Fine Books News: Recent

This week's Rare Book of the Week appears at PBA Galleries' Photography & Fine Art; Fine Press…
FrielDays: A Homecoming is a theatrical celebration throughout August marking the centenary of the…
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Peter Harrington has confirmed the return to Britain of William Blake’s illuminated books Songs of Innocence (1789) and Songs of Experience (1794) which have recently been acquired on behalf of a private client at auction from the estate of Maurice Sendak.
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A collection of correspondence written to a prominent Scottish Liberal MP will go under the hammer at Anderson & Garland on July 10 in its Collector’s Auction.
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For the first time in nearly five centuries, Buckland Abbey in Devon will resonate again with the sacred sounds of monastic music thanks to research into a rare 15th century manuscript.
Book Fairs
The 2025 Melbourne Rare Book Fair hosted by the Australian and New Zealand Association of Antiquarian Booksellers (ANZAAB) will bring together international rare book experts and dealers later this month for the largest antiquarian book fair in the southern hemisphere.The 55th annual event runs…
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The annual Hemingway Days which honors Nobel Prize-winning author Ernest Hemingway will be held July 23-27 at his Key West home.
Book Reviews
Our ongoing look at new books that have recently caught the eye of our print and online editors this month.Cryptic: From Voynich to the Angel Diaries, the Story of the World's Mysterious Manuscripts by Garry J. ShawAn examination of nine puzzling European texts including, naturally, the Voynich,…
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Frank Frazetta’s pen-and-ink  Famous Funnies No. 214 Buck Rogers cover original art which portrays Buck Rogers sailing through space topped Heritage Auctions' Comic & Comic Art auction, selling for $1,035,000.
Our Bright Young Booksellers series continues today with Dr Emerson Richards, proprietor of Mobilis Books in Geneva, Florida.How did you get started in rare books?
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The Grolier Club in New York has released details of its forthcoming exhibition schedule for the coming year starting with a focus on writer Richard Aldington and ending with the Irish literary revival in July 2026.
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Two rare Lincoln-signed copies of the Thirteenth Amendment and Emancipation Proclamation have set new records for the documents at auction at Sotheby's New York. Both documents were bought by Kenneth Griffin, founder and CEO of Citadel, who intends to loan the documents to a U.S.…