William C. Lorch Rare Books

Book Arts

DogEar Festival Returns to Celebrate Artists’ Books and Printmaking

Folio Society Celebrates Decades of Book Art and Illustration

New TV Series Looks at the History of Science Fiction

Book People

Nils Dickmann proprietor of Ballard Books in Seattle:

Nils Dickmann of Ballard Books on Teenage Book Scouting and Peter Rainier's Harbor Log

Rare Book Dealer Peter Harrington Opens Gallery in New York

Bonhams Appoints Ian Ehling to Head of Fine Books & Manuscripts, North America

Americana

A letter from Richard Stockton to his brother discussing the readiness of the Americans people for the Revolutionary war, estimated at $100,000 – 150,000.

Rare Documents from American Revolution Under the Hammer at Bonhams

National Archives Releases Thousands of JFK Assassination Records

African Americana: Five Rare Books for Collectors

Exhibitions

MS. Duke Humfrey c. 1_2025-01-29_0007_fol. 1r

Weston Library Celebrates Anniversary with Unveiling of Newly Discovered Royal Manuscript

Book of Hours: Rare Book of the Week

Rare Books Collector Sid Lapidus Celebrated at Princeton University Library

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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

Auctions

Silver bromide print of a loaf of bread on black card, facing a page of text, from Owen Simmons' "The Book of Bread".

'The Black Cat' Poster, First Edition 'Emma', Rimbaud Autograph: Auction Preview

‘Mob’s Accountant' Meyer Lansky’s Letter Archive to Auction

Brontë Presentation Copy, Dumas First Edition, Dunbar Letters: Auction Preview

Visual Art

Victor Hugo, The Cheerful Castle, c. 1847. Pen, brown and black ink and wash, crayon on cardboard

Victor Hugo’s Drawings Go on Show

Original Art from Marvel’s 1970s Comic Books to Auction at Hake's

Dwight Cleveland’s Rare Movie Posters Collection to Auction

Photographs

Julia Margaret Cameron', illustrations to Tennyson's Idylls of the King, and Other Poems, first volume, first edition

Julia Margaret Cameron's Images for Tennyson to Auction

Historic England Acquires Collection of Earliest Photographs of England

Einstein's 'Tongue' Photo Sold for $338,630

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

Rare Books

Illustration of a bindery from Denckmal der Freundschafft von Gottlob Ehrenfried Knothe, 1778, offered by Bernard Quaritch.

New York International Antiquarian Book Fair: Five Rare Books for Collectors

BIBLIO Partners with Antikvariat.net to Boost Antiquarian Book Sales in Scandinavia

The Waste Land: Rare Book of the Week