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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
Maps
The Sunderland Collection Acquires Cao Junyi’s ‘A Complete Map of All Under Heaven’
Maps & Atlases: Five Rare Books for Collectors
Maps of 18th Century Gardens: Five Rare Books for Collectors
Auctions
Galileo's First Book, Mao's Notes on Poetry, Brookeriana Bindings: Auction Preview
Manuscript Books of Quaker History Lead Anderson & Garland Books Auction
Mormon Founder’s Family Letter Tops Swann Galleries’ Americana Sale
Photographs
Rare Photograph of Abraham Lincoln with Son Tad to Auction
Previouly Unseen Photograph of Sale of Charles Dickens's Belongings on Display
Only Known Photographs of Ada Lovelace to Auction: Estimate £120,000
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In Lincoln’s Own Words
Heritage Seeks Illustration Art for April Sale
Rare Books
Stephen Sondheim Manuscripts and Papers Acquired by Library of Congress
Fine Books and Manuscripts: Five Rare Books for Collectors
Galileo’s First Book to Auction
Exhibitions
Landmark U.S. Exhibition Celebrates Tove Jansson and the Moomins
‘Remarkable Books’ Exhibition to Run Alongside Bath Book Fair
Ellesmere Chaucer Leads Huntington's New 'Stories from the Library' Exhibition
Visual Art
Major Donation of Italian Manuscript Illuminations to Getty
Artwork by Jane Austen’s Sister Cassandra on Show
Hand-Colored Calvin and Hobbes Artwork and Frank Frazetta Cover Art to Auction
Americana
Revolutionary War and Founding Fathers Featured in Fine Autographs and Artifacts Auction
Thirteenth Amendment and Emancipation Proclamation to Auction with $17m Estimate
Americana: Five Rare Books for Collectors
Book People
Huntington Library Announces Modernization Plans
Bright Young Booksellers: Dr. Emerson Richards
British Library Acquires Archive of Playwright Mustapha Matura
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