Stuart Bennett Rare Books

Exhibitions

William Blake, Chaucer's Canterbury Pilgrims, 1810 to 1820, etching and engraving on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper

William Blake’s Handprinted Publications Centrepiece of New Exhibition

British Library to Stage Major Agatha Christie Exhibition

David Bowie Handwritten Lyrics and Unfinished Musical Go On Show

Book Arts

pair of early 20th century mahogany and brass revolving bookcases

Antique Bookcases: Five Rare Books for Collectors

Rare Book School’s Author Card Games Collection on Display For First Time

New AI Tool Could Help Reconstruct Missing Ancient Inscriptions

Maps

Central and Western Earthsea, for A Wizard of Earthsea, c.1967. Ink on paper.

The Maps of Ursula K. Le Guin Explored in New Exhibition and Book

Maps of Texas: Five Rare Books for Collectors

The Sunderland Collection Acquires Cao Junyi’s ‘A Complete Map of All Under Heaven’

Book People

H. Rider Haggard’s King Solomon’s Mines, a few months after being ‘planted’ in a Johannesburg garden.

Panizzi Lectures 2025 Focus on Print Culture in the Age of Climate Change

Boston International Antiquarian Book Fair Returns in November

The Metropolitan Museum of Art Redesigns Thomas J. Watson Library

Auctions

One of Kipling's letters about his son

Rudyard Kipling Letters on the Wartime Loss of His Son to Auction

Jane Austen First Editions and Columbus Letter Estimated at $2m to Auction

Austen Rarities, Kerouac Self Portrait, Einstein's Violin: Auction Preview

Americana

The Strand Magazine issue with the Chandler manuscript

Unpublished Raymond Chandler Manuscript 'Nightmare' Published by Strand Magazine

Western Americana to Auction at PBA Galleries

'Wepa! Puerto Ricans in the World of Comics' at The New York Public Library

Visual Art

Todd McFarlane's Batman

Todd McFarlane 'Batman' Cover Headlines Comic Art Auction

LA Louver Donates Archive and Library to the Huntington

Van Gogh's 'Romans Parisiens (Les Livres jaunes)' to Auction with $40m Estimate

Photographs

Edward Weston, (1886–1958), Wind Erosion, Dunes at Oceano, 1936, gelatin silver print, mounted on card, likely printed 1940s. Estimate: $150,000-$250,000.

Ansel Adams, Richard Avedon, and Gordon Parks Photos to Auction

Behind-the-scenes Hogwarts Express Harry Potter Photos to Auction

Photography in Children's Books Explored in New Exhibition

Rare Books

Für Elise

Beethoven: Five Rare Books for Collectors

Battle of Britain Spitfire Pilot's Logbook: Rare Book of the Week

Captain James Cook’s South Pacific Logbook to Auction

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