November 2009 | Jonathan Shipley

Walt Whitman: Poet, Essayist, Journalist, Blue Jean Salesman

Have you seen the newest Levi's commercials yet? They've used Walt Whitman's poem "Pioneers! O Pioneers!." You can see the ads here and here.

Poetry

Maps

The Bay of Pigs map annotated by Fidel Castro

Bay of Pigs Map Signed and Annotated by Fidel Castro to Auction

Andreas Bureus' Rare Map of Nordic Countries Goes Under the Hammer

Harry Potter's The Marauder's Map to Auction

Auctions

Northern Pacific railroad travel poster featuring Yellowstone illustration by Thomas Moran

Russian Illustrations, Christie and Sayers First Editions, Presidential Books: Auction Preview

Books on Witchcraft Boost Anne Rice's Personal Library Auction to Exceed Estimates

'The Federalist' and Complete Run of Limited Editions Club Publications Lead Freeman’s | Hindman Auction

Exhibitions

Interior spread, Sleeping Dogs #1, 1983 Offset, staple bound, 24 pages, 8.5 x 11 in. (21.6 x 27.9 cm

David King’s Small Press Publications and Zines Celebrated in New Exhibition

Bodleian Libraries’ Kafka Archive Debuts in the US

Diamond Sutra Manuscripts Star in New Silk Roads Exhibition

Photographs

Ansel Adams, Maroon Bells, Near Aspen, Colorado

'Ansel Adams: A Legacy' Photographs Sold for $4.6m

Historic Pre-Civil War Photograph of an Interracial Couple to Auction

New York Photographs and Posters in 400th City Anniversary Auction

Rare Books

'When We Were Very Young' Presentation Copy: Rare Book of the Week

Chelsea Rare Book Fair Opens Today

Five Rare Books for Collectors: Hallowe'en

Book People

The new John Keats sculpture with the Lord Mayor of London Michael Mainelli

New John Keats Sculpture Unveiled on Square Mile’s London Wall Development

International League of Antiquarian Booksellers Elects Angus O'Neill as New President

David Ruggles Prize Winner Jordan Dean Ross on Collecting Black Collegiate Textbooks and Histories

Book Arts

Jane Austen's Elizabeth Bennet Becomes Interactive AI Avatar

Ptolemy’s 'Geographia': Rare Book of the Week

Incline Press Launch New Letterpress Edition of 'The Tragical Comedy of Punch & Judy'

Visual Art

Earliest Engravings by William Blake Uncovered Using New Scanning Technology

Leslie Ragan Calendar Art for the New York Central Railway to Auction

Bloomsbury Group Celebrated in New Exhibition Including Rarely Seen Virginia Woolf Gift

Caveat Emptor: or some thoughts on ethics and online book buying

In Lincoln’s Own Words

Heritage Seeks Illustration Art for April Sale

Americana

38 titles in The Writing Process lot of the Anne Rice sale

Anne Rice's Personal Library to Auction

Lincolniana and Stephen White Photography Collection  at Freeman’s | Hindman

Pens Used By John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson to Sign Legislation to Auction

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