Fine Books News: Recent

Chawton House has acquired a first edition of Jane Austen's Sanditon, three handwritten letters by…
The third part of JG Autographs's online Collecting Camelot: The Kennedy Legacy auction features…
Current Events & Trends
The home of Laurence Sterne, author of the groundbreaking The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman has been awarded a Museum Estate and Development Fund (MEND) grant of £166,250 to carry out essential repairs.
Auctions
Heritage will offer a selection of the late Dr. Paul Greenberg's extraordinary photograph collection in its Photographs Auction on April 4 plus wilderness and nature photography by Ansel Adams, naked Marilyns by Bert Stern, a collection of photographs by one of the top British…
Book Reviews
Books included on our spring issue’s Editor’s Shelf are three novels and two works of nonfiction, all highly recommended. 
News
The Lady Lever Art Gallery will explore 100 years of Cicely Mary Barker’s ethereal illustrations in a new exhibition Flower Fairies. In association with Penguin Ventures (part of Penguin Random House UK), the exhibition in Liverpool looks at the delicate work created by Barker.
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The Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery has announced the launch of William Bache’s Silhouettes Album, a microsite featuring new research and digitized images for 1,800 cut-paper silhouettes by Anglo-American artist William Bache.
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An anti-slavery poem written by the poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge is at risk of leaving the UK unless a domestic buyer can be found. The autograph manuscript poem in ancient Greek is signed and dated June 16, 1792. Coleridge (1772-1834), one of the leading figures of the Romantic movement in…
News
A Tintin coloring book cover was sold for $175,000 at Heritage Auctions' latest International Original Art & Anime sale, making it the most valuable Tintin piece that didn't first appear in a comic book.
Auctions
A collection of personal correspondence from various members of the Royal Family along with other Royal Memorabilia is coming up for sale on April 18 with Griffin’s.
Current Events & Trends
On Wednesday, March 22, ALDE sells 275 lots of Reliures de Paule Ameline & Beaux illustrés modernes. Some really lovely designer bindings in this one, so do have a look.
Current Events & Trends
The Dictionary of the Book: A Glossary for Book Collectors, Booksellers, Librarians, and Others by Sidney E Berger is now available in its 2nd Edition. Former Fine Books editor Rebecca Rego Barry interviewed Berger when the first edition came out back in November 2016 and you can read that feature…