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January 12, 2011 | Jonathan Shipley

Libraries of the Rich and Famous

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Care to see Rod Stewart's library? Frank Sinatra's? Diane Keaton's is pictured above. Michael Jackson's? Look no further!

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Visual Art

(left) Fred Spear, Enlist, 1915, estimate $7,000 - $10,000; (right) Fred Spear, Enlist, 1917, estimate $3,000 - $4,000
Propaganda and Travel Vintage Posters: Five Rare Books for Collectors
Mary Blair Leads Original Disney Production Art Sale
Jane Austen's Illustrators Celebrated in New Anniversary Exhibition

Auctions

Washington Irving Handwritten Manuscript for "Legend of the House of Omeya"
Washington Irving’s Original Handwritten Manuscript of 'Legend of the House of Omeya' to Auction
Mineral Dictionary, Micrographia, and British Imperial Intel: The Week in Rare Books
Lawrence Durrell Inscribed Volumes to Henry Miller to Auction

Book Arts

Reconstructed fragment of a bronze military diploma from Sardinia, issued by the emperor Trajan to a sailor on a warship. 113/14 CE
New AI Tool Could Help Reconstruct Missing Ancient Inscriptions
Mark Gatiss Headlines as Antiquarian Bookseller in New TV Crime Drama 'Bookish'
Pop-Up 'Antiquarian Bookstore' Launches to Promote a Single Title

Americana

Evergreen Review at PBA Galleries
Charles Bukowski, Beats and The Counterculture at PBA Galleries
Hemingway Days Celebration in Key West
Revolutionary War and Founding Fathers Featured in Fine Autographs and Artifacts Auction

Rare Books

Cantus, songs and fancies
'Cantus, songs and fancies': Rare Book of the Week
Complete Run of 'Action Comics' to Auction
First Edition of 'The Hobbit' Found in House Clearance to Auction

Exhibitions

Scott Vile at work
'Printing Books for Four Decades' Exhibition Celebrates Scott Vile
Japanese Crêpe-Paper Books Lead Beinecke Fall Exhibition Line-Up
Miriam Margolyes Launches New 'Showtime!' Exhibition at Charles Dickens Museum

Book People

The Bash Street Kids visit the National Library of Scotland: the front cover of the special edition centenary edition of Beano
The National Library of Scotland Celebrates Birthday Bash with 'Beano'
Bright Young Booksellers: Oliver Bayliss
UK Rare Book Collectors' Conference in the Pipeline

Maps

F. E. Gallup. Gallup's Map of Texas, Showing Oil and Gas Fields, Pipe Lines and Refineries
Maps of Texas: Five Rare Books for Collectors
The Sunderland Collection Acquires Cao Junyi’s ‘A Complete Map of All Under Heaven’
Maps & Atlases: Five Rare Books for Collectors

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Photographs

Bill Cunningham, Municipal Building, built 1914
Photographer Bill Cunningham’s Archive Acquired by The New York Historical
Marilyn Monroe’s Signed Passport Photograph Sold for $21,655
Victorian Photobook Bought at US Yard Sale to Auction with $67,000 Estimate
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