Fine Books News: Recent

Freeman’s | Hindman's Lincoln’s Legacy: Historic Americana from the Life of Abraham Lincoln auction…
Two new wooden carved sculptures celebrating East Yorkshire’s influence on J. R. R. Tolkien’s work…
Current Events & Trends
Back in 2016 Mindell Dubansky curated a marvellous exhibition at the Grolier Club about things that looked like books but were not, objects she christened 'blooks'. If you missed it, then your luck is in because running now at the Center for Book Arts in New York City is a new show dedicated to…
Compelling Collections
Highlights from James Cummins Bookseller's latest catalogue Once Upon a Time including:The Lord Fish by Walter De la Mare, illustrated by Rex Whistler, London: Faber & Faber, 1933
Current Events & Trends
Amy Stewart is the New York Times bestselling author of The Drunken Botanist, Wicked Plants and most recently The Tree Collectors which includes a look at former US poet laureate W. S. Merwin who planted a tree almost every day for more than three decades. Nate Pedersen talked to her about her work…
News
The 2022 and 2023 McKnight Book Artist Fellowship Exhibition opens on January 21 at the Minnesota Center for Book Arts. 
Fairs
More than 70 exhibitors will showcase a range of rare books, ephemera, art, and design at The Winter Show 2025.Among those at the show running January 24 though February 2 will be Peter Harrington Rare Books. Among its offerings are:
News
The Book of the Marvels of the World, an illustrated guide to the globe filled with oddities, curiosities, and wonders for the medieval armchair traveler will go on display at The Morgan Library & Museum tomorrow.
Bright Young Collectors
Our Bright Young Collectors series continues today with Amelia Soth, an honorable mention in the 2024 Honey & Wax Book Collecting Contest for women collectors aged 30 and younger.Where are you from / where do you live?
News
The New York Public Library has acquired the archive of Jhumpa Lahiri, including papers charting Lahiri’s rise in the literary world from her Pulitzer Prize-winning debut story collection The Interpreter of Maladies to her recent translation work.
Book Reviews
Our ongoing look at new books that have recently caught the eye of our print and online editors.Imaginary Books: Lost, Unfinished, and Fictive Works Found Only in Other Books by Reid Byers
Book Fairs
The Stuttgart Rare Book Fair, Germany's international fair for valuable books, autographs, illustrated works and graphic art, will be held at the Württembergischer Kunstverein January 24 - 26, organised by the German Association of Antiquarian Booksellers.