Fine Books News: Recent
Our monthly look at new books that have recently caught the eye of our print and online editors.
A rare group of early aviation glass lantern slides documenting the pioneering long distance…
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Aubusson Weaves Tolkien is a new exhibition presented by the Cité Internationale de la Tapisserie which opens in March in Paris.Running March 21 through May 18, these tapestries will be exhibited at the Collège des Bernardins, a former Cistercian college and now a cultural center.
The Texas Booksellers’ Association (TBA) is organizing and presenting to the public, collectors, and bibliophiles the Dallas Antiquarian Book Fair.The event will be held June 20, 21, and 22, including a preview night. It will be limited to 75 exhibitors, 50 who are members of the ABAA and 25 non…
The debut of Black Cat on the cover of 1979’s The Amazing Spider-Man No. 194 has sold for $1,020,000 at Heritage Auctions to become the most valuable Spider-Man cover ever sold at auction.
Sotheby’s will offer a rare July 1776 printing of the Declaration of Independence: The Essex Broadside in a standalone live auction on January 24.Attributed to Robert Luist Fowle of Exeter, this Goodspeed’s-Sang-Streeter copy is one of 13 contemporary broadsides of the Declaration of…
The Antiquarian Booksellers' Association of America (ABAA) has announced that the 57th California International Antiquarian Book Fair has been cancelled.
At New England Book Auctions on Tuesday, January 14, Early Printing, Americana, Architecture, etc., in 202 lots. Some expected highlights include a second issue copy of the 1854 Address to the Legislature of New-York, Adopted by the State Woman's Rights Convention ($600–900); a first edition of…
Vladimir Nabokov's controversial 1955 novel Lolita, inscribed to William James, Jr. and his wife Alice comes up at Christie's' latest Fine Printed Books and Manuscripts including Americana this week with a particularly unusual inscription.
Memorabilia from the much-loved British comedian Eric Morecambe’s career exceeded expectations at this weekend's dedicated Hansons auction at the Burton Albion Pirelli Stadium.
A copy of The Works of Geoffrey Chaucer produced by the esteemed Kelmscott Press in 1896 has been sold by RR Auction for $68,750.
Jane Austen’s House in Chawton, Hampshire will kick off the celebrations for Austen’s 250th birthday year with the opening of a new exhibition opening January 22 and running through 2025.
