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January 2011 | Jonathan Shipley

Libraries of the Rich and Famous

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Care to see Rod Stewart's library? Frank Sinatra's? Diane Keaton's is pictured above. Michael Jackson's? Look no further!

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Book Dealer: Antiquarian & Rare
White Raven Books
P. O. Box 980469
Ypsilanti, MI 48198-0469
(734) 216-4666
Special Collections
The Civil War Book Shop
2657 N. County Road 605
Sunbury, OH 43074-9609
(614) 309-5775
Book Dealer: Antiquarian & Rare
J. A. Lascelles & Sons, Rare Books and Manuscripts
PO Box 852
Hanover, NH 03755
(802) 526-2208

Specializing in British and American garden, landscape and agricultural history
Book Fair
Albuquerque Antiquarian Book Fair
2405 Kestrel Ct. NW
Albuquerque, NM 87107
(505) 345-1945

Visual Art

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

Maps

Andreas Cellarius’ Harmonia macrocosmica after conservation
Rare 17th Century ‘Star Atlas’ from Golden Age of Dutch Mapmaking On Display For First Time
Bay of Pigs Map Signed and Annotated by Fidel Castro to Auction
Andreas Bureus' Rare Map of Nordic Countries Goes Under the Hammer

Auctions

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

Book People

Cover of Book Curses book
Book Curses, Literary Tourism, and Academic Spies: November Books Roundup
Desert Wind Rare Books' Christian Fassbender on the Occult Book Market, CABS, and Collecting King Arthur
Campaign Hope to Return 13th Century Sarum Master Bible to Salisbury Cathedral

Exhibitions

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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Caveat Emptor: or some thoughts on ethics and online book buying
In Lincoln’s Own Words
Heritage Seeks Illustration Art for April Sale

Americana

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

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

Book Arts

Blue-Green Abelard
Dr Seuss's Blue Green Abelard to Auction
Jane Austen's Elizabeth Bennet Becomes Interactive AI Avatar
Ptolemy’s 'Geographia': Rare Book of the Week

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
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