Alex Johnson

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
The Ted Benttinen Library of Exploration and Adventure comes to auction next week featuring photographs by Frank Hurley who documented Shackleton's exploits in addition to a huge personal
The Turner family archive of photographs and ephemera relating to the founding of the Hui’an General Hospital and to the missionary schools in the region. c. 1835–1981, offered by Bernard Quaritch at Firsts Hong Kong
Firsts Hong Kong Book Fair Opens Today
Firsts Hong Kong opens today and runs until December 8 at the Hong Kong Maritime Museum, marking the incorporation of the former China in Print fair into t
Manuscript leaf from Atlas Shrugged
Manuscript Leaf from First Draft of Atlas Shrugged to Auction
A single page from Ayn Rand’s handwritten first draft of her final novel
Kings Library tower and public areas in the British Library
The Panizzi Lectures 2024 Focus on Black Bibliography
The 2024 iteration of the annual Panizzi Lectures take place at the
James Fleming
James Fleming, editor of The Book Collector, dies at 80
Novelist and editor of The Book Collector literary journal James Fleming has died after a sudden illness.
A NOTE TO CRITICS WHO WANT STRAIGHT LINES WHILE THE SEA BEATS OUR NOSTRILS WITH THE LIME AND FROST OF GO
Five Rare Books for Collectors: Beats
Highlights from PBA Galleries' Fine Literature auction ending December 5 includes: 
Inside page of Francis Ford Coppola’s The Godfather Notebook
Francis Ford Coppola’s The Godfather Notebook: Rare Book of the Week
Mario Puzo’s copy of
Day One on the Quaritch advent calendar
Rare Books Advent Calendar
If you like to celebrate the progression of Advent but can't seem to find an advent calendar in the shops celebrating the world of fine books and collections, then
Bottengoms
Nature Writer Ronald Blythe's 15th Century Former Home to Become Writers' Retreat
Essex Wildlife Trust plans to turn the Tudor longhouse home and estate of the author of the groundbreaking 1969 Akenfield Ronald Blythe into a retreat for writers, artists, and naturalists.
Raymond Chandler’s Olivetti Studio 44 typewriter
Raymond Chandler's Typewriter, Scarf, and Unpublished Fantasy Stories to Auction
The largest archive of Raymond Chandler’s unpublished works to come to auction will go under the