Fine Books News: Recent
Firsts: London’s Rare Book Fair returns to the Saatchi Gallery in Chelsea from May 14 through May…
Opening this summer at The Huntington will be its new exhibition This Land Is... which will focus…
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Here are the sales I'll be watching this week:
Medieval manuscripts dealer Les Enluminures of Paris, New York, and Chicago is celebrating thirty years in the business this fall. To mark the occasion, they have produced six short videos to showcase their history and vision for the future of collecting. The first one, "An American in Paris,"…
The Federal Writers’ Project, the writing/publishing arm of the Works Progress Administration, has become topical in the literary world again. Our current issue features a story about collecting the FWP's American Guides, written by Scott Borchert, also the author of the recent book, Republic of…
New York – The Morgan Library & Museum proudly presents Imperial Splendor: The Art of the Book in the Holy Roman Empire, ca. 800–1500, opening October 15, 2021, and running through January 23, 2022. The exhibition offers a sweeping overview of manuscript production in the Holy Roman Empire, one…
New York — The Thursday, October 14 sale of Early Printed Books at Swann Galleries features travel, medicine, and science publications, and offers a chance for rare book buyers to travel through time and around the world to shop for historically and culturally significant works and objects. The…
Boston — The Athenæum presents highlights from its special collections related to Dante Alighieri, celebrating a major anniversary of one of the great poets of world literature. A superb selection of historic and rare books will be on public view through December 30, 2021 on the Boston Athenæum’s…
It’s always reassuring to discover other readers who revel in their bibliophilia. In White Spines: Confessions of a Book Collector (Salt Publishing), English writer and publisher Nicholas Royle recounts his life with books in a meandering memoir which focuses on the ongoing progress of his…
You read that right, Lovecraft fans! Coming to auction on October 14 is a 16-leaf autographed manuscript of H. P. Lovecraft’s short story, “Pickman’s Model.” The story was published in the October 1927 issue of Weird Tales.
New York – Few people were as single-minded and dedicated to their life’s passion as the book collector and philanthropist Robin Satinsky who over five decades assembled and promoted the library of illustrated books which is to be offered at Bonhams Books and Manuscripts sale in New York on Friday…
Philadelphia — Freeman’s is pleased to announce the results of its September 23 auction, a 140-lot sale that achieved a 95% sell-through rate and underscores Freeman’s strength in presenting material across a wide range of disciplines and time periods. Thursday’s auction saw strong results for…
