Fine Books News: Recent

This weekly auction result is provided by Spencer W Stuart, an independent collections…
A rare Albert Uderzo cover painting for the Asterix adventure Les Lauriers de César leads Heritage…
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Going under the hammer later this month will be the first tranche of The Christine Farrell Complete DC Collection, an auction featuring nearly 500 comic books, including 1940’s Double Action Comics No. 2, of which only seven copies have survived.
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The new exhibition of artists’ books at the Bainbridge Island Museum of Art (BIMA) on Bainbridge Island, WA, focuses on the limitations and injustices associated with borders and identity documents.
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Rare Book School (RBS) at the University of Virginia has received a $3.1m donation to endow a full-time curatorial chair for the School’s teaching collection and exhibitions program. It represents the largest single gift in Rare Book School’s 41-year history.
Fairs
Highlights from Frieze Masters 2024 which runs October 9 - 13 in The Regent's Park, London include: 
Fairs
New book fair 1º Salão do Livro Antigo will take place in the Casa Municipal de Cultura in Coimbra, Portugal, running October 4 - 6.
Current Events & Trends
Running until October 9, Four-Legged and Feathered Friends is an online fundraising sale at Bonhams which aims to raise funds for the Quentin Blake Centre for Illustration.
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The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art has announced the first exhibition about the transformative power of Free to Be… You and Me, a cultural force that inspired generations of children and families.
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The first library at London's Guildