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Fine Books & Collections @finebooks.bsky.social · 4h

250 Years of Jane Austen Coming to the Grolier Club
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250 Years of Jane Austen Coming to the Grolier Club

Paper Jane: 250 Years of Austen is a special exhibition at The Grolier Club to mark the 250th anniversary of the birth of Jane Austen.

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Fine Books & Collections @finebooks.bsky.social · 4h

Fairy Tales Exhibition Leads British Library's 2026-27 Events
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Fairy Tales Exhibition Leads British Library's 2026-27 Events

In 2026 the British Library’s major exhibitions will explore the enchanting world of fairy tales and the legacy of the crime writer Agatha Christie.

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Fine Books & Collections @finebooks.bsky.social · 4h

Beethoven Letter to Father of Child Prodigy Sold for $42,071
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Beethoven Letter to Father of Child Prodigy Sold for $42,071

A handwritten letter by Ludwig van Beethoven arranging an afternoon visit with the father of a young piano prodigy sold for $42,071 at RR Auction’s latest Fine Autographs and Artifacts Featuring Sport...

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Fine Books & Collections @finebooks.bsky.social · 1d

Todd McFarlane Batman Cover Headlines Comic Art Auction
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Todd McFarlane 'Batman' Cover Headlines Comic Art Auction

A selection of original comic art including important covers of the Golden Age as well as modern classics such as Todd McFarlane’s 1988 landmark cover of Batman No. 423 goes under the hammer on Octobe...

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Fine Books & Collections @finebooks.bsky.social · 1d

Panizzi Lectures 2025 Focus on Print Culture in the Age of Climate Change
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Panizzi Lectures 2025 Focus on Print Culture in the Age of Climate Change

This year's Panizzi Lectures will be given by Professor Emeritus at the University of the Witwatersrand Isabel Hofmeyr on the subject of 'Books in Their Elements: Print Culture in the Age of Climate C...

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Fine Books & Collections @finebooks.bsky.social · 2d

Boston International Antiquarian Book Fair Returns in November
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Boston International Antiquarian Book Fair Returns in November

The Boston International Antiquarian Book Fair (BIABF) celebrates its 47th year at the Hynes Convention Center in Boston’s Back Bay running November 7-9.More than 100 rare book dealers from Australia,...

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Fine Books & Collections @finebooks.bsky.social · 2d

Rudyard Kipling Letters on the Wartime Loss of His Son to Auction
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Rudyard Kipling Letters on the Wartime Loss of His Son to Auction

Rudyard Kipling's 18-year-old son John was reported missing in action in 1915 on the Western Front during a three-week offensive which left 61,000 wounded and nearly 8,000 dead.Kipling blamed himself ...

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Fine Books & Collections @finebooks.bsky.social · 4d

Austen Rarities, Kerouac Self Portrait, Einstein's Violin: Auction Preview
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Austen Rarities, Kerouac Self Portrait, Einstein's Violin: Auction Preview

Here are the sales I'll be keeping an eye on:At New England Book Auctions on Tuesday, October 7, a Fine Fall Miscellany, in 213 lots.ALDE sells the Bibliothèque Peter Obergfell II – Précieux Livres su...

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Points Like A Man @pointslikeaman.bsky.social · 4d

Check it out! Our project director, @aelagrand.bsky.social won the @honeyandwaxbks.bsky.social Book Collecting Prize for her collection of materials related to Shakespearean breeches actresses! ✨🎩 Points Like A Man even gets a shout-out!

Fine Books & Collections @finebooks.bsky.social · 14d

Alexandra E. LaGrand Wins 2025 Honey & Wax Book Collecting Prize
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Alexandra E. LaGrand Wins 2025 Honey & Wax Book Collecting Prize

Alexandra E. LaGrand has won the 2025 Honey & Wax Book Collecting Prize for her archive documenting Shakespearean breeches actresses over the long 19th century.The annual prize, which rewards American...

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Fine Books & Collections @finebooks.bsky.social · 4d

The Metropolitan Museum of Art Redesigns Thomas J. Watson Library
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art Redesigns Thomas J. Watson Library

The Metropolitan Museum of Art has announced the redesign of the Nolen Study Room in the Thomas J. Watson Library.

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Fine Books & Collections @finebooks.bsky.social · 4d

Battle of Britain Spitfire Pilot's Logbook: Rare Book of the Week
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Battle of Britain Spitfire Pilot's Logbook: Rare Book of the Week

This week's Rare Book of the Week is the logbook belonging to Sergeant Sidney 'Clot' Baxter of 222 Squadron during the Battle of Britain during 1940 in which he was killed in action.The logbook begins...

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Fine Books & Collections @finebooks.bsky.social · 7d

Captain James Cook’s South Pacific Logbook to Auction
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Captain James Cook’s South Pacific Logbook to Auction

A rare holograph fragment from Captain James Cook’s logbook from his second voyage to the South Pacific comes to auction later this month at Bonhams with an estimate of $80,000–$120,000.

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Fine Books & Collections @finebooks.bsky.social · 7d

William Blake's Handprinted Publications Centrepiece of New Exhibition
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William Blake's Handprinted Publications Centrepiece of New Exhibition

A major exhibition of works by William Blake is running at the Yale Center for British Art exploring the imaginative visual art and poetry held by the museum.

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Fine Books & Collections @finebooks.bsky.social · 8d

Beethoven, Magritte, and Einstein Letters to Auction
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Beethoven, Magritte, and Einstein Letters to Auction

Letters written by Ludwig van Beethoven, Albert Einstein, James A. Garfield, and René Magritte lead RR Auction's October Fine Autographs and Artifacts auction.

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Fine Books & Collections @finebooks.bsky.social · 8d

Landmark Medical Works by William Harvey, Edward Jenner, and James Parkinson at Christie's
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Landmark Medical Works by William Harvey, Edward Jenner, and James Parkinson at Christie's

100 books, manuscripts, and photographs from the Royal Society of Medicine library lead the Christie’s Valuable Books, Manuscripts and Photographs sale later this year with a total estimate of £2.17m-...

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Fine Books & Collections @finebooks.bsky.social · 9d

The Maps of Ursula K. Le Guin Explored in New Exhibition and Book
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The Maps of Ursula K. Le Guin Explored in New Exhibition and Book

Ursula K Le Guin began writing each new story by drawing a map and from October 10 The Word for World: The Maps of Ursula K Le Guin will present a selection of these images by her including many which...

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Fine Books & Collections @finebooks.bsky.social · 9d

National Collegiate Book Collecting Winner Amanda Zhao on Military Fiction and Nonfiction
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National Collegiate Book Collecting Winner Amanda Zhao on Military Fiction and Nonfiction

Our Bright Young Collectors series continues today with Amanda Zhao, winner of the 2024 National Collegiate Book Collecting Contest.Where are you from / where do you live? I live in San Diego, Califor...

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Fine Books & Collections @finebooks.bsky.social · 10d

Hay's Famous Bookseller, an Interactive Odyssey, and Looking After Your Books: September Books Roundup
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Hay's Famous Bookseller, an Interactive Odyssey, and Looking After Your Books: September Books Roundup

Our ongoing look at new books that have recently caught the eye of our print and online editors this month.Dark Renaissance: The Dangerous Times and Fatal Genius of Shakespeare's Greatest Rival by Ste...

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Fine Books & Collections @finebooks.bsky.social · 10d

Francis Crick War Diaries to Auction
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Francis Crick War Diaries to Auction

Diaries written by English molecular biologist Francis Crick who played a crucial role in deciphering the helical structure of the DNA molecule will go under the hammer at Sworders on October 24.The t...

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Allison C. Meier @allisoncmeier.bsky.social · 11d

Guidelines for contributing to future issues are here, and I definitely encourage writers to explore what the magazine is about before pitching! If you don't have the funds to buy an issue, just send me an email and I can share information www.finebooksmagazine.com/writing

Guidelines for Writers

Fine Books & Collections FineBooksMagazine.com 100 Europa Drive, Suite 290 Chapel Hill, NC 27517-2310 Editor: Allison C. Meier: [email protected] Publisher: Kimberly Draper

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Allison C. Meier @allisoncmeier.bsky.social · 11d

If you want to read all about why cemetery ledgers matter, the people keeping metal type making alive, the joys of collecting well-worn books, medieval fragmentology & much more, pick up the fall issue of @finebooks.bsky.social , edited by me! store.finebooksmagazine.com/autumn-2025/...

Cover of Fine Books & Collections magazine with a black and white photo of a woman standing among ruins

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Fine Books & Collections @finebooks.bsky.social · 11d

The Tale of Peter Rabbit: Rare Book of the Week
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The Tale of Peter Rabbit: Rare Book of the Week

This week's Rare Book of the Week is the first privately printed edition of The Tale of Peter Rabbit by Beatrix Potter which comes up for auction at Dominic Winter on October 2 with an estimate of £40...

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Fine Books & Collections @finebooks.bsky.social · 11d

Stevie Nicks' Diary, Klondike Archive, and Bookplates: The Week in Rare Books
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Stevie Nicks' Diary, Klondike Archive, and Bookplates: 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.

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Daisy May Johnson @chaletfan.bsky.social · 16d

me, deeply realistic face: I WANT IT.

Fine Books & Collections @finebooks.bsky.social · 16d

Enormous Lambeth Palace Library Bookcase Goes on Sale
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Enormous Lambeth Palace Library Bookcase Goes on Sale

An original example of the bookcases at Lambeth Palace Library is now available to buy after nearly 200 years service.Measuring nearly 3m high and 12m long, the pine 12-bay wall-mounted bookcase with ...

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Marvelous Marg @marvelousmarg.bsky.social · 14d

I look forward to this contest every year. Such interesting collections. 📚

"The annual prize, which rewards American women book collectors aged 30 years and younger, was established in 2017 by Honey & Wax Booksellers to expand the popular perception of who book collectors are and can be."

Fine Books & Collections @finebooks.bsky.social · 14d

Alexandra E. LaGrand Wins 2025 Honey & Wax Book Collecting Prize
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Alexandra E. LaGrand Wins 2025 Honey & Wax Book Collecting Prize

Alexandra E. LaGrand has won the 2025 Honey & Wax Book Collecting Prize for her archive documenting Shakespearean breeches actresses over the long 19th century.The annual prize, which rewards American...

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