Fine Books News: Recent

Our Bright Young Booksellers series continues today with Laura Ryan, proprietor of Aviary Books in…
A newly discovered raccoon-sized armored monstersaurian lizard from Grand Staircase-Escalante…
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.…
Freeman's | Hindman sells 324 lots of American Historical Ephemera and Photography on Wednesday, July 2, including a group of seven stereoviews of Abraham Lincoln's funeral procession in Chicago ($1,500–2,500); a CDV photograph by Pauline Cushman by Mathew Brady ($800–1,200); and an 1845 letter…
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A new tool developed by the University of St Andrews is helping institutions detect toxic pigments in historic books and making it easier to identify hazardous books.The new device has been developed in collaboration between the University of St Andrews Libraries and Museums and the…
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Stockholms Auktionsverk, founded in 1674, has announced the acquisition of Uppsala Auktionskammare, founded in 1731 with offices and showrooms in Stockholm, Uppsala, Gothenburg and Malmö.Stockholms Auktionsverk, operating across 10 locations in Sweden, Finland and Germany, is the world’s oldest…