December 22, 2010 | Jonathan Shipley

Today's Odd Finding at the New York Public Library

How about Charles Dickens' old pet cat's paw mounted to a letter opener? Look no further!

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

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

Rare Books

'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

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

James Mander's manuscript draft of A Mineral Dictionary of Words, Or Terms Used By The Miners In Derbyshire, 1821

Mineral Dictionary, Micrographia, and British Imperial Intel : The Week in Rare Books

Lawrence Durrell Inscribed Volumes to Henry Miller to Auction

First Superman, American Atlas, Washington Letter: Auction Preview

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

Book People

Fine Book Fairs prospective UK conference poster

UK Rare Book Collectors' Conference in the Pipeline

Bright Young Booksellers: Oliver Bayliss

Young Book Collector Joshua Shelley on Jewish Presses, Daniel Deronda, and Arnold Zweig

Americana

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

Exhibitions

'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

Caveat Emptor: or some thoughts on ethics and online book buying

In Lincoln’s Own Words

Heritage Seeks Illustration Art for April Sale

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