Fine Books News: Recent

Plate from Catherwood's Views of the Ancient Monuments
Alexandre Dumas, Lindbergh Baby Kidnapping, and Foyle's Books: Auction Preview
Quite a lot going on this week! Here's what I'll be watching:
Agatha Christie, Someone At The Window. Typescript of an unpublished play, adapted from the short story The Dead Harlequin, c 1934.
Five Rare Books for Collectors: Literature Manuscripts
Highlights from James Cummins Bookseller's latest catalogue Literature Manuscripts include:
The important archive of correspondence between magician Karl Germain and Paul Fleming
Magicana Letter Archive Leads Ricky Jay Collection Sale
News September 22, 2023
An archive of correspondence between magician Karl Germain and his assistant Paul Fleming is the top lot in the upcoming Ricky Jay Collection Part II sale at Potter & Potter Auctions.The auction follows its first Ricky Jay sale, held in February this year, which realized over $980,000. The…
The daguerreotype set of the franklin expedition men in their uniforms
Historic Franklin Expedition Photos Sold For £444,500
News September 22, 2023
A set of photographs of Sir John Franklin and his fellow senior officers of the ill- fated HMS Erebus and Terror – believed lost until now – has fetched £444,500 at Sotheby’s Travel, Atlases, Maps & Photographs Sale. One of the most significant artifacts for the history of photography and polar…
George Lowther, The Adventures of Superman. Editions for the Armed Services, Inc., No. 656. From the collection of Molly Guptill Manning.
Did the US Have the Best-Read Army in World War II?
News September 21, 2023
The Grolier Club in New York City presents an exhibition this fall about the power of books and ideas at a time of censorship and repression. 
Atomic Energy book
Atomic Bomb Book Signed by Oppenheimer and Einstein to Auction
News September 21, 2023
A signed book from the dawn of the atomic age featuring the signatures of J. Robert Oppenheimer, Albert Einstein, Niels Bohr, and other nuclear researchers goes under the hammer at RR Auction this week.
Beatrix Potter mouse drawing
Beatrix Potter Drawings and The New Yorker's Most Reprinted Cartoon to Auction
Auctions September 20, 2023
Three illustrations from Beatrix Potter's There was an Old Woman Who lived in a Shoe lead Heritage Auction's October 6 Illustration Art sale which also features work by Alberto Vargas, Gil Elvgren, and Charles Addams, plus examples from the pulp and pin-up genres.
Auroura Morgan with her prizewinning collection
Honey & Wax Book Collecting Prize 2023 Winners Announced
News September 20, 2023
The 2023 Honey & Wax Book Collecting Prize has been won by Auroura Morgan, owner of Black Lantern Tattoo Co., Nashville, Tennessee, for Hybrid Botanicals: A Modern Tattoo Artist’s Reference Collection.
Ken Gloss outside the Brattle Book Shop
Rare Book Specialist Ken Gloss on 'Improbable Finds' at the Grolier Club
News September 20, 2023
Kenneth Gloss, who runs the Brattle Book Shop in Boston, will speak at New York’s Grolier Club to talk about the 'improbable finds' of his decades-long career in an in-person and virtual presentation on October 5 which is open to the public. 
Lot #195, Ernest H. Shackleton's (1874-1922) The Heart of the Antarctic, Being the Story of the British Antarctic Expedition of 1907-1909 and The Antarctic Book. Winter Quarters 1907-1909, estimated at $20,000-30,000.
Antarctic Explorer Nobu Shirase's Personal Military Textbooks to Auction
News September 19, 2023
Potter & Potter Auctions’ 'Lieutenant Nobu Shirase and the Japanese Antarctic Expedition, 1910-1912: The Important Collection of Chet Ross Sale' will be held on October 12 featuring his historic collection of publications plus other materials related to exploration, travel, and the polar…
Shelf of old books
Gagosian's Rare Books Expert Offers New Private Library Advisory Service
Current Events & Trends September 19, 2023
Gagosian’s rare book specialist Douglas Flamm has set up an advisory service for people wanting to build a private library, either from scratch or to add to an existing collection.
The never-before-displayed Grant of Arms
Early Women’s Writing on Show in Chawton House Anniversary Celebration
To celebrate the 20th anniversary of opening to the public, Chawton House is bringing together some of the most precious treasures in the collection for the first time. Covering the Knight and Austen family history, the women – including Jane Austen – who have shaped the estate and the remarkable…