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The Washington Post reports: "A Civil War-era letter written by Abraham Lincoln that went missing at an unknown date has surfaced and has been…

The Folger Library has started a new blog. The inaugural post explains the origin of the blog's name: Collation. This is a word with rich…

"On 21 August 1911, someone entered the Salon Carre of the Musée du Louvre in Paris, removed the Mona Lisa from the wall, unfastened the clamps…

Marie Sklodowska Curie, the chemist and physicist famous for her pioneering work on radioactivity, was the first person awarded two Nobel Prizes (for…

It is not often that one discovers the work of an overlooked or forgotten genius, or a previously-unknown work of an established master. This is, of…

The Guardian reports: 70 books stolen from the Social Democratic party by the Nazi regime will officially be returned on August 31, including an 1883…

"Where does paper fit in an increasingly digital world? Will there even be a significant role for collectors and purveyors of antiquarian paper?"…

On a beaucoup écrit au sujet des femmes voyageuses. Plusieurs grands noms viennent à l'esprit: Alexandra David-Neel, Ida Pfeiffer, Isabella Bird, ou…

What is really „rare"? Maria Popova asks the question which has always been essential for antiquarian booksellers, and which becomes more and more…

"So I asked myself (somewhat desperately, positively naively): are things really that bad? What is the actual state of book publishing in Britain?…

Ashley Wildes is one of the young talents of the trade. For seven months she has been working at Between the Covers. Now she has attended the…

With their gift of more than 15,000 rare books related to angling and outdoor sports, Joan and Vernon Gallup made a substantial contribution to the…