Fine Books News: Recent

A Christmassy selection for this week's Rare Book of the Week, a Bible (both Old and New Testaments…
Salisbury Cathedral has received an early Christmas present from Friends of the Nations’ Libraries…
Fairs
Highlights from Frieze Masters 2024 which runs October 9 - 13 in The Regent's Park, London include: 
Fairs
New book fair 1º Salão do Livro Antigo will take place in the Casa Municipal de Cultura in Coimbra, Portugal, running October 4 - 6.
Current Events & Trends
Running until October 9, Four-Legged and Feathered Friends is an online fundraising sale at Bonhams which aims to raise funds for the Quentin Blake Centre for Illustration.
News
The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art has announced the first exhibition about the transformative power of Free to Be… You and Me, a cultural force that inspired generations of children and families.
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The first library at London's Guildhall was founded by money bequeathed by former Lord Mayor of the City of London Richard 'Dick' Whittington who gained a reputation as an astute medieval merchant, politician, and philanthropist.
Auctions
What is believed to be the first American photograph of a romantically posed interracial couple will go under the hammer at Freeman’s | Hindman on October 26.
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This week's Rare Book of the Week is today's launch offering from Macmillan's new Fablelistik Editions, a limited and fine press books publisher. In its first collection, Fablelistik is offering three editions of Washington Irving’s The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, all of which will include…
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Tanya Patton, Elise Severe, and Deb Fortner are this year’s recipients of the Book Club of Washington’s Emory Award - presented annually “to a Washingtonian who has made an extraordinary contribution to the culture  of the book" -  for their  efforts to save their local library.
Current Events & Trends
At ALDE on Wednesday, October 2, Bibliothèque J.-M. Rebois, in 136 lots, a nice batch of French books in fine bindings. Highlights are expected to include Charles le Brun's Tapisseries du Roy (1746) in a binding with the arms of Louis XV and a presentation inscription to Comte Vorontsov (€7,000–9,…
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Heritage Auctions’ October 10-11 Rare Books auction will feature first edition works by J. R. R. Tolkien, Adam Smith, and Stephen King.