Julian's Books

Auctions

The Gutenberg Bible leaf

Rare Leaf from Gutenberg Bible Found in Attic

Catawiki's Collector’s Fair 2025 Gets Underway

Salinger Letter, Comic Art, Travel Books: Auction Preview

Maps

Lucas Janszoon Waghenaer, Thresoor Der Zeevaert… Amsterdam, Cornelius Claesz., [?1602]. Offered at £80,000.

16th Century Cartographer's Library Recreated at TEFAF Maastricht

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

Exhibitions

Gallery photo

Rare Books Collector Sid Lapidus Celebrated at Princeton University Library

García Márquez Juvenalia, Magic Lantern 'Alice', and Le Petit Prince at Harry Ransom Center

Spain’s Oldest Surviving Cookbook Goes on Show

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

Visual Art

Howard Chaykin (b. 1950-) original pen-and-ink page art (Page 16) from ‘Star Wars’ #1 comic book

Original Art from Marvel’s 1970s Comic Books to Auction at Hake's

Dwight Cleveland’s Rare Movie Posters Collection to Auction

Robert Motherwell's Literary Influences Revealed in New Exhibition

Photographs

Julia Margaret Cameron', illustrations to Tennyson's Idylls of the King, and Other Poems, first volume, first edition

Julia Margaret Cameron's Images for Tennyson to Auction

Historic England Acquires Collection of Earliest Photographs of England

Einstein's 'Tongue' Photo Sold for $338,630

Book Arts

Clive Hicks-Jenkins' Beowulf

Folio Society Celebrates Decades of Book Art and Illustration

New TV Series Looks at the History of Science Fiction

Bookbinder Roger Powell Celebrated in New Exhibition

Americana

The Great Gatsby – Sylvia Beach copy

'The Great Gatsby' Centenary Celebrations at Princeton

George Washington’s ‘Recur to Arms’ Letter For Sale on Presidents’ Day

Roosevelt Document Establishing Panama Canal Sold for $49,711

Rare Books

Golf: A Royal and Ancient Game by Robert Clark (R&R Clark, 1875)

Golf: Five Rare Books for Collectors

Rare Books and Manuscripts on Show at TEFAF 2025

First Published Description of Amazon Region at Auction for First Time in a Century

Book People

Elizabeth Mebane, proprietor of Goldberry at Home

Goldberry at Home's Elizabeth Mebane on Publisher’s Bindings, Benito Mussolini, and Charlotte Mason Booklists

2025 David Ruggles Prize Entry Details

$2m Scholarship Challenge Honours RBS Director Terry Belanger