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Wordsworth Trust Acquires Three of the Poet's Letters
1+ hour, 11+ min ago (307+ words) Fine Books Magazine For book news, special columns, auction reports, events, and more. Wordsworth Trust Acquires Three of the Poet's Letters Part of the Wordsworth letter acquisition The Wordsworth Trust, which operates Wordsworth Grasmere and Dove Cottage, has acquired three…...
New Exhibition Charts 700 years of Cartography in Fiction
1+ hour, 27+ min ago (108+ words) Map of Oz, 1914 The Sunderland Collection of world maps has announced the creation of Ex Carta, a sister collection dedicated to fictional and world-building cartography that spans more than 700 years across over 160 maps from 1506 to the present day. Ex Carta’s…...
Apport Used Books's Ben Roylance on Ufology, Eugenia Macer-Story, and Percy Grainger
17+ hour, 57+ min ago (394+ words) Our Bright Young Booksellers series continues today with Ben Roylance, proprietor of Apport Used Books in Emmaus, Pennsylvania. How did you get started in rare books? When did you open Apport and what do you specialize in? I opened the…...
Ernest Hemingway's "Best Book" Letter and Harry Potter First Edition to Auction
6+ day, 1+ hour ago (167+ words) Fine Books Magazine For book news, special columns, auction reports, events, and more. Ernest Hemingway's "Best Book" Letter and Harry Potter First Edition to Auction Ernest Hemingway typed letter, signed, referencing his 1940 novel For Whom the Bell Tolls Hemingway addressed…...
Charles Dickens's Summer Holiday Letters Go On Show
6+ day, 1+ hour ago (329+ words) Charles Dickens to Thomas Beard, Devonshire Terrace, June 21, 1849 (detail) The Charles Dickens Museum today reveals the author's views on summer in the city, his favourite holidays and ingenious efforts to cool off during a hot British summer. Running through September…...
'The Wipers Times' First World War Newspaper Sold for £7,000
1+ week, 3+ min ago (279+ words) Fine Books Magazine For book news, special columns, auction reports, events, and more. The Wipers Times First World War Newspaper Sold for £7,000 A near complete run of The Wipers Times newspaper written and printed by soldiers during the First World…...
Important African Americana Collection Leads at Freeman's
1+ week, 53+ min ago (337+ words) Fine Books Magazine For book news, special columns, auction reports, events, and more. Important African Americana Collection Leads at Freeman's Paul Cuffe, signed autograph letter, sold for $96,000 An important African Americana collection has nearly tripled its pre-sale estimate at the…...
George Washington Wartime Letter to New York Governor Sold for $45,375
2+ week, 4+ day ago (277+ words) Fine Books Magazine For book news, special columns, auction reports, events, and more. George Washington Wartime Letter to New York Governor Sold for $45,375 The Revolutionary War letter signed by George Washington A Revolutionary War letter signed by George Washington and…...
Washington, Einstein and Hemingway Lead Autographs Sale
3+ week, 2+ hour ago (305+ words) Fine Books Magazine For book news, special columns, auction reports, events, and more. Washington, Einstein and Hemingway Lead Autographs Sale A June 10, 1779, letter signed by George Washington and written in the hand of his aide-de-camp James McHenry is among the…...
Marlene Dietrich’s Private Library Stars in Berlin Rare Book Fair
3+ week, 4+ day ago (262+ words) Detail of Berlin Rare Book Fair 2026 poster In the year marking the 125th anniversary of Marlene Dietrich’s birth, Rare Books Berlin is dedicating a special exhibition to the artist in collaboration with the Deutsche Kinemathek Museum für Film und Fernsehen. Berlin…...