Fine Books News: Recent
Here are the sales I'll be watching this week:
An important archive of Alan Turing's unpublished Second World War papers has been saved from…
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Hake’s' March 25-26 auction will showcase a selection of original art including Howard Chaykin’s original pen-and-ink page art from issue #1 of the Star Wars comic book.
The first-ever major celebration of the illustrators behind the art of the Folio Society’s books will celebrate the art of book illustration and design with a landmark exhibition in New York. The Art of Folio, which will showcase the talents of 91 illustrators Folio has worked with over the…
The Wonderland factual television series returns to Sky Arts next month with an all-new four-part series Science Fiction in the Atomic Age.
One of the highlights of the Catawiki calendar is the Collectors Fair 2025, running now through March 17, designed to bring together traditional and modern collectables to an engaged audience of collectors. As part of this campaign, the focus of the Books and Historical Memorabilia team will…
University Archives sells Rare Autographs, Manuscripts, Books & Memorabilia on Wednesday, March 12. The 549 lots include a small group of Albert Einstein photographs ($15,000–20,000); a blank ship's passport signed by Abraham Lincoln and William Seward ($10,000–12,000); and a 1972 J.D. Salinger…
This week's Rare Book of the Week is the printer's sample of the first volume of Rockwell Kent's illustrated Lakeside Pressedition of Moby Dick which is at The Collected Library timed auction at Freeman's | Hindman.
The Library of Barry Humphries live auction will feature a wide array of books, manuscripts, works on paper and objets from the extensive library of the legendary comedian, actor, author, and satirist.
Highlights from Jonkers Rare Books' latest catalogue Golf covering famous links across America, England, and Scotland include:Reminiscences of Golf on St Andrews Links by James Balfour (David Douglas, 1887)
In 1874, the photographer Julia Margaret Cameron was asked by her neighbour and close friend, renowned poet Alfred Tennyson if she would create some illustrations for a new 'popular' edition of his poems on Arthurian legends, The Idylls of the King.
The annual TEFAF Maastricht fine arts and design fair will once again offer rare book dealers the chance to offer some of their most interesting items, running March 15-20.
