Fine Books News: Recent

A new exhibition at The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art opening next month will explores the…
A cache of correspondence by the founder of modern nursing Florence Nightingale will go under the…
Our Bright Young Booksellers series continues today with Mariah Barrett, manager of Pelican Bay Books in Anacortes, Washington:How did you get started in rare books?
Book Fairs
The Discovery of America catalogue of works will be offered for sale at the New York International Antiquarian Book Fair 2024 by a consortium of four specialist dealers, London bookseller Peter Harrington, the New Haven-based William Reese Company, James Cummins Bookseller of New York, and…
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A copy of Action Comics No. 1, the comic book that introduced Superman to the world in 1938, has sold for $6m at Heritage Auctions during its latest Comics & Comic Art auction. Graded CGC Very Fine+ 8.5, this issue from the Kansas City Pedigree is one of the world's finest copies…
Book Fairs
Robert Giroux’s personal copy circa 1951 of the famous scroll of Jack Kerouac’s On the Road is among the highlights from Peter Harrington at this year's New York International Antiquarian Book Fair running until April 7.
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This June, a cast of some of the UK’s finest actors will feature in a new, all-female, film interpretation of James Joyce's Ulysses. 
Auctions
Christie’s has announced its bi-annual Spring sale of Art of the Islamic and Indian Worlds including Rugs and Carpets will be held at Christie’s London headquarters on April 25. 
A March 10, 1836 document transmitting land to his brother Charles Lockhart, dated just four days after the fall of the Alamo. Lockhart had left the garrison to procure supplies and was in Gonzales when the Mexican forces overran and killed all of the defenders.
Book Fairs
Printed Matter's 2024 NY Art Book Fair will run April 25–28 celebrating contemporary artists’ books and the medium’s history. The fair will feature a wide range of artists and collectives, small presses, institutions, galleries, antiquarian booksellers, and distributors.
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Siegel Auction Galleries of New York City is to offer the William H. Gross Collection of United States Stamps with a $4 to $5 million estimate for the collection’s rarest stamp, the 1868 One-cent 'Z' Grill.
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Kafka: Making of an Icon will mark the 100th anniversary of the author’s death and celebrate not only Kafka’s achievements and creativity, but also his continuing inspiration for new literary, theatrical and artistic creations around the world.