Fine Books News: Recent
At Bonhams’ sale of material relating to the life of Oscar Wilde the top lot was the last…
Over the last year I have been reducing my collection because I've been Swedish Death Cleaning.…
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The Tucson-based gallerist's library which goes under the hammer at 11am Pacific Time today at PBA Galleries runs to more than 4,500 volumes, and has supported over 300 exhibitions and 150 art fairs, featuring numerous signed and inscribed editions by photographers that he worked with over the…
Running September 19 through February 1, 2026 L is for Look will focus on children's photobooks from their rise in the 1930s to the present day at the Photo Elysée in Lausanne.Most of the books on display come from the Photo Elysée library, one of the largest collections of photography books in…
The entire United States Constitution is to go on display for the first time as part of the National Archives’ celebration of the 250th anniversary of the United States.The four-page Constitution and the original Bill of Rights will be surrounded by 17 Constitutional amendments, filling the Rotunda…
Highlights from Forum Auctions' Books and Works on Paper online sale on September 11 featuring the work of Eric Ravilious from the collection of Barry & Saria Viney include: High Street by J. M. Richards
The fourth annual David Ruggles Prize to support and encourage international young book collectors of color has been awarded to
Laurane Reine-Adelaïde for her collection on Martinique.Reflecting the everyday lives of the Caribbean island's people, her collection is particularly rich in material on…
The Carle will open a new exhibition later this month exploring Eric Carle’s career through the perspective of food. Cooking with Eric Carle, running September 20 through August 23, 2026, at The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art in Amherst, MA, will feature more than 50 works dating from…
Here are the sales I'll be watching in the coming weeks:On Wednesday, September 10, Hansons Auctioneers holds a sale of Fine Judaica & Theology (The Collection of Tim Lutz) & September Library Sale (224 lots).
The York 2025 Rare and Antiquarian Book Fair returns to York Racecourse later this week running September 12-13.The fair has been running since 1974
when it was first held with only 20 exhibitors at the White Swan Inn in York. Now held over two days, more than 200 of the country’s
leading…
A new limited edition of all six of Jane Austen’s major novels is published tomorrow by The Folio Society, encased in woven silk-and-cotton covers with original illustrations by Sarah Young.The Complete Novels by Jane Austen is published to celebrate the 250th anniversary of her birth, with a…
One of Jane Austen’s letters written to her sister Cassandra in 1805 chronicling the social life of Bath that shaped her novel Persuasion headlines a special auction at Sotheby's next month.
