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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One of the largest collections of Enid Byton books in the world is set for auction thanks to a lifelong collector whose passion gained royal attention.
Over the course of nearly 50 years Julia Sesemann amassed thousands of books written by the famous children’s author including valuable…
Freeman’s latest Books and Manuscripts auction was marked by fierce bidding competition over presidential material and significant Americana, resulting in the $441,000 sale of a volume from the personal library of George Washington.
“The market for presidential books, documents, and autographs is…
The Magnificent Library of Norman Bobins: Part One, American Color sale gets underway next month at Christie’s.
Bobins, from Chicago, began collecting color-plate books more than 40 years ago and his collection traces the historical use of color in publishing, from hand-colored copper-plate…
Oxford University Press (OUP) has a rich history producing bibles, starting in the 16th century at a time when Shakespeare was alive, writes Clare Hofmann, Design Manager, OUP. It is this expertise and heritage, that resulted in an Oxford bible being used in the Coronation of George III in 1761 and…
Historical manuscripts and documents dating from the 17th to 20th centuries attracted strong bidding when they came under the hammer in Tennants Auctioneers’ Books, Maps and Manuscripts Sale, led by a superb 18th century manuscript account of a Grand Tour through Europe written by Lady Mary…
London-based dealer Bernard Quaritch is again running its paid summer internship programme and is now inviting applications for a maximum of two full-time positions, each for a minimum of four weeks.
Here are the sales I'll be watching this week:
A pristine Apple Computer Company check signed by Steve Jobs in 1976 comes under the hammer at
Boston-based RR Auction. The year of the company's founding marked a turning point in the history of modern technology and this check represents an important moment in the development of Apple.
In addition to a good selection of bibliography from a bookseller’s reference library (teamed with the bookseller’s partner’s rug and textile reference library), the AntiquarianAuctions.com in the US sale #15 includes a number of unique and very rare titles.
To be asked to work on the manufacturing requirements of the ceremonial Bible for His Majesty King Charles III’s Coronation was a great privilege, writes Paul Lansdowne, Manager, UK Manufacturing, OUP. It also proved to be an opening into a new world of fine book binding.
