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Jenna Silver

University of Iowa Librarian Jenna Silver on Lee Harvey Oswald's Autopsy and the Sackner Archive

Executive Director Elysa Voshell to Leave Minnesota Center for Book Arts

Charles Dickens's Descendants to Work as Guest Stewards at His Museum

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

Exhibitions

Frédéric Chopin, Valse, autograph manuscript, between 1815 and1849, recto

Works by Frédéric Chopin Including Recently Discovered Waltz at the Morgan

National Archives to Display Historic Volumes in Declaration of Independence Celebration

Phillis Wheatley's Poems and 'Uncle Tom's Cabin' Featured in The Afric-American Picture Gallery

Photographs

Buzz Aldrin on the Moon with the photographer (€28,160)

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

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

Julia Margaret Cameron's Images for Tennyson to Auction

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

Visual Art

Cistercian Number and Alphabet System, 1300s, England. Pen and black ink and tempera.

Medieval Manuscript Codes Deciphered in New Getty Exhibition

Maurice Sendak Masterpieces Lead Illustration Art Sale

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

Auctions

Title opening of the Kelmscott Press edition of "Reynard the Fox" (1892).

Gutenberg Bible Leaf, Katherine Dunham Correspondence, J.P. Morgan's Jewels: Auction Preview

Barbara Taylor Bradford Inscribed First Editions, Writing Desks, and Typewriter to Auction

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

Rare Books

Black Book of Hours

Black Book of Hours: Rare Book of the Week

New Rare Book Shop Philip Salmon & Company Opens Its Doors in Boston

Title of Work Deciphered In Sealed Herculaneum Scroll Via Digital Unwrapping

Maps

John Rocque’s Plan of The House, Gardens, Park & Hermitage of Their Majesties at Richmond; and of their R.H. the Prince of Wales & the Princes Royal at Kew

Maps of 18th Century Gardens: Five Rare Books for Collectors

Sunderland Collection Rare Cartographical Loan on Display

16th Century Cartographer's Library Recreated at TEFAF Maastricht

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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