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…
Jerry Siegel (writer) and Joe Shuster (artist), Action Comics (No.
Auctions
New York—On October 22, 2015, Swann Galleries’ Books & Manuscripts department will offer Autographs, featuring presidential autographs, many from the Forbes Collection.
Auctions
AntiquarianAuctions.com is an online auction site dedicated to the sale of rare and out-of print books, maps & prints, documents, letters, ephemera and vintage photography. All pricing is done in US$. No buyer’s premium is charged. HISTORY  Lot 16 MACHIAVELLI. NICCOLO.
Bright Young Librarians
Our Bright Young Librarians series continues today with Eva Guggemos, Archivist and Special Collections Librarian at Pacific University in Forest Grove, Oregon.
Auctions
LONDON Maddox Street—A letter signed by Tolkien’s secretary revealing the identity of Estella Bolger, the wife of one of Frodo’s principal companions Merry Brandybuck, is to be auctioned in London by Bloomsbury Auctions on Thursday 22nd October.
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The Library of Congress Center for the Book and the Texas State Library and Archives Commission (TSLAC) announce the relocation of the Texas Center for the Book to a new home at the Texas State Library and Archives Commission in Austin, Texas. One of 52 centers affiliated with the Center for the…
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Les Enluminures is pleased to announce the launch of a new version of its text manuscripts website. Inaugurated thirteen years ago, in 2002, www.textmanuscripts.com is unique on the internet. It presents for sale an exceptionally large number of mostly medieval manuscripts distinguished by the…
A stunning, Depression-era bathing beauty graced the cover of our summer issue. The photograph was taken in 1939 by Farm Security Administration (FSA) photojournalist Marion Post Wolcott (1910-1990). In that issue, writer Jonathan Shipley profiled her life and career, and we heard about (and saw)…
Auctions
ITHACA, NY—National Book Auctions, located in Ithaca, NY, announces the launch of their next auction catalog.  This catalog features rare, antique and decorative books as well as select additions of ephemera, artwork and collectibles.  This catalog also includes our next session from a…