Fine Books News: Recent

RR Auction's April Fine Autographs and Artifacts sale features nearly 700 lots including…
The U.S. Postal Service will unveil its new Goodnight Moon stamps on May 2 as part of an event…
Auctions
Marking the 250th anniversary of the beginning of the American Revolution, Bonhams is offering a selection of rare and important documents from that pivotal moment in history at its Fine Books & Manuscripts sale running until April 8.
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Bainbridge Island Museum of Art’s (BIMA) popular DogEar Festival returns April 4-6, a celebration of all things related to the art forms of artists' Books and printmaking.Open free to the public, the immersive three-day event will again bring together artists, community, curators, scholars, and…
Fairs
Highlights from the Bernard Quaritch, Whitmore Rare Books, and Langdon Manor Books dedicated catalogues 65th New York International Antiquarian Book Fair running April 3-6 include:
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BIBLIO has announced its new partnership with Antikvariat.net, a professional trade consortium consisting of Norwegian, Danish, and Swedish antiquarian booksellers. 
Our Bright Young Booksellers series continues today with Nils Dickmann proprietor of Ballard Books in Seattle:How did you get started in rare books?
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Peter Harrington is making its first international foray from London to New York with the opening of a flagship gallery at 35 East 67th Street, just off Madison Avenue.
Current Events & Trends
At Chiswick Auctions on Monday, March 31, 473 lots of Photographica, with an 1880s album containing thirty-two albumen photographs of Rio de Janeiro sharing the top estimate of £3,000–5,000 with a group of fifty-six carbon prints made by the Society for Photographing Relics of Old London between…
Book Fairs
This week's Rare Book of the Week is actually multiple copies of The Waste Land by T. S. Eliot which are coming to the ABAA New York International Antiquarian Book Fair later this week. The provenance for these fine copies from the private collection of Scofield Thayer, the editor of The Dial…
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Bonhams has promoted Ian Ehling to Head of Fine Books & Manuscripts, North America, after 40 yeas in the field appraising thousands of the rarest books to come to market, as well as advising prestigious collectors, libraries, and institutions. 
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Health and disease in the medieval world and how our ancestors sought to cure everything from infertility to constipation is the focus of a major new exhibition opening tomorrow at Cambridge University Library.