Fine Books News: Recent

Hujar: Contact is an exhibition exploring the life, times, and creative evolution of photographer…
Magna Carta Regis Johannis XV die Junii AD MCCXV Anno Regni XVII was published in 1816 to mark the…
News
The literary papers of New York Times bestselling author Kim Stanley Robinson will join those of Octavia E. Butler, Hilary Mantel, and Thomas Pynchon at The Huntington.
Bright Young Booksellers
Our Bright Young Booksellers series continues today with Rhiannon Knol, a bookseller with Bruce McKittrick Rare Books in Pennsylvania:How did you get started in rare books?
Current Events & Trends
Highlights from Peter Harrington’s new catalogue The Business of Travel include: * The Bisset Archive
Current Events & Trends
This week's Rare Book of the Week is an album of letters written by Kurt Vonnegut which he kept carbon copies of and which comes up for auction at Swann Galleries on October 23.
Current Events & Trends
Here's what I'll be keeping an eye on over the next several weeks:
Auctions
A flight-certified Lunar Module (LM) Data Card Book used and annotated by Apollo 17 Commander Gene Cernan who was the last man to walk on the Moon has sold for $73,219 at RR Auction’s Space Exploration & Aviation event.
Book People
That was the question we asked subscribers to Fine Books & Collections and here is a selection of their answers: 
Exhibit
Sprites, Spells, and Splashes: Magical Beings in Picture Book Art at The Carle features more than 40 classic and contemporary works on view November 22 through April 26, 2026. “From the brownies of the British Isles to the djinns of the Middle East, magical beings abound in folklore,"…
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The Christie’s Fine Printed Books and Manuscripts auction including Americana totalled $5,410,327 with a copy of the earliest obtainable illustrated edition of Christopher Columbus’s 1493 letter announcing his discoveries to the King and Queen of Spain (De Insulis in Mari Indico nuper inventis,…
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The literary backgound to Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein is explored in a new behind the scenes exhibition devoted to Guillermo del Toro’s Frankenstein movie.