Fine Books News: Recent
New York-based rare book antiquarian Richard C. Ramer (1942-2026) has died after running his…
Sotheby’s in New York has sold the rare Rothschild Vienna Mahzor Hebrew prayerbook for $6…
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Quite a week coming up in the salerooms, including auctions of the library of William St. Clair and of the Glaisdale Agricultural Library.
Philadelphia — Freeman’s September 21 Books and Manuscripts auction inaugurated Freeman’s fall auction season with the remarkable $277,200 sale of New Englands First Fruits (Lot 11). The extremely rare first edition on early colonial New England includes the first printed account of Harvard…
Chicago — Potter & Potter Auctions is pleased to announce this nearly 600-lot sale to be held on Thursday, October 20th starting at 10am. The event will be held online and live streamed, with a limited number of bidders physically allowed in the gallery as determined by current Illinois public…
Earlier this month, the Boston Public Library (BPL) announced the reopening of the central library’s special collections department following the completion of a $15.7-million renovation. The library is now open for full, in-person use of its extraordinary rare book and manuscript collections.
Hudson, NY — Furthermore grants in publishing, a program of the J. M. Kaplan Fund, is pleased to announce the 2022 Alice is awarded to Alphawood Foundation, Chicago, IL for its publication, Reconstructing the Garrick: Adler & Sullivan’s Lost Masterpiece (Alphawood Foundation, Chicago, 2021).
Two letters written by Jane Austen in which she discusses ending a flirtation with the possible inspiration for Mr. Darcy and the details of a visit to London have gone on show to the public for the first time.
Dallas — You know Robert McGinnis' work — famous faces, drop-dead bodies, glitz and glam and grime illuminating a single image — even if you do not know Robert McGinnis.
In our current issue, the Editor’s Shelf features “Five Picks for Autumnal Reading.” All fall under the category of ‘books about books:’ four nonfiction and one novel this time around. (For more recommendations, see our summer list.)
Los Angeles – The J. Paul Getty Museum has acquired a collection of 209 photographs by French photographer Eugène Atget, two magnificent busts by French sculptor Charles Cordier, and a pair of rare bronze reliefs by the Italian Renaissance sculptor and architect Bartolomeo Ammannati…
Here's a roundup of rare book, manuscript & map auctions we'll be watching this week.
