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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San Francisco — The Arion Press, one of the nation’s foremost producers of fine press artist books, announces the publication of Woolgathering, a very special collaboration between two contemporary creative masters. Patti Smith is an icon of punk rock, renowned singer-songwriter and author whose…
She may have worn a shawl, but what did Jane Austen’s characters wear? In the costume dramas based on her classic novels, her Regency-era heroines and heroes don silk ball gowns and waistcoats, some of which are currently on view at Cincinnati’s Taft Museum of Art in a new exhibition titled Jane…
Paris — Independent publisher SP Books released the only surviving manuscript of John Milton’s Paradise Lost, published in book form for the very first time. Alongside the handwritten poem, 12 iconic illustrations by William Blake.
It's a lively week for rare books and manuscripts auctions; here's the rundown.
Boston — A rare Edgar Allan Poe letter extending his condolences to a fellow writer sold for $154,958, according to Boston-based RR Auction.
Cincinnati, OH – The Civil War and American Militaria Collection of Bruce B. Hermann, an internationally renowned specialist in military antiques, will highlight Hindman’s June 21st to 22nd American Historical Ephemera and Photography Auction. With an extensive background in American and Western…
On Monday, June 20, Heritage Auctions will sell the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize medal awarded to Russian journalist Dmitry Muratov at auction.
Berkeley, CA – PBA Galleries announced a Platinum Auction of Elite Americana & Rare Maps on June 30th, 2022. The sale comprises a selection of 96 rare, important, and valuable examples of historical Americana, including much on Mexico, from printed books and manuscripts to cartography and…
In 1936, Carolyn Wells published Murder in the Bookshop, a mystery set in the rare book world, which she knew well. In the novel, a wealthy collector is murdered just before he takes possession of his newest acquisition: a book signed by someone named Button Gwinnett, not once but thrice. It was…
