Fine Books News: Recent

The earliest known testimony of the liturgy followed by the priests and knights of Avis will go…
One of Ireland's most significant medieval manuscripts is now available for the public to view in a…
Auctions
An important African Americana collection has nearly tripled its pre-sale estimate at the latest Freeman’s Books & Manuscripts auction.
Book Reviews
Our ongoing look at new books that have recently caught the eye of our print and online editors this month.Hot Type: The Magnificent Machine that Gave Birth to Mass Media and Drove Mark Twain Mad by Jeff Jarvis
News
The Grolier Club's forthcoming Henry Wessel – Photographs and Books exhibition will feature more than 65 photographs including Wessel’s Incidents and Traffic portfolios in their entirety, as well as highlights from Wessel’s full body of work from more than four decades.
Current Events & Trends
The Pickwick Papers, A. A. Milne's Pooh books, Jonathan Swift, and Samuel Johnson's Dictionary will all go under the hammer at Gorringe’s next month.
Fairs
The York National Book Fair returns to the Knavesmire Suite at York Racecourse on September 12 and 13Established in 1974, the
 York Book Fair is regarded as the largest  rare and antiquarian book fair in the U.K and Europe. Held over two days, more than 200 
leading booksellers offering more…
Current Events & Trends
Highlights from PBA Galleries' August 20 Fine Press & Bindings auction include:* The Works of Lord Byron edited by Richard Henry StoddardLyceum Edition published by Francis A. Niccolls & Co (London and Boston, 1900), 16 volumes. Engraved frontispieces with tissue guards, buckram boards,…
Current Events & Trends
This weekly auction result is provided by Spencer W Stuart, an independent collections advisor specializing in rare books and manuscripts as well as fine photography and prints.
News
An extremely rare 1781 promissory note printed and twice signed by Benjamin Franklin to arrange repayment of a French loan that helped finance the American Revolution leads the Freeman's August 20 Books & Manuscripts auction.
Auctions
A Revolutionary War letter signed by George Washington and sent to New York Governor George Clinton has sold for $45,375 at RR Auction's Fine Autographs and Artifacts sale.Dated June 10, 1779, the letter was written at Washington’s headquarters during the American response to a British offensive in…
News
The Worlds of Gertrude Stein exhibition at The Harry Ransom Center at The University of Texas at Austin will examine the life and writing of Gertrude Stein.