Fine Books News: Recent
A century after Sir James Roberts gifted Haworth Parsonage to the Brontë Society it has announced…
Of the 138 lots covering the history of science at PBA Galleries' August 28 auction are 18 related…
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Later this week The Folio Society will publish a limited edition of Edgar Allan Poe’s Tales of Mystery and Imagination to coincide with the 175th anniversary of Poe’s death in October 1849.
Here's what I'll be watching this week:
The presidents of ILAB’s 22 member associations have elected a new committee headed by the new ILAB President Angus O'Neill.He succeeds Mario Giupponi, who served as ILAB President from 2022 to 2024 and will continue as a member of the ILAB Committee for another term, and will be supported by the…
Our Bright Young Collectors series continues today with Jordan Dean Ross in Philadelphia, winner of this year's David Ruggles Book Collecting Prize, established in 2021 to support young book collectors of color.Where are you from / where do you live?I am originally from Odenton, Maryland, in Anne…
The Marauder's Map used by Daniel Radcliffe in the Harry Potter movies goes under the hammer next month at Propstore’s Entertainment Memorabilia November 14-17 auction.
Rebecca Lawrence has been appointed as the new Chief Executive of the British Library and will take up the role from January 2025, succeeding Sir Roly Keating who has led the Library since 2012.
Bonhams' Elegance of the Eternal: The Collection of Anne Rice online auction offers a glimpse into the home and personal library of the author of the Vampire Chronicles series.
Peter Harrington is marking its debut at Abu Dhabi Art 2024 with a rare carbon typescript of Antoine de Saint-Exupéry’s Le Petit Prince, featuring extensive handwritten corrections by the author throughout, as well as covers showing evidence of his stubbed-out cig
The Bodleian Libraries in Oxford have announced the discovery of previously unknown engravings on the reverse of a series of copper plates, thought to be the earliest engravings by the poet and artist William Blake.
The Sydney Rare Book Fair runs October 24 - 26, concluding this year's Sydney Rare Book Week.Organized by The Australian and New Zealand Association of Antiquarian Booksellers with the support of the University of Sydney, it returns to MacLaurin Hall, at the university in Camperdown.
