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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Berkeley, CA – PBA Galleries announces an auction of Antiquarian Books with Fine Press & Fine Bindings as well as Illustrated Books with Fore-Edge Paintings, on June 16th, 2022. The sale will offer over 450 lots featuring works of the fine press, finely bound books, and a large selection of…
New York — During the nineteenth century, railroads profoundly transformed the United States geographically, economically, socially, culturally and in diverse other ways, directly and indirectly. The St. Louis Mercantile Library’s exhibition, Travelers, Tracks and Tycoons: The Railroad in American…
London — There were huge gasps in the saleroom at Forum Auctions this week as an incredibly rare double series of twelve aquatint views of Canada by military artist Major General James Pattison (1779-1847), sold in a sale of Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper (on 26.5.22) for a staggering £…
Basel, Switzerland — Grandeur is not difficult to find in the manuscripts and early printed books at Dr. Jörn Günther Rare Books, yet the collection highlights coming to TEFAF Maastricht this June surpass the usual level of extravagance in book decoration.
Leyburn, North Yorkshire, England — A complete run of the famous Wisden Cricketer’s Almanack sold for £13,000 plus buyer’s premium in Tennants Auctioneers’ Books, Maps and Manuscripts Sale on 18th May. The volumes of the almanack run from 1864 to 2018 and included facsimile copies of 17 of the…
Here are the sales I'll be keeping an eye on this week:
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New York – The fabled private library of the most prominent antiquarian book dealer of his generation achieved extraordinary results over two live sales, totaling $16,141,944. The May 25 live evening sale, The Private Collection of William S. Reese: Part One totaled $8,216,292, with 95% sold by lot…
New York — Swann Galleries will present the second iteration of Focus on Women, Thursday, June 2. The sale is poised to emphasize women’s experiences and contributions to literature, science, art, politics, and thought. With published and manuscript material from the hand-press period, through the…
To protest widespread book bans in the U.S., Margaret Atwood has collaborated with her publishers on a fireproof edition of her most famous—and often banned—novel, The Handmaid’s Tale, first published in 1985.
