Fine Books & Collections

Complete Run of 'Action Comics' to Auction Every issue of Action Comics will be going under the hammer at PBA Galleries in its DC Universe Collection Part 6 next month.

Complete Run of Action Comics to Auction
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Lawrence Durrell Inscribed Volumes to Henry Miller to Auction A group of seven titles from Henry Miller's personal library including several inscribed by his good friend novelist Lawrence Durrell will come to auction at Freeman’s | Hindman.

Lawrence Durrell Inscribed Volumes to Henry Miller to Auction
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I hope *nobody* skipped the article!

So who else skipped the article but leaned in to squint at the titles on the shelf behind her?

The dream

First Edition of 'The Hobbit' Found in House Clearance to Auction A true first edition of J. R. R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit discovered hidden away during a routine house call in Bristol is estimated to fetch £12,000 at auction.

First Edition of The Hobbit Found in House Clearance to Auction
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Japanese Crêpe-Paper Books Lead Beinecke Fall Exhibition Line-Up Yale Library has revealed its lineup of fall exhibitions at the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library exploring books as a nexus for cultural exchange, historic memory, and artistic innovation and...

Japanese Crêpe-Paper Books Lead Beinecke Fall Exhibition Line-Up
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Photographer Bill Cunningham’s Archive Acquired by The New York Historical The New York Historical has acquired fashion photographer Bill Cunningham’s archive of tens of thousands of images including photographs, negatives, slides, contact sheets, prints, correspondence, and...

Photographer Bill Cunningham’s Archive Acquired by The New York Historical
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Mary Blair Leads Original Disney Production Art Sale Works by Mary Blair, her husband Lee, and his brother Preston for Disney are among the highlights of Heritage Auctions' The Art of Disney sale next month.

Mary Blair Leads Original Disney Production Art Sale
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ABA Enlarges National Book Collecting Prize for Young Collectors The Antiquarian Booksellers' Association has expanded its national student book collecting competition, making it open to all young book collectors aged between 18-30.

ABA Enlarges National Book Collecting Prize for Young Collectors
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Young Book Collector Joshua Shelley on Jewish Presses, Daniel Deronda, and Arnold Zweig Our Bright Young Collectors series continues today with Joshua Shelley who won second prize in the 2023 National Collegiate Book Collecting Contest while he was enrolled in the Ph.D program at Duke Un...

Young Book Collector Joshua Shelley on Jewish Presses, Daniel Deronda, and Arnold Zweig
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Hey #Roadies! Remember this chilling poster appraised by @nicholowry.bsky.social? It's coming to auction @swanngalleries.bsky.social ☢️
#antiquesroadshow

Willa Cather, William Wordsworth, and Architectural Archive: The Week in Rare Books 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.

Willa Cather, William Wordsworth, and Architectural Archive: The Week in Rare Books
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First Superman, American Atlas, Washington Letter: Auction Preview A fairly quiet period coming up in the auction rooms, but here are the sales I'll be keeping an eye on:

First Superman, American Atlas, Washington Letter: Auction Preview
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Ernest Hemingway Lookalike Winner Chosen in Key West 69-year-old Key West local Tim Stockwell has been crowned winner of the Hemingway Look-Alike Contest title, beating more than 130 contestants.

Ernest Hemingway Lookalike Winner Chosen in Key West
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In October my next book When Books Go Bad (from @britishlibrary.bsky.social) is out. @waterstones.bsky.social has a promotion on a few select titles so if you pre-order mine online at www.waterstones.com/book/when-bo... or on its app before Friday you get a whopping 25% off if you use code SUMMER25

Jane Austen's Illustrators Celebrated in New Anniversary Exhibition Illustrating Austen at the The Holburne Museum in Bath will showcase the artwork featured in Jane Austen novels over the last 150 years.

Jane Austen's Illustrators Celebrated in New Anniversary Exhibition
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Melbourne Rare Book Fair: Five Rare Books for Collectors Highlights from the Melbourne Rare Book Fair which runs July 31 - August 2 at Wilson Hall, The University of Melbourne include:* Jack London, typescript of South Sea story Mauki which sheds light on t...

