Hand-colored map of the New England region from John Ogilby's "America" (1671).
Brontë Presentation Copy, Dumas First Edition, Dunbar Letters: Auction Preview
Here are the sales I'll be watching this week:
Pages 14 and 15 of Historia Coelestis, with marginal corrections and annotations by Crothswait
Historia Coelestis by John Flamsteed: Rare Book of the Week
This week's Rare Book of the Week is copy of the first Astronomer Royal
Part of 26 pages of arrangements from The Temptations' 'My Girl'
African Americana: Five Rare Books for Collectors
Highlights of Swann Galleries' auction of
Illustration of the flowering "Victoria regia" from Planchon and Van Houtte's 1850–1851 publication.
Cameron's Tennyson Illustrations, Rosa Parks Notes, Stowe Autograph: Auction Preview
At Freeman's | Hindman in Chicago on Tuesday, March 18, The Collected Library, in 364 lots. A group of 162 Limited Editions Club publications from the collection of former Ford CEO Donald Petersen…
Book of Hours
Book of Hours: Rare Book of the Week
This week's Rare Book of the Week is this Book of Hours
Image from G. Darcy, Or et Couleurs, circa 1923 courtesy of the Winterthur Library
Fresh Perspectives Symposium Focuses on Next Generation of Rare Book Collectors and Professionals
The Fresh Perspectives Symposium, hosted by the Winterthur Library, runs next week aimed at the next generation
Plate from Luigi Mayer's "Selection of the Most Interesting of Sir Robert Ainslie's celebrated Collection of Views" (1811) showing "Fragments at Ephesus"
Salinger Letter, Comic Art, Travel Books: Auction Preview
University Archives sells Rare Autographs, Manuscripts, Books & Memorabilia on Wednesday, March 12. The 549 lots include a small group of Albert Einstein photographs ($15,000–20,000); a blank…
The Lakeside Press edition of Moby Dick
Moby Dick: Rare Book of the Week
This week's Rare Book of the Week is the printer's sample of the first volume of Rockwell Kent's illustrated L
Golf: A Royal and Ancient Game by Robert Clark (R&R Clark, 1875)
Golf: Five Rare Books for Collectors
Highlights from Jonkers Rare Books' latest catalogue Golf covering famous links across Americ
Christopher Clarkson design binding on Hobson's "Bindings in Cambridge Libraries," with spine out showing both covers.
Chocolate Debates, Illustrated Dante, and Beekeeping: Auction Preview
Here's what I'll be watching this week: