In The News

A complete three-volume set of J. R. R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings in first editions,…
Christ Church Oxford and the Bodleian Libraries have become joint owners of an exceptionally rare…
Events
Dallas, TX: The Dallas International Art, Antique & Jewelry Show, the largest and most important fine art show in the Southwest, will return to Dallas November 8-12, 2012. The highly anticipated show has evolved as the Fall event of the season, attracting notable guests, respected dealers, and…
Exhibit
NEW YORK, August 2012—The Museum of Modern Art presents the 27th annual New Photography exhibition, from October 3, 2012 through February 4, 2013, in The Robert and Joyce Menschel Gallery. This year, the exhibition features the work of New York-based Michele Abeles, Shanghai-based collaborative…
Exhibit
For Immediate Release—August 22, 2012 Lloyd Library and Museum (LLM) Proudly Announces“The George Rieveschl, Jr. History of Pharmaceutical Chemistry Exhibit”—A New Permanent Exhibit Open to the Public September 24, 2012 
Auctions
New York—On Thursday, September 13 Swann Galleries will conduct an auction devoted to Fine & Vintage Writing Instruments—the first sale the auction house has held of collectible pens. Swann—well known for auctions of books and manuscripts—will conduct semiannual auctions of select fountain pens…
Exhibit
Booklyn Artists Alliance is pleased to announce the opening of DIAMOND LEAVES: Artist Books from around the World. A collaboration between the Booklyn Artists Alliance and the Central Academy of Fine Arts Museum in Beijing, the exhibition is curated by Xu Bing, artist and Vice-President of the…
Exhibit
The Morgan Library & Museum's Fall 2012 Exhibition Schedule. Dürer to de Kooning: 100 Master Drawings from MunichOctober 12, 2012-January 6, 2013
Recent Publications
The Library of Congress, in association with Levenger Press, is publishing a new scholarly book on two 16th-century maps that fundamentally changed the way the world was viewed. Scheduled for publication in October, "Seeing the World Anew: The Radical Vision of Martin Waldseemüller’s 1507 &…
Book Fairs
August 2012 - BOSTON, MA - The Boston Book, Print and Ephemera Show, established 15 years ago by Bernice Bornstein as a satellite to the larger ABAA/ILAB Fair, is now managed by Marvin Getman of Impact Events Group. This independent show (not affiliated with the ABAA) will feature 70 book, print…
Auctions
San Francisco—As part of its October 10, 2012, Fine Books and Manuscripts sale, to be held in San Francisco with a simulcast in New York, Bonhams is pleased to offer several items of literary and historical importance.  
The Fine Books Blog, found at www.finebooksmagazine.com/blog, was recently given a technical update so that the full text is now available for Kindle. With the addition of mobile app readers, Kindle digital text is available on iPad, iPhone, Android devices—and, of course, Kindle devices.The Fine…