Melbourne Rare Book Fair: Five Rare Books for Collectors
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"From The Very Hungry Caterpillar to Walter the Baker, Eric Carle’s artwork features creatures and characters enjoying all kinds of food. Food played a big role in launching Eric Carle’s career in book publishing which began with commissions for Red Flannel Hash and Shoo-Fly Pie (1965)..."

New AI Tool Could Help Reconstruct Missing Ancient Inscriptions A group of researchers led by researchers from Google DeepMind and the University of Nottingham has launched an AI model that can contextualise ancient inscriptions. The research, published in the jou...

New AI Tool Could Help Reconstruct Missing Ancient Inscriptions
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Eric Carle's Food Drawings on Display The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art will open a new exhibition this fall exploring Eric Carle’s career through the perspective of food. Running September 20 through August 23, 2026, Cooking with...

Eric Carle's Food Drawings on Display
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Miriam Margolyes Launches New 'Showtime!' Exhibition at Charles Dickens Museum Patron of the Charles Dickens Museum Miriam Margolyes has officially opened its new exhibition Showtime! revealing the author's love of performing and two centuries of productions of his stories for t...

Miriam Margolyes Launches New Showtime! Exhibition at Charles Dickens Museum
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Cecil B. DeMille's Ten Commandment Tablets Sold for $325,000 Leading the Cecil B. DeMille section of Heritage Auctions' Hollywood/Entertainment sales was led by the DeMille-commissioned granite Ten Commandment tablets which went for $325,000.

Cecil B. DeMille's Ten Commandment Tablets Sold for $325,000
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"Although Cave's books do not have bookplates, they do include 'inclusions' used as bookmarks by him including his boarding pass for a flight to Amsterdam, a US map, and an empty packet of cigarettes."

Illuminated Manuscripts Show Role of the Psalms in Medieval Life in New Exhibition The Morgan Library & Museum will present Sing a New Song: The Psalms in Medieval Art and Life later this year devoted to the importance of the Psalms in medieval art, prayer, and everyday life.

Illuminated Manuscripts Show Role of the Psalms in Medieval Life in New Exhibition
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Aldrich Ames Correspondence Archive: Rare Book of the Week This week's entry is a collection of more than 170 autograph letters written by the American former CIA counterintelligence officer Alrich Ames found guilty of espionage on behalf of the Soviet Union ...

Aldrich Ames Correspondence Archive: Rare Book of the Week
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Nick Cave Donates Thousands of His Books to Secondhand Charity Bookshop A major donation by Australian singer and writer Nick Cave to an Oxfam bookshop in Hove on England's south coast has drawn fans to browse the items from his personal library.The 2,000 volumes come fro...

Nick Cave Donates Thousands of His Books to Secondhand Charity Bookshop
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My Year of Reading Welshly: Discovering Wales in 52 books by Alex Johnson Desmond Clifford The title is admirably clear. The author, Alex Johnson, is not Welsh and lives in St Albans. He has no strong connection with Wales but feels interest and thought it would be fun to r...

A year of Welsh reading by a non-Welshman with no agenda but curiosity, Alex Johnson’s ragbag of books is part charm, part challenge ✍️ Desmond Clifford

Rare Movie Posters for 'Jaws', 'Dracula', and 'The Bride of Frankenstein' to Auction Heritage Auctions’ July 24–25 Movie Posters auction features a range of Universal's horror posters plus the work of Charlie Chaplin and Steven Spielberg.Highlights include glass slides for Dracula and...

Rare Movie Posters for Jaws, Dracula, and The Bride of Frankenstein to Auction
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Utopias and Dystopias: Five Rare Books for Collectors Highlights from Bernard Quaritch's new catalogue Nowhere, a selection of books on utopias, dystopias, and imaginary voyages include:And a New Earth. A Romance by Charles Ernest Jacomb (London, George ...

Utopias and Dystopias: Five Rare Books for Collectors
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