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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Anne Hathaway’s Cottage, the family home of William Shakespeare’s wife, is set to reopen to visitors on 10 February 10, 2024, as the start of a campaign to celebrate The Women Who Made Shakespeare.
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There's one week left to enjoy the free St. Pancras International Christmas tree in the heart of the bustling London station.
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If an annual reading of A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens is part of your festive tradition, the Charles Dickens Museum's first set of podcasts will be of interest.
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Rare Book School has announced its summer 2024 course schedule with more than 30 in-person and online courses featuring new and updated courses including Medieval Manuscript Fragments: Cataloging & Discoverability, A History of the Indigenous Book in the Americas, and Modern Special…
Bright Young Collectors
Our Bright Young Collectors series continues today with Sara Mohr, one of the honorable mentions in the 2023 Honey & Wax Book Collecting Prize for women aged 30 or under.Where are you from / where do you live?I’m originally from Malibu, CA, and I currently live in Utica, NY. What did you…
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A new online resource allows readers to explore what is considered to be one of the most beautiful books ever produced, the Kelmscott Chaucer.
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Steve Soboroff’s remarkable collection of typewriters realized a total of $282,825 at the Heritage Auctions sale led by Ernest Hemingway’s 1926 Underwood Standard, the machine he used to write his letters from Finca Vigía, his estate near Havana.
Book Fairs
Rare Books LA – Pasadena will welcome booksellers and bibliophiles from around the world to share their love of books, fine prints, maps, ephemera, and more on February 3 and February 4, 2024 at the Pasadena Convention Center.
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At Sotheby's New York on Monday, December 18, 128 lots of Pier 24 Photography from the Pilara Family Foundation, the last of this series of sales to benefit several charitable organizations. Lots include a gelatin silver print of Edward Steichen's 1928 photograph of Greta Garbo and his 1924 image…
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The parallels between the business of 15th century printmaking and today’s branding practices are the focus of Art of Enterprise: Israhel van Meckenem’s 15th-Century Print Workshop opening today at the Chazen Museum of Art at the University of Wisconsin–Madison