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
BOSTON, MA - (November 18, 16) a scathing letter John Lennon had written to Linda and Paul McCartney sold for $29,843 according to Boston-based RR Auction. The two-page typed letter with hand-written annotations by Lennon, that shows the extent of his bitterness after the break-up of the…
Auctions
New York—Works from the post-war period to today found new homes at the biannual auction of Contemporary Art at Swann Galleries.
Exhibit
The art of the bookplate is alive and well among Grolier Club members—just as it has been for 130 years.
Auctions
BEVERLY HILLS, California - The world’s earliest-known stone inscription of the 10 C
Bright Young Booksellers
Our Bright Young Booksellers series continues today with Arthur Fournier, proprietor of Arthur Fournier, Fine and Rare, in Brooklyn, New York.
Five months before John Wilkes Booth assassinated President Abraham Lincoln, he penned a letter to J. D. Burch, the son of a Maryland innkeeper, regarding something he left behind with a stagecoach driver. Booth is cryptic about what exactly the item is, writing, "You know what I had to take from…
Recent Publications
When the Arab art of papermaking by hand came to the Italian peninsula in the 13th century, the city of Fabriano was well-positioned to become the heart of the artisan craf
Auctions
DALLAS — A single-owner collection of historic and rare political and Presidential memorabilia is expected to exceed $700,000 when Heritage Auctions presents the Scott W. Dolson Catalog Dec. 3 in Dallas. The life-long collection consists of over 500 selected items representing virtually every…