Fine Books News: Recent

A complete three-volume set of J. R. R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings in first editions,…
Throughout the year we have enjoyed suggesting the best new books about the many and varied facets…
Auctions
An important 11-part Panorama of San Francisco from California St.
Auctions
New York—The crowd was standing-room only at Swann Galleries’ spring auction of African-American Fine Art on Thursday, April 6.
Recent Publications
Translated by Barry Windeatt Introduced by Graham James, Bishop of Norwich Calligraphy by Gemma Black 
Auctions
New York— On Tuesday, May 2, Swann Galleries will offer Old Master Through Modern Prints, with a prodigious selection of works completed before the nineteenth century.  
Our series profiling rare book accounts on Instagram continues today with book collectors. (See Part 1 for library institutional accounts and Part 2 for personal accounts of librarians). And so, in no particular order, here we go... @therarebookhunter (M. Daniel; Tennessee)
Guest Post by Catherine Batac Walder
Events
Maureen E. Mulvihill, Guest Speaker With Exhibits & Digital Images Selby Public Library, “Books & Coffee” series, 
Travelogue
The Monypenny Hours (Use of Paris) in Latin and French, illuminated manuscript on parchment France, Paris, c.1490. Credit: Les Enluminures.   
Exhibit
The Office of Public Works is delighted to announce the official launch today, 5 April 2017, of ‘Burning Books’ - an exhibition detailing the reproduction of 14 volumes of the Irish Parliamentary Journals dating from t