Fine Books News: Recent

New York-based rare book antiquarian Richard C. Ramer (1942-2026) has died after running his…
Sotheby’s in New York has sold the rare Rothschild Vienna Mahzor Hebrew prayerbook for $6…
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One of the standout items in RR Auction's February Remarkable Rarities sale is a historic 'Little Red Book' signed by Mao Zedong during a momentous 1966 visit by Pakistan's Foreign Minister.
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The only known letter between poet Lord Byron and the ‘Father of Reform’ politician Major John Cartwright found in a country house in England, and a letter brought in for a routine valuation from Jean Jacques Rousseau will go under the hammer at Chorley’s this spring.The letter by 18th century…
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Highlights from James Cummins bookseller's Valentine's Day catalogue include:Wuthering Heights by Emily Brönte
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A scarce edition of the Quotations of Chairman Mao Tse-Tung, the famous 'Little Red Book', comes for sale in London this month. The even smaller little red book forms part of a one of the world’s largest and best private collections of Cultural Revolution artefacts that will be sold by Chiswick…
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Emery Walker's House in London is to put on Mudlarking: Unearthing London's Past, running March 2 through April 28.
Book Fairs
The ABAA New York International Antiquarian Book Fair (NYIABF) returns to the Park Avenue Armory in New York City April 4-7 as the ABAA celebrates its 75th Anniversary and presents a series of special events & programs tied to the New York fair. 
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Throughout the process of writing my new book, The Vanishing of Carolyn Wells: Investigations into a Forgotten Mystery Author (published by PostHill Press on February 13). I kept reminding myself that this was not a book collection, it was a biography. 
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The Ticknor Society in Boston will begin accepting submissions starting March 1 for the Sixth Annual George and Anna Eliot Ticknor Book and Book Culture Collecting Prize, which was created to encourage and recognize those in New England who have been inspired to compile, curate, and own a book…
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At New England Book Auctions on Tuesday, February 13, 227 lots of Fine Books & Ephemera, offering a wide range of material.
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The Folio Society has announced that Neil Gaiman will be a guest judge for its annual Folio Book Illustration Award. He will be judging work based on his short story The Truth is a Cave in the Black Mountains.