Rare Books

The handbag Bible
Handbag Bible: Rare Book of the Week
A Christmassy selection for this week's Rare Book of the Week, a Bible (both Old and New Testaments) from the Oxford University Press, published around 1880, with the extra feature that it is also
The Sarum Master Bible
Friends of the Nations’ Libraries Donates 13th Century Sarum Master Bible to Salisbury Cathedral
Salisbury Cathedral has received an early Christmas present from Friends of the Nations’ Libraries (FNL) which has successfully raised £90,000 to buy a stunnin
Folio from a ‘Shahnama’ (‘Book of Kings’) by Firdawsi (d. 1020); Anushirvan bestowing largess upon his minister Buzurjmihr”
The Great Mongol Shahnama: Rare Book of the Week
The Smithsonian’s National Museum of Asian Art's exhibition An Epic of Kings: The Great Mongol Shahnama focuses on the first imperial copy of Iran’s natio
The Works ... now newly imprinted by Geoffrey Chaucer (1343-1400), estimated at $60,000 – $90,000
Complete Collection of Kelmscott Press Books Including Association Copies to Auction
A complete collection of the books published by Kelmscott Press during its seven-year existence will be offered at Bonhams in New York on December 17.
King's Library Tower at the British Library
Elizabeth Barrett Browning Letters and John Galsworthy Archive Acquired by British Library
The British Library has acquired a series of letters from
The Settle Bed
Seamus Heaney's The Settle Bed Christmas Card: Rare Book of the Week
Nobel laureate Seamus Heaney was a dedicated sender of
The Turner family archive of photographs and ephemera relating to the founding of the Hui’an General Hospital and to the missionary schools in the region. c. 1835–1981, offered by Bernard Quaritch at Firsts Hong Kong
Firsts Hong Kong Book Fair Opens Today
Firsts Hong Kong opens today and runs until December 8 at the Hong Kong Maritime Museum, marking the incorporation of the former China in Print fair into t
A NOTE TO CRITICS WHO WANT STRAIGHT LINES WHILE THE SEA BEATS OUR NOSTRILS WITH THE LIME AND FROST OF GO
Five Rare Books for Collectors: Beats
Highlights from PBA Galleries' Fine Literature auction ending December 5 includes: 
Inside page of Francis Ford Coppola’s The Godfather Notebook
Francis Ford Coppola’s The Godfather Notebook: Rare Book of the Week
Mario Puzo’s copy of
Day One on the Quaritch advent calendar
Rare Books Advent Calendar
If you like to celebrate the progression of Advent but can't seem to find an advent calendar in the shops celebrating the world of fine books and collections, then