Fine Books News: Recent

Living with Nature is the latest exhibition presented by Dr. Jörn Günther Rare Books in Basel and…
Sotheby’s Book Week this month includes a standalone auction on June 24 marking the most…
Fairs
Porto's first Antiquarian Book Fair (1º Salão do Livro Antigo no Porto) will take place May 1-3 in the city's Fundação Manuel António da Mota.The event is sponsored and organized by the Fundação Miranda de Andrade and the antiquarian bookseller Paulo Gaspar Ferreira from the In-Libris bookshop.…
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An early 9th century manuscript containing a text of Caedmon’s Hymn has been discovered in Rome by researchers from Trinity College Dublin.
Book Fairs
Highlights from the exhibitors at the 2026 New York International Antiquarian Book Fair which runs April 30-May 3 include:* Catch-22 by Joseph Heller (1961) 
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Rare books from the personal library of pioneering British scholar of Armenian and Iranian studies Professor Charles Dowsett form part of Sworders’ Books and Maps online sale running through May 4.
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Rare books stolen from a Long Island home in the 1980s have been returned to the heirs of John Hay Whitney and Betsey Whitney.John Whitney was a decorated veteran from World War II, publisher of the New York Herald Tribune, president of the Museum of Modern Art, and Ambassador to the United Kingdom…
Current Events & Trends
Rare Book School at the University of Virginia has completed its website redesign aimed at improving access to its wide range of courses, resources, and programs.  “This new website reflects who we are and whom we aspire to serve,” said RBS Executive Director Michael F. Suarez, S.J. “Our…
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Two pages of handwritten working lyrics to Genesis's That's All with visible differences from the final released version will be among the highlights of The King’s Trust 50th Anniversary Auction: Featuring the Phil Collins Archive at Julien's Auctions later this year.
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The everyday lives and creativity of women in the 18th and 19th centuries are the focus of a new exhibition at Chawton House in Hampshire.HomeMade Histories explores how women recorded their experiences through letters, journals, scrapbooks, cookbooks, and artworks. These objects often provide the…
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The Center for Creative Photography (CCP) at the University of Arizona has acquired nine significant photography archives, marking one of the most substantial expansions of its holdings in recent years.
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Silent Springs, Windswept Seas: Rachel Carson’s Environmental Vision will offer an overview of the life and work of biologist and author Rachel Carson at the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library at Yale University next month.