Title page of Margaret Cavendish's 1653 "Poems and Fancies"
Donne and Darwin Manuscripts, Spider-Man, and Film Scripts: Auction Preview
Here are the auctions I'll be keeping an eye on this week: At New England Books Auctions on…

The Fine Books Blog

December 2, 2022
Five Rare Books for Collectors: African Americana
Highlights from Langdon Manor Books’ latest catalogue African Americana.
December 2, 2022
Final Illustration of Pooh and Piglet to Auction
The original drawing by E.H. Shepard which brings AA Milne’s 1926 book Winnie-the-Pooh to a close…
December 2, 2022
New Film Explores Blavatnik Honresfield Library
A new film about the Blavatnik Honresfield Library that was saved for the nation last year will be…
December 1, 2022
Bookish Gifts for the Holidays: 10 Top Picks
For more than a decade, Fine Books has produced a holiday gift guide for bibliophiles. All year…
November 30, 2022
Speaking Volumes: Books with Histories: Review
As book historian David Pearson points out in this excellent compendium, Speaking Volumes: Books…
November 30, 2022
A Humument Book Artist Tom Phillips Dies at 85
Artist, composer, and writer Tom Phillips, who died on November 28 in London, worked in many…
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From the Pages of Fine Books & Collections
Winter 2023
Winter 2023
Honeyman Sale: How Booksellers' Catalogues Help Detect Fakes
The sale of a major collection can become an almost mythic event in the book...
Bibliofiction: The Boom in Bookstore Novels
It’s no secret that bibliophiles who enjoy reading fiction are often drawn to...
Picture Book Art: The Little Prince, Maurice Sendak, and Hilary Knight
The value of children’s books is the indelible mark they can leave on our...
Autumn 2022
Cecilia Levy’s Paper Art
"I love books,” said the artist Cecilia Levy. “Some people think I don’t...
John Carter’s Book-Chat
Seventy-five years ago, in the winter of 1947 at the University of Cambridge,...
Darwin Notebooks and Letters Reunited in Anniversary Year
2022 has been a landmark year for Charles Darwin, the English scientist best...
Summer 2022
Emily Dickinson, Drama Queen
The typical fate of a television set and its contents post-production is not...
The Art of Bookish Baking
There are many ways of reinterpreting our cultural heritage, but Shakespeare...
The Women Behind James Joyce
I am sitting in the beautiful, air-conditioned space of the gallery at the...
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us constitution
One-Day-Only Exhibition of First Printing of U.S. Constitution
235 years ago, America’s Founding Fathers signed the United States Constitution at Independence…

In The News

December 5, 2022
Collection of Manuscript Maps of Manhattan Comes to Sale
New York - Doyle is honored to offer the Collection of a New York Surveyor in a timed auction…
December 1, 2022
Disney Classics and Van Gogh Autograph at Auction
RR Auction's December Fine Autographs and Artifacts sale brings over 1,000 items to the auction…
December 1, 2022
Johannes Kepler Sun and Moon Manuscript Under the Hammer
The Austrian novelist, biographer, and polymath Stefan Zweig, who took his own life in despair in…
November 30, 2022
Charles Dickens Crowdsourced Codebreaking Project Wins Top Award
A worldwide effort to crack the code that Charles Dickens used to write his notes has won a Times…
November 29, 2022
Illustrated Editions Focus for Italian Single Seller Sale
Amsterdam, The Netherlands - The Catawiki books department is very pleased to highlight this Single…
November 29, 2022
American Gold Rush Miner Diary Tops Americana Auction
Potter & Potter Auctions is pleased to announce the results of this this nearly 700 lot sale…
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