Rare Books

The Kentuckian in New-York by William Alexander Caruthers is this week's Rare Book of the Week, a rare early representation of enslaved Muslims in America offered by
The Huntington has acquired six major collections through the support of the Library Collectors’ Council including an archive of
This week's Rare Book of the Week comes up for auction at Christie’s in its spring sale of Art of the Islamic and Indian Worlds on May 1, an extremely rare
Sotheby's' auction dedicated solely to all four Shakespeare Folios will mark
Held by Cultural Collections at the University of Leeds, the earliest-known English book about cheese has reveal
An important archive of Alan Turing's unpublished Second World War papers has
Reseachers examining volumes held by European monasteries have revealed that rather than deer or boar skin, sealskin was used in their construction. The findings have been laid out in Hiding in plain…
Highlights of the autographs portion of the April 10 Autographs & Subculture auction at Swann Galleries include:  
This week's Rare Book of the Week, the Flushing Remonstrance, one of the earliest exercises of religious liberty in New York, is only on view for a very limited period. 
Highlights from the Bernard Quaritch,