November 5, 2009 | Jonathan Shipley

Walt Whitman: Poet, Essayist, Journalist, Blue Jean Salesman

Have you seen the newest Levi's commercials yet? They've used Walt Whitman's poem "Pioneers! O Pioneers!." You can see the ads here and here.

Poetry

Auctions

Muhammad Ali's Draft Card to Auction with $5m Estimate

Poe, Einstein, and Newton Letters and Manuscipts Headline RR Auction’s 'Remarkable Rarities' Sale

Photography Book Collection of Terry Etherton to Auction Today

Rare Books

Huge Historic Bible Single Owner Collection to Auction

First Welsh Bible Leads Celebration of Language and Culture of Wales

First Printed Book of Secular Music in Scotland Goes on Tour

Americana

From Wheat's Mapping the Transmississippi West

Western Americana to Auction at PBA Galleries

'Wepa! Puerto Ricans in the World of Comics' at The New York Public Library

National Archives to Display Entire U.S. Constitution For First Time in U.S. History

Book People

Burnside Books' Liz Hopkins on Art Nouveau Bindings, Frankenstein, and Cataloging Books

T. S. Eliot Signed Christmas Cards: Rare Book of the Week

Britain's Largest Antiquarian Book Fair Returns to York

Book Arts

pair of early 20th century mahogany and brass revolving bookcases

Antique Bookcases: Five Rare Books for Collectors

Rare Book School’s Author Card Games Collection on Display For First Time

New AI Tool Could Help Reconstruct Missing Ancient Inscriptions

Maps

F. E. Gallup. Gallup's Map of Texas, Showing Oil and Gas Fields, Pipe Lines and Refineries

Maps of Texas: Five Rare Books for Collectors

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

Maps & Atlases: Five Rare Books for Collectors

Visual Art

Vincent van Gogh's Romans Parisiens (Les Livres jaunes) in situ

Van Gogh's 'Romans Parisiens (Les Livres jaunes)' to Auction with $40m Estimate

Frank Frazetta’s Conan the Barbarian Cover Art Sold for $13.5m

Eric Carle Museum Showcases Role of Food in His Work

Exhibitions

Kenneth Branagh as Hercule Poirot in Murder on the Orient Express, 2017

British Library to Stage Major Agatha Christie Exhibition

David Bowie Handwritten Lyrics and Unfinished Musical Go On Show

Gothic Exhibition Features Rare Books and Manuscripts

Photographs

One of the photos fom the launch party of the DVD of Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone held on Platform 9¾, Kings Cross Station, London

Behind-the-scenes Hogwarts Express Harry Potter Photos to Auction

Photography in Children's Books Explored in New Exhibition

Photographer Bill Cunningham’s Archive Acquired by The New York Historical

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

In Lincoln’s Own Words

Heritage Seeks Illustration Art for April Sale

Walt Whitman: Poet, Essayist, Journalist, Blue Jean Salesman

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