Benson's Book Appraisals

Maps

Geographia, Sebastian Münster, 1540

Sunderland Collection Rare Cartographical Loan on Display

16th Century Cartographer's Library Recreated at TEFAF Maastricht

Five Rare Books for Collectors: Rare Maps and Atlases

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

Rare Books

An example from the Steinbeck trove of letters and association copies

John Steinbeck Letters and Inscribed Copies Among New Huntington Acquisitions

The Nahj al-Faradis: Rare Book of the Week

All Four Shakespeare Folios to Auction with £4.5m Estimate

Visual Art

Original poster artwork for the John F. Kennedy Center's Imagination Celebration

Maurice Sendak Masterpieces Lead Illustration Art Sale

Maurice Sendak's Works and Collection to Auction to Fund Special Fellowship

Small Press Experimental Poetry Focus at New Grolier Exhibition

Book People

Letter from Charles Darwin to John Murray, 31 March 1859

Katherine Mansfield, Charles Darwin, and Amadou Hampâté Bâ Archives Added to UNESCO Register

Eufrasia Burlamacchi, Writers Revealed, and Seized Books: April Books Roundup

Blake Cottage Trust Secures Major Grant to Safeguard Historic Literary Site

Americana

Hand-edited manuscript leaf by Henry David Thoreau for Cape Cod

Rare Henry David Thoreau Handwritten Manuscript from 'Cape Cod' to Auction

Broadside Announcing Martial Law During 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre to Auction

Rare Documents from American Revolution Under the Hammer at Bonhams

Exhibitions

Maya Angelou and Malcolm X Manuscripts On Show in Schomburg Center Centennial Celebrations

Da Vinci and John Coltrane Manuscripts Lead Exhibition of New Acquisitions at the Morgan

Story of George Washington and King George III Told Through Original Documents

Auctions

Map of the world titled on red banner "Tea Revives the World."

Andersen Rarities, NASA Photos, Qur’an Manuscripts: Auction Preview

Charles Dickens’s Travel Writing Desk and Cutlery to Auction

Unique Set of Unbound ‘Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone’ Sheets to Auction

Photographs

Amanda Marchand and Leah Sobsey, Herbarium Plate 54 - Pansy, 202, and Herbarium Plate 64 - Christmas Cactus, 2023. Archival pigment prints.

Photo-Based Work Inspired by Emily Dickinson's Garden on View

Julia Margaret Cameron's Images for Tennyson to Auction

Historic England Acquires Collection of Earliest Photographs of England

Book Arts

Texas A&M University promotion for the Edward Gorey exhibit

New Exhibition of First Editions and Artworks Celebrates Edward Gorey Centenary

Karen Wirth's Book Art Inspired by Architectural Forms Goes on Show

DogEar Festival Returns to Celebrate Artists’ Books and Printmaking