Vintage & Unusual Ephemera

Vintage and unusual books and ephemera bought and sold in Southern California. IOBA & CABS grad.

Visual Art

A My Fair Lady Theatre Royal, Drury Lane programme, and souvenir book, 1958; a copy of Cecil Beaton's Fair Lady, C. Tinling & Co., Ltd., London, 1964; and a Beaton designed Christmas card

Cecil Beaton Designs for 'Anna Karenina' and Oscar Wilde Plays to Auction

Spider-Man Artwork Smashes Auction Record for Greg and Tim Hildebrandt

Tolkien Sculpture to be Unveiled Next Month

Exhibitions

From his pointed shoes to his gilded hat, this knight embodies 1470s high fashion. Évrart de Trémaugon, Le Songe du Vergier. Illuminated by the Master of Gaste andcopied by Pierre de Condreu (or Coudren). France, Saint Chamond, 1469. (Detail)

The Art of Dress in Medieval Manuscripts

John Ashbery Drawings, Tarot, and 3,000 Years of Storytelling at the Morgan in 2026

History of Unconventional Publishing Charted in New Exhibition

Book Arts

LA Art Book Fair and NY Art Book Fair Dates

Bach Manuscript Inspires Bodleian Libraries Concert

New Exhibition of First Editions and Artworks Celebrates Edward Gorey Centenary

Sponsored

reading a book

Caveat Emptor: or some thoughts on ethics and online book buying

In Lincoln’s Own Words

Heritage Seeks Illustration Art for April Sale

Book People

The Bone People

Collector Nicholas Royle Retraces the Journeys of His Books

Minnesota Center for Book Arts Announces 2025 McKnight Book Fellows

Lost Ian Fleming Short Story Published as Bond Memorabilia Comes to Auction

Maps

A Complete Map of All Under Heaven by Cao Junyi

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

Maps & Atlases: Five Rare Books for Collectors

Maps of 18th Century Gardens: Five Rare Books for Collectors

Rare Books

Treasured poster

Shelley's Baby Rattle, Homer's Iliad, and Jane Austen Juvenilia in New 'Treasured' Exhibition

Lewis Carroll: A Rare and Wondrous Rabbit Hole

How Poisonous Books Are Being Detected

Photographs

One of Antoine Claudet's daguerreotypes of Ada Lovelace

Only Known Photographs of Ada Lovelace to Auction: Estimate £120,000

Al Capone Signed Photograph Sells for $62,000

Pioneering Photography of Julia Margaret Cameron at the Morgan

Americana

Thomas Jefferson's Cicero Orations

Thomas Jefferson’s Cicero and J. D. Salinger Letter Lead University Archives Auction

Handwritten Manuscripts Related to Bonnie and Clyde, Jesse James and Buffalo Bill to Auction

Getty Villa Museum Will Reopen June 27 After Palisades Fire Closure

Auctions

Louisiana Purchase Portfolio at Sotheby's

Louisiana Purchase Portfolio on Display and to Auction

Eisenhower’s Top Secret Message and German Surrender Documents Lead WWII Auction

Sendak’s Blakes, Jefferson’s Cicero, Rockwell Original Art: Auction Preview