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A Signed and Dated View of the Manhattan Skyline by Reginald Marsh (1898-1954)

A Signed Watercolor of a Tulip by Arguably the Finest Flower Painter of 18th century Europe, Georg Dionysius Ehret (1708-1770)

Wade & Croome’s Panorama of the Hudson River from New York to Waterford

Facebook, the IPO "season." Jamie Dimon and the US Military.

A lovely letter from Robert Dietrich from Northeastern University thanking me for our event in their honor on May 24, 2012

An Evening with Northeastern

Rare and Important Engravings by a Foremost Early American Printmaker

What a nice letter from the curator of the Ringling Museum

A Pair of Handsome English Leather Upholstered Library Armchairs

The First View of Fort Keogh in Montana Territory Built Two Years After Custer’s Last Stand

How to respond to an FBI request for information - more sloppiness from the National Library of Sweden.

A bit of LC map division history.

Alfred Bricher’s Watercolor of Narragansett Pier

Advice for map dealers - instead of gaming maps and buying from theives here is an avenue to pursue that may generate profits to encourage you to behave.

An Exquisite Hand Colored Engraving of a Bird of Paradise by the Renown French Artist Jacques Barraband

Offering of the Day: The History of the District of Maine

A Lovely Ornithological Painting featuring Tropical Birds by Arthur Singer (1917-1990)

An Original Manuscript Map on Vellum of the Indian Ocean Showing the Route to and from the Cape of Good Hope to the Sunda Strait

An Extraordinary Watercolor of Tulips Attributed to Johann Theodore de Bry (1561-1623)