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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The entire United States Constitution is to go on display for the first time as part of the National Archives’ celebration of the 250th anniversary of the United States.The four-page Constitution and the original Bill of Rights will be surrounded by 17 Constitutional amendments, filling the Rotunda…
Highlights from Forum Auctions' Books and Works on Paper online sale on September 11 featuring the work of Eric Ravilious from the collection of Barry & Saria Viney include: High Street by J. M. Richards
The fourth annual David Ruggles Prize to support and encourage international young book collectors of color has been awarded to
Laurane Reine-Adelaïde for her collection on Martinique.Reflecting the everyday lives of the Caribbean island's people, her collection is particularly rich in material on…
The Carle will open a new exhibition later this month exploring Eric Carle’s career through the perspective of food. Cooking with Eric Carle, running September 20 through August 23, 2026, at The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art in Amherst, MA, will feature more than 50 works dating from…
Here are the sales I'll be watching in the coming weeks:On Wednesday, September 10, Hansons Auctioneers holds a sale of Fine Judaica & Theology (The Collection of Tim Lutz) & September Library Sale (224 lots).
The York 2025 Rare and Antiquarian Book Fair returns to York Racecourse later this week running September 12-13.The fair has been running since 1974
when it was first held with only 20 exhibitors at the White Swan Inn in York. Now held over two days, more than 200 of the country’s
leading…
A new limited edition of all six of Jane Austen’s major novels is published tomorrow by The Folio Society, encased in woven silk-and-cotton covers with original illustrations by Sarah Young.The Complete Novels by Jane Austen is published to celebrate the 250th anniversary of her birth, with a…
One of Jane Austen’s letters written to her sister Cassandra in 1805 chronicling the social life of Bath that shaped her novel Persuasion headlines a special auction at Sotheby's next month.
Highlights of Lyon & Turnbull's The Secret Life of Props: The Eccentric Trading Collection, online auction running September 24-25 include:* a pair of early 20th century mahogany and brass revolving bookcases with two tiers of book compartments, on tubular downswept legs and stretchers (…
RR Auction's online September Fine Autographs and Artifacts auction includes more than 800 lots and is anchored by highlights from the Civil War and American West Collection of Dr. Joseph Matheu.Among the offerings is a candid 1952 Ernest Hemingway handwritten signed letter…
