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…
Jim Harrison, American novelist and poet, died this past weekend at his home in Arizona. Harrison was 78.
Auctions
NEW YORK—Coinciding with the current U.S.
Board games may have been an overlooked area in the history of graphic design, but not anymore.
Auctions
LOS ANGELES, March 28, 2016 - Twenty-nine Harper Lee signed letters will be auctioned individually by Nate D. Sanders on March 30, 3016. Lee corresponded with her friends Doris and Bill Leapard and admirer Don Salter. Interested bidders may participate in the auction online.
Auctions
[ITHACA, NY] National Book Auctions, located in Ithaca, NY, announces the launch of their next auction catalog. 
Book Fairs
The annual PBFA Oxford Book Fair (www.oxfordbookfair.org) is one of the largest events in the British antiquarian, rare and second-hand book, map, print and ephemera calendar. In 2016 around 100 dealers will offer tens of thousands of rare and collectable items, ranging in price from £2 to £35,000…
News
SAN MARINO, Calif. —The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens announced today that its new 8,600 square-foot addition to the Virginia Steele Scott Galleries of American Art will open on Oct. 22.
Auctions
New York— On Tuesday, April 12, Swann Galleries will hold an auction of Early Printed, Medical, Scientific & Travel Books, featuring early English books and travel texts focusing on the exploration of Centr
Current Events & Trends
On Tuesday, ISIS suicide bombers carried out attacks that killed over 30 people and wounded more than 300 in Brussels.
Each year the Library of Congress selects twenty-five artistic pieces considered "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant" for historical preservation.