Fine Books News: Recent

A new exhibition at the Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art celebrates the art of…
Bonhams has announced a major sale dedicated to Oscar Wilde's life and works which will take place…
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The Getty will offer more than 20 exhibitions next year including The Book of Marvels: Wonder and Fear in the Middle Ages
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Jerry Scott and Jim Borgman have selected 103 pieces from their 26-year-old, award-winning strip Zits for Heritage Auctions’ sale on January 4. Zits has appeared in more than 1,700 newspapers worldwide since its introduction in July 1997. The strips chronicle the daily doings of Scott and…
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Anne Hathaway’s Cottage, the family home of William Shakespeare’s wife, is set to reopen to visitors on 10 February 10, 2024, as the start of a campaign to celebrate The Women Who Made Shakespeare.
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There's one week left to enjoy the free St. Pancras International Christmas tree in the heart of the bustling London station.
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If an annual reading of A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens is part of your festive tradition, the Charles Dickens Museum's first set of podcasts will be of interest.
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Rare Book School has announced its summer 2024 course schedule with more than 30 in-person and online courses featuring new and updated courses including Medieval Manuscript Fragments: Cataloging & Discoverability, A History of the Indigenous Book in the Americas, and Modern Special…
Bright Young Collectors
Our Bright Young Collectors series continues today with Sara Mohr, one of the honorable mentions in the 2023 Honey & Wax Book Collecting Prize for women aged 30 or under.Where are you from / where do you live?I’m originally from Malibu, CA, and I currently live in Utica, NY. What did you…
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A new online resource allows readers to explore what is considered to be one of the most beautiful books ever produced, the Kelmscott Chaucer.
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Steve Soboroff’s remarkable collection of typewriters realized a total of $282,825 at the Heritage Auctions sale led by Ernest Hemingway’s 1926 Underwood Standard, the machine he used to write his letters from Finca Vigía, his estate near Havana.
Book Fairs
Rare Books LA – Pasadena will welcome booksellers and bibliophiles from around the world to share their love of books, fine prints, maps, ephemera, and more on February 3 and February 4, 2024 at the Pasadena Convention Center.