Fine Books News: Recent
Highlights from the natural history offerings at Firsts London which opens today and runs through…
The Bibliographical Society has launched its own YouTube channel featuring recordings of its…
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Rare Book School at University of Virginia has released its 2022-23 Annual Report chronicling its 40th anniversary year and developments including its move back into the newly renovated Edgar Shannon Library.
Highlights from Potter & Potter Auctions' June 8 Magicana sale featuring books and other material from the collection of the late Peter Hackhofer includes:* The Expert at the Card Table by S.W. Erdnase (pseudonym). Chicago: Author, 1902. First edition. Illustrated with over 100 drawings “…
Correspondence between mathematics colleagues Albert Einstein and Herman Müntz will be up for auction at the Books, Maps & Manuscripts auction on June 13 at Stockholms Auktionsverk.
The English Vineyard Vindicated by John Evelyn and John Rose, one of the earliest works on English viticulture, goes under the hammer at Chiswick Auctions later this month.
The Folio Society’s latest launch - The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller - features illustrations from award-winning artist Julie Dillon, plus an introduction from classicist Emily Wilson.A retelling of The Iliad, Madeline Miller’s 2011 debut novel explores the story of the Trojan War…
I entered the autograph field in 1985, a complete novice. The lay of the land was much different than it is today. It was indeed the heyday of the great autograph dealers, and boy did they have staggering inventories. So much was available then. And these they would offer the public in in-depth…
Ronald Reagan's copy of Don Quixote is among numerous presidential lots coming to auction on May 15 at University Archives' Rare Signed Autographs, Manuscripts, Books & Memorabilia sale.
One of JK Rowling’s seven original manuscripts for The Tales of Beedle the Bard, a book of fairy tales penned by the author in 2007, will go under the hammer at Sotheby’s next month with a $250,000 – $350,000 estimate.
There are a handful of books in the Freeman's | Hindman sale of The Private Collection of Secretary Madeleine K. Albright on Tuesday, May 7, mostly presentation copies but a handful of books with her annotations.
Early printed books, literature, and artist books featured in Swann Galleries’ latest Fine Books auction which was dominated by editions of Don Quixote. Leading the sale was a 1608 third Madrid Cuesta edition, sold for $106,250. Other editions of note included:
