Fine Books News: Recent

One of the world’s most significant Hindu scriptures has left the University of Oxford's Bodleian…
A three-page typed letter signed by Virginia Woolf and a handwritten draft manuscript page by…
Book Fairs
A new art book fair celebrating non-profit, collaborative, and interdisciplinary publishing, will take place in London this week.The inaugural Inventory Art Book Fair running June 7 - 9 at Cromwell Place, South Kensington, will be a celebration of artist publishing in the UK, bringing together…
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UK-based Excalibur Auctions is offering two rare comics believed never to have been offered in the UK before at auction.
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Highlights of Bonhams' Fine Books, Maps & Manuscripts online only sale running June 7 - 20 include: 
To celebrate the 100th anniversary of the publication of When We Were Very Young, Lyon & Turnbull will present a complete deluxe set of the Pooh books in outstanding condition, each being one of a limited edition signed by both author A. A. Milne and illustrator E. H. Shepard.
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A rare 1500 third German edition of the Nuremberg Chronicle will be auctioned by Nate D. Sanders on May 30.Originally authored by Hartmann Schedel, the Nuremberg Chronicle holds a significant place in printing history. This particular edition, published by Johann Schonsperger in Augsburg,…
Book Fairs
Sanford L. Smith + Associates (SLSA) has announced that the company, left by Smith to wife and partner Jill Bokor, Chief Executive Officer Jennifer Stark, and Managing Director and Executive Director of Salon Art + Design Nicky Dessources, is in a stable position with projections for growth and…
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Rare Book School has revealed the lineup for this summer’s lecture series at the University of Virginia.* June 3 - Archive of the People: The Johnson Publishing Company with 
LeRonn Brooks, Curator of the African American Art History Initiative, Modern and Contemporary Collections, Getty…
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An extensive archive of Charlie Chaplin items assembled by his friend Max Reinhardt, publisher of Chaplin’s autobiography, will go under the hammer at Bonhams' Fine Books, Maps & Manuscripts Sale June 7-20.The archive is being sold by Max Reinhardt’s daughter, to whom Chaplin was godfather…
The largest private collection of Louis Vuitton trunks ever offered at auction will also feature special trunks designed for transporting books.Featuring more than 100 examples, with a total sale estimate of between €1.4 million and €2.1 million, among the offerings is a travelling library trunk…
Sanford Smith, who created numerous internationally recognised art fairs in addition to running The New York Antiquarian Book Fair from 1979 up to its recent 64th edition at the Park Avenue Armory this year, died on May 25 in Manhattan.