18+ hour, 2+ min ago  (189+ words) This year's Colin Franklin Prize for Book Collecting offered by the Bodleian Library's Centre for the Study of the Book has been won by Hannah Wei. The annual prize is awarded to an undergraduate or postgraduate student of the University…...

2+ day, 15+ hour ago  (147+ words) Dream Days cover from the "auction Items from the comprehensive Kenneth Grahame collection of rare book dealer David J. Holmes will go under the hammer at Swann Galleries' Illustration Art auction tomorrow (June 18). Described by the auction house as "the finest…...

2+ day, 16+ hour ago  (223+ words) A Christie's auction on June 18 will focus on the major library at the Ch'teau de Tournay which was once the home of Voltaire. The sale features just under 200 volumes dating from the 18th to the 20th century including a 30-volume collection of…...

3+ day, 16+ hour ago  (129+ words) Fine Books Magazine Manuscript of Steinbeck's unpublished story in response to Mc Carthyism, If This Be Treason John Steinbeck and James Fenimore Cooper handwritten manuscripts are going under the hammer alongside a major private holding of presidential material at Bonhams....

3+ day, 17+ hour ago  (138+ words) Jimi Hendrix handwritten working lyrics for Room Full of Mirrors Handwritten lyrics, signed albums, and original artwork from Jimi Hendrix, The Beatles, and Bob Dylan all feature in this month's Marvels of Modern Music online sale at RR Auction. Also…...

4+ day, 15+ hour ago  (159+ words) Bird's Eye View of the City of Annapolis, New York, 1864 These are the three lots that stuck out this week because of either uniqueness or exceeding expectations: Simple Directions in Needle-Work and Cutting Out; intended for the use of the…...

4+ day, 17+ hour ago  (118+ words) Items from the Living with Nature exhibition Living with Nature is the latest exhibition presented by Dr. J'rn G'nther Rare Books in Basel and explores the dialogue between humans and their natural environment through almost a millennium of manuscript production....

1+ week, 16+ hour ago  (197+ words) The 1950 letter signed by Winston Churchill to Charles de Gaulle A 1950 letter signed by British Prime Minister Winston Churchill to French leader Charles de Gaulle has sold for $50, 908 at RR Auction's Fine Autographs and Artifacts Featuring WWII sale. The two-page…...

1+ week, 16+ hour ago  (391+ words) A total of 34 high-grade Golden Age comic books, most recovered by the FBI after they were stolen from a Portland, Oregon collector, will go on sale on June 15 at My Comic Shop. com. Collector James Strand died alone in his…...

1+ week, 15+ hour ago  (273+ words) Fine Books Magazine For book news, special columns, auction reports, events, and more. The North American Indian and Keats's Love Letters Lead Sotheby's Book Week The North American Indian, Portfolios 1-20; and Volumes 1-20 by Edward S. Curtis Sotheby's Book Week this month…...