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Auctions

Matisse's Jazz

French Bibliophile Pierre Brossette's Artists' Books Collection Sold for €6.2M

Abraham Lincoln's Childhood Sum Book Sold for $521,200

Lincoln Rarities, Éluard-Breton Association Copy, Superman #1: Auction Preview

Rare Books

Theodor de Bry's Voyages

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

Firsts London 2025: Book Fair Report

Harvard Law School’s Magna Carta 'Copy' Authenticated as Original

Photographs

Julia Margaret Cameron, The Rosebud Garden of Girls, 1868, albumen print

Pioneering Photography of Julia Margaret Cameron at the Morgan

Library of Congress Acquires Major Chicano Movement Photography and Manuscript Collection

Buzz Aldrin Portrait, V2, and First Earthrise Top Bonhams Moon Photo Sale

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

Visual Art

The new wooden Tolkien statue

Tolkien Sculpture to be Unveiled Next Month

Medieval Manuscript Codes Deciphered in New Getty Exhibition

Maurice Sendak Masterpieces Lead Illustration Art Sale

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

Book People

The Nelson manuscripts at Firsts London

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

Bright Young Booksellers: Genevieve McNutt

Edward Gorey, Bibliotherapy in the Bronx, and Mark Twain: May Books Roundup

Americana

Handwritten letter from Clyde Barrow to his brother on the back of a photograph of one of the gang's Gulf Coast hideouts

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

Major Collection of Lincoln Manuscripts, Letters, and Campaign Ephemera to Auction

Exhibitions

Historic Manuscripts Tell Story of Radical Gardening in New Exhibition

Works by Frédéric Chopin Including Recently Discovered Waltz at the Morgan

National Archives to Display Historic Volumes in Declaration of Independence Celebration

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