Fine Books News: Recent

The Morgan Library & Museum's Come Together: 3,000 Years of Stories and Storytelling will…
The J. Paul Getty Museum will open its Beginnings: The Story of Creation in the Middle Ages…
News
Amherst, MA (November 12, 2015)—The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art is pleased to announce four new members to its Board of Trustees: Kate Geis, William Gorth, Chris Loker, and John Mendelson. All four members join a diverse board of professionals who oversee The Carle’s strategic and…
Recent Publications
Minnesota Center for Book Arts announces 2015 Winter Book From the Center: On Community and the Practice of Making, featuring writing from members of MCBA’s artist community. Publication Party: Saturday, December 12, 2015; 6-9pm mnbookarts.org/winterbook       Please join the…
The award for the longest--and perhaps for the oddest--book at the Boston Antiquarian Book Fair this weekend goes to an 800-foo
Auctions
New York—Swann Galleries’ October 15 auction of Icons & Images: Fine & Vernacular Photographs brought over $1.4 million and saw particular success for female photographers and documentary photographers.
Auctions
DALLAS—The only known surviving April 14, 1912 first class dinner menu from the R.M
In 1859, the Pennsylvania-born Dr. James Curtis Hepburn went to Japan as a medical missionary. He returned a lexicographer.
Book Fairs
LOS ANGELES—From February 12 - 14, 2016, thousands of book lovers, rare book dealers, and scholars will converge at the Pasadena Convention Center for the
It's here: Rare Book Week Boston. So all week on the blog we'll be highlighting items from the book fairs, auction, or events going on this week and weekend.
Auctions
A charming sketch by Winnie the Pooh illustrator E. H.
News
SAN FRANCISCO—On the eve of its centenary, the Brick Row Book Shop of San Francisco is the primary contender for oldest bookstore in the United States. The elegantly appointed shop in Union Square was first established in New Haven in December 1915, with additional branches springing up in…