Fine Books News: Recent

The J. Paul Getty Museum will open its Beginnings: The Story of Creation in the Middle Ages…
The ILAB Breslauer Prize for Bibliography sponsored by the International League of Antiquarian…
Auctions
New York— On Thursday, May 5, Swann Galleries will hold an auction of Autographs, featuring presidents and other influential historical figures, scientists, artists, writers and musician
After centuries of revolution and unrest, you could say that the French know a little something about protesting. Employees of virtually every sector have spent some time picketing unacceptable changes in business policy--metro conductors, nurses, and now, middle-school classics professors. Last…
Exhibit
WASHINGTON—The National Museum of Women in the Arts (NMWA) is pleased to announce that NO MAN’S LAND: Women Artists from the Rubell Family Collection will be on view from Sept. 30, 2016, through Jan. 8, 2017. Organized by the Rubell Family Collection (RFC), Miami, the exhibition focuses on work by…
News
Acting Librarian of Congress David Mao has appointed Juan Felipe Herrera to serve a second term as the 21st Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry.
Bright Young Booksellers
Our Bright Young Booksellers series continues today with Clare Trimming, proprietor of Beaux Books in Hampsh
Among the medieval manuscripts and fine bindings on offer at the New York Antiquarian Book Fair last weekend, a very modern collection attracted notice: an archive of early McSweeney's books, m
Auctions
AntiquarianAuctions.com is celebrating its 50th auction after 6 years of running successful online rare book auctions, growing its database and traffic exponentially with buyers and sellers worldwide. Even though being based in Cape Town, South Africa, the site has seen a significant increase in…
Events
NEW YORK —Throckmorton Fine Art Executive Director Kraige Block, who serves as First Vice President of AIPAD, and is co-chairman of The Photography Show, has selected an impressive array of international photographic talent to feature at the 2016 edition of AIPAD, this year from April 14 - 17…
Auctions
DALLAS - A bevy of fresh-to-market pin-up discoveries - including the 1961 classic Charming (Charming Trick), a Brown & Bigelow calendar illustration by the legendary Gil Elvgren (est. $50,000-$70,000) highlights Heritage Auctions’ Illustration Art Auction April 26.