cartier-Bresson's New Orleans, Louisiana, 1947
Cartier-Bresson and Chris Killip Lead Auction of Eric Franck’s Photography Collection
Asala Collection of Middle East Photographs: Rare Book of the Week
Photos of Truman Capote and Joan Didion in Major Irving Penn Retrospective

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Teamwork Builds Ships Color lithograph poster by William Dodge Stevens
Five Rare Books for Collectors: Vintage Posters
Earliest Engravings by William Blake Uncovered Using New Scanning Technology
Leslie Ragan Calendar Art for the New York Central Railway to Auction

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Jane Austen's Elizabeth Bennet Becomes Interactive AI Avatar
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Desert Wind Rare Books' Christian Fassbender on the Occult Book Market, CABS, and Collecting King Arthur
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Letters of Gold Rush miner Warren H. Porter, with the report of his fatal shooting by an outlaw, 17 items, 1850-55. Estimate $15,000 to $25,000.
Gold Rush Letters and Diaries Lead Swann's Americana Auction
'Over the Rainbow' Song Contract and Mervyn LeRoy's Script for 'The Wizard of Oz' to Auction
Gordon Lightfoot Set Lists and Writing Desks to Auction

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Andreas Cellarius’ Harmonia macrocosmica after conservation
Rare 17th Century ‘Star Atlas’ from Golden Age of Dutch Mapmaking On Display For First Time
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