Fine Books News: Recent
Highlights of PBA Galleries' February 5 auction from the Klaus Werner Collection with an emphasis…
The top lot of Freeman's' latest auction was a manuscript document signed by John Hancock,…
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Nearly two centures after his death, the spirit of Edgar Allan Poe is in the running to win the 67th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest.
Austrian singers Teya and Salena will be representing their country in the second semi-final on May 11 with Who The Hell Is Edgar?, a song in which the 19th…
When you hear the phrase “book collector” what image comes to mind?
A gruff, older man sitting in a hole-in-the-wall storefront, surrounded by dusty books on overstuffed shelves? An academic with lots of letters after her name and a well-appointed library in her home? A new-money millionaire…
The Minneapolis Institute of Art (Mia) has opened its groundbreaking exhibition Fukuda Kodōjin: Japan’s Great Poet and Landscape Artist. Fukuda Kodōjin (1865–1944) was among a handful of scholar-artists who continued the tradition of literati painting (nanga) after 1900.
A collection of 297 stage costume designs by Sally Jacobs (1932-2020) comes for sale at Chiswick Auctions’ sale of Books and Works on Paper on May 24. The archive, that includes mixed media designs for important stage Royal Shakespeare Company productions from the 1960s, is expected to sell…
The full catalog of the auction of bookseller and writer Larry McMurtry's partial personal estate has been released by Vogt Auction Galleries, featuring around 300 items from his home in Archer City, Texas.
Among the lots featuring his firearms, boots, memorabilia from his Hollywood productions,…
The Raab Collection has announced the discovery of an unknown and apparently unpublished F. Scott Fitzgerald letter from April 22, 1924, written to a long-lost cousin. The handwritten note touches on family, religion, women, and other subjects, and shows a personal and unreserved side of Fitzgerald…
New York's The Jewish Museum's latest exhibition is The Sassoons, revealing the fascinating story of a remarkable Jewish family, highlighting their pioneering role in trade, art collecting, architectural patronage, and civic engagement from the early 19th century through World War II. It follows…
The New England Book Auctions sale of Fine Books & Ephemera ends on Tuesday, May 9. The 207 lots include the usual very wide range of material.
The New York Public Library, in partnership with Cambridge University Library, has launched a new exhibition, Charles Darwin: A Life in Letters which celebrates the recent completion of the Darwin Correspondence Project, a 45-year endeavor to publish all of Charles Darwin’s letters.
Highlights from Coronation catalogues from Bernard Quaritch, Peter Harrington, and Bauman Rare Books including:
* Coronation of King William IV. and Queen Adelaide, 1831.
