Alberta's Books

Visual Art

A selection from more than 200,000 items from the AIDS Memorial Quilt Archive

Library of Congress Launches Digitized Collection of National AIDS Memorial Quilt Records

Rare ‘Son of Frankenstein’, Disney, and Orson Welles’ 'Macbeth' Posters to Auction

Five Rare Books for Collectors: Vintage Posters

Rare Books

The Works ... now newly imprinted by Geoffrey Chaucer (1343-1400), estimated at $60,000 – $90,000

Complete Collection of Kelmscott Press Books Including Association Copies to Auction

Elizabeth Barrett Browning Letters and John Galsworthy Archive Acquired by British Library

Seamus Heaney's 'The Settle Bed' Christmas Card: Rare Book of the Week

Exhibitions

Oscar Wilde’s hands sketched by Edward Heron-Allen

Oscar Wilde’s Palms in New Exhibition About Divination

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

Maps

F.A. Somerville, Journal of H.M.S. Glory from Nov. 1900 to April 1902,

Five Rare Books for Collectors: Rare Maps and Atlases

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

Americana

Manuscript leaf from Atlas Shrugged

Manuscript Leaf from First Draft of 'Atlas Shrugged' to Auction

Raymond Chandler's Typewriter, Scarf, and Unpublished Fantasy Stories to Auction

Gold Rush Letters and Diaries Lead Swann's Americana Auction

Auctions

autograph manuscript leaf from Henry David Thoreau's journal

Thoreau Journal Leaf at Second Part of William A. Strutz Library Auction

Isaac Newton Theological Manuscript and Handwritten Bruce Springsteen Lyrics to Auction

Sendak Art, Frankenstein First Edition, Einstein Letters: Auction Preview

Photographs

From the collection of photographs by Frank Hurley during Ernest Shackleton's expedition of 1914–1916

Frank Hurley's Photographs of Shackleton's Endurance Expedition Lead Exploration Auction

Cartier-Bresson and Chris Killip Lead Auction of Eric Franck’s Photography Collection

Asala Collection of Middle East Photographs: Rare Book of the Week

Sponsored

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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

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

Book People

Elena Ganzevoort

Honey & Wax Book Collecting Prize Honorable Mention Elena Ganzevoort on Art Nouveau, Jane Austen, and Cranford

James Fleming, editor of 'The Book Collector', dies at 80

Nature Writer Ronald Blythe's 15th Century Former Home to Become Writers' Retreat