Fine Books News: Recent

Unfurling the Flag: Reflections on American Patriotism at Yale's Beinecke Rare Book and…
A one-page signed autograph manuscript featuring Franz Schubert’s choral setting Das Grab has sold…
News
Tickets are now available to see three rare Magna Cartas at Durham Cathedral.From July 11 through November 2 visitors will be able to see the rare documents as part of a new exhibition, Magna Carta and the North.
Exhibit
Aubusson Weaves Tolkien is a new exhibition presented by the Cité Internationale de la Tapisserie which opens in March in Paris.Running March 21 through May 18, these tapestries will be exhibited at the Collège des Bernardins, a former Cistercian college and now a cultural center.
Book Fairs
The Texas Booksellers’ Association (TBA) is organizing and presenting to the public, collectors, and bibliophiles the Dallas Antiquarian Book Fair.The event will be held June 20, 21, and 22, including a preview night. It will be limited to 75 exhibitors, 50 who are members of the ABAA and 25 non…
Auctions
The debut of Black Cat on the cover of 1979’s The Amazing Spider-Man No. 194 has sold for $1,020,000 at Heritage Auctions to become the most valuable Spider-Man cover ever sold at auction. 
Auctions
Sotheby’s will offer a rare July 1776 printing of the Declaration of Independence: The Essex Broadside in a standalone live auction on January 24.Attributed to Robert Luist Fowle of Exeter, this Goodspeed’s-Sang-Streeter copy is one of 13 contemporary broadsides of the Declaration of…
Fairs
The Antiquarian Booksellers' Association of America (ABAA) has announced that the 57th California International Antiquarian Book Fair has been cancelled.
Current Events & Trends
At New England Book Auctions on Tuesday, January 14, Early Printing, Americana, Architecture, etc., in 202 lots. Some expected highlights include a second issue copy of the 1854 Address to the Legislature of New-York, Adopted by the State Woman's Rights Convention ($600–900); a first edition of…
Current Events & Trends
Vladimir Nabokov's controversial 1955 novel Lolita, inscribed to William James, Jr. and his wife Alice comes up at Christie's' latest  Fine Printed Books and Manuscripts including Americana this week with a particularly unusual inscription.
News
Memorabilia from the much-loved British comedian Eric Morecambe’s career exceeded expectations at this weekend's dedicated Hansons auction at the Burton Albion Pirelli Stadium.
Auctions
A copy of The Works of Geoffrey Chaucer produced by the esteemed Kelmscott Press in 1896 has been sold by RR Auction for $68,750.