November 5, 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

Book People

Typewriters at International Printing Museum

Typewriter Celebration at the International Printing Museum

B Street Books' Genevieve McNutt on Margaret Oliphant, Tauchnitz Editions, and CABS

Horatio Nelson's Secret Codes and Weather Log at Firsts London

Photographs

Al Capone Signed Photograph Sells for $62,000

Pioneering Photography of Julia Margaret Cameron at the Morgan

Library of Congress Acquires Major Chicano Movement Photography and Manuscript Collection

Book Arts

LA Art Book Fair and NY Art Book Fair Dates

Bach Manuscript Inspires Bodleian Libraries Concert

New Exhibition of First Editions and Artworks Celebrates Edward Gorey Centenary

Auctions

A large red folio originally containing all official documents of Napoleon’s divorce to Joséphine Estimate: €50,000 - €80,000

Napoleon's Marriage Certificate, Divorce Folio, and Codicil to Auction

Scarce Alan Turing Scientific Papers Discovered in Attic to Auction

Harper Lee Letter Describing 9/11 in New York to Auction

Rare Books

First Book Published in the West about Bonsai: Rare Book of the Week

Complete Set of Theodore de Bry’s 'Voyages' to Auction

Firsts London 2025: Book Fair Report

Visual Art

A My Fair Lady Theatre Royal, Drury Lane programme, and souvenir book, 1958; a copy of Cecil Beaton's Fair Lady, C. Tinling & Co., Ltd., London, 1964; and a Beaton designed Christmas card

Cecil Beaton Designs for 'Anna Karenina' and Oscar Wilde Plays to Auction

Tolkien Sculpture to be Unveiled Next Month

Medieval Manuscript Codes Deciphered in New Getty Exhibition

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

In Lincoln’s Own Words

Heritage Seeks Illustration Art for April Sale

Americana

Thomas Jefferson's Cicero and J. D. Salinger Letter Lead University Archives Auction

Handwritten Manuscripts Related to Bonnie and Clyde, Jesse James and Buffalo Bill to Auction

Getty Villa Museum Will Reopen June 27 After Palisades Fire Closure

Maps

A Complete Map of All Under Heaven by Cao Junyi

The Sunderland Collection Acquires Cao Junyi's 'A Complete Map of All Under Heaven'

Maps & Atlases: Five Rare Books for Collectors

Maps of 18th Century Gardens: Five Rare Books for Collectors

Exhibitions

Anonymous, miniature portrait of Jane Austen, 19th century

New Exhibition Celebrating Jane Austen 250th Anniversary at The Morgan

Historic Manuscripts Tell Story of Radical Gardening in New Exhibition

Works by Frédéric Chopin Including Recently Discovered Waltz at the Morgan

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

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