Americana

...the single best collection I've ever seen--and my job has given me the chance over many years to see a number of very fine collections--was formed by people who knew things I did not and buil
In honor of the holiday upon us, here's a fun look at Thanksgiving past.
I've spent the past few weeks trying to learn more about collecting and selling ephemera.
Boardwalk Empire, HBO's period drama about the early days of the mob in Atlantic City, offered some of the most compelling television in 201
Earlier this month, the Library of Congress paired with Levenger to produce a new edition of
In 1936, Carolyn Wells published
Aviator Charles Lindbergh employed a ghostwriter for his quickie 1927 autobiography,
Crossing the auction block in New York tomorrow is this incredibly neat piece of library ephemera: a ca.
Philadelphia — A searing rebuke of slavery and a soaring defense of human equality, a 1774 newspaper printing of a letter written by African American poet Phillis Wheatley is now in the permanent c
Philadelphia — Freeman’s inaugural auction of its 2022 season, Books and Manuscripts, was led by the sale of a remarkable Land Ordinance of 1785, whic