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New 'Winnie-the-Pooh at 100' Exhibition Opens at NYPL
52+ min ago (186+ words) Fine Books Magazine For book news, special columns, auction reports, events, and more. New 'Winnie-the-Pooh at 100' Exhibition Opens at NYPL The original Winnie-the-Pooh, Piglet, Eeyore, Kanga, and Tigger on permanent display at The Polonsky Exhibition of The New York Public…...
Stoker, Wells, and Poe Feature at Potter & Potter Auctions
15+ hour, 44+ min ago (253+ words) Sponsored by Potter & Potter Horror, mystery, and science fiction high spots lead the way at the November 2026 Potter & Potter sale Autumn Chills: Fine Horror and Mystery Literature. Auction highlights include a first edition, first printing of Bram Stoker’s Dracula, a…...
Darwin Rarities Head to Auction at Freeman’s
15+ hour, 44+ min ago (180+ words) On the Origin of Species title page. “Darwin changed the way we understand life and our place in the natural world, and it was through these books that his ideas reached the world and reshaped modern thought,” said Christopher Brink,…...
Rare Japanese Illustrated Books in New Art of Japanese Publishing Exhibition
1+ day, 8+ min ago (391+ words) Princeton University Library focuses on the art and evolution of Japanese publishing in its The Art of Japanese Publishing exhibition opening today.It features selections from Marquand Library’s collection of rare Japanese illustrated books from the 17th century to the 20th century,…...
Rare First Edition of 'The Lost World' Plus Sidney Paget's Waistcoat to Auction
1+ day, 33+ min ago (350+ words) finebooksmagazine.com For book news, special columns, auction reports, events, and more. Rare First Edition of The Lost World Plus Sidney Paget's Waistcoat to Auction First English edition of The Lost World in original dust jacket Only the second known…...
Agatha Christie, 19th Century Children's Books, and the Folies Bergere: The Week in Rare Books
3+ day, 40+ min ago (92+ words) These are the three lots that stuck out this week because of either uniqueness or exceeding expectations: 19th century children's books Death Comes as the End by Agatha Christie First English edition, The Crime Club, 1945. Sold by Forum Auctions for £1,300 following…...
Harold Bloom Archive Acquired by The Harry Ransom Center
3+ day, 1+ hour ago (227+ words) Fine Books Magazine For book news, special columns, auction reports, events, and more. Harold Bloom Archive Acquired by The Harry Ransom Center The Harry Ransom Center at The University of Texas at Austin has acquired the papers of literary scholar…...
Unique Palestinian Diaries Acquired by University of Edinburgh
1+ week, 1+ hour ago (398+ words) An archive chronicling more than six decades of life in Palestine has been saved from the risk of destruction and preserved at the Universities of Edinburgh and Exeter for study, teaching and research. The archive, comprising thousands of pages from…...
Le Feu Follet's Adélaïde Carton on the Rare Book Trade in France
1+ week, 1+ day ago (473+ words) Our Bright Young Booksellers series continues today with Adélaïde Carton of Le Feu Follet – Edition-Originale in Paris, France: How did you get started in rare books? Completely by chance. I had quickly tired of excavation sites after just a few…...
First Edition of “On the Origin of Species” Features at Ripley
1+ week, 1+ day ago (370+ words) The front pastedown of Ripley Auctions’ 1859 first edition of Charles Darwin’s On the Origin of Species, showing an armorial ex libris bookplate bearing the name Stephen A. McCallan, along with handwritten ownership inscriptions. Spine and front cover of the 1859 first…...