Fine Books News: Recent

A £250,000 grant from The National Lottery Heritage Fund will ensure access to a unique historic…
The Library of Congress has acquired the complete collection of music manuscripts of jazz…
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On Tuesday, November 26, 226 lots of Hunting, Fishing, Travel & Exploration at New England Book Auctions, including one of 105 numbered copies of Dean Sage's The Ristigouche and Its Salmon Fishing (1888), estimated at $10,000–15,000, and a deluxe copy of Roland Clark's Gunner's Dawn (1937),…
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The Dune Bible volume from Alejandro Jodorowsky’s epic unmade Dune project features in the Christie’s online-only Science Fiction and Fantasy sale (November 28 - December 12) which also includes vintage movie posters.
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Elizabeth Gaskell’s House in Manchester has launched a new project to celebrate 10 years since the house opened as a visitor attraction and introduce the work of Elizabeth Gaskell (1810-1865) to a new generation of writers.
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SP Books has releasing a facsimile edition of The Rossetti Manuscript notebook with William Blake's writings and sketches published alongside Dante Gabriel Rossetti’s editorial annexe for the first time.
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The London Rare Books School (LRBS) at the Institute of English Studies, University of London has revealed details of its courses next summer on a variety of book-related subjects. LRBS summer school 2025 wil run June 16- 20 (Week One) and June 23 - 27 (Week Two) as follows:Week One
Auctions
Heritage Auctions' November 25 Photographs from the Collection of Eric Franck sale featues photographs taken by his brother-in-law Henri Cartier-Bresson, plus Josef Koudelka, Chris Killip and Graham Smith.
Fairs
Highlights from the Northampton Antiquarian Book, Ephemera, and Book Arts Fair which runs November 22-23 at Northampton Center for the Arts, Massachusetts, include:The Free People by Anders Olmquist (NY: Outerbridge & Dienstfrey, 1969. First edition)The uncommon hardcover issue of…
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A little-known Dr Seuss creation from the author's Collection of Unorthodox Taxidermy will go under the hammer at Potter & Potter on November 21.The hand-painted cast resin sculpture by Theordore Geisel who wrote pseudonymouly as Dr Seuss, of a Blue Green Abelard, one of a limited edition of…
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Andreas Cellarius’ Harmonia macrocosmica, an outstanding example of Dutch cartography, will go on show to the public for the first time at the National Trust’s Blickling Estate in Norfolk following specialist conservation (November 30 through January 5).Only about 20 copies of the atlas…
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Printed & Manuscript Americana comes to Swann Galleries on November 21 featuring items of mining interest from Alaska, California, Colorado, and Nevada including diaries, letters, and photographs featuring drunken miners by Nevada’s P.E. Larson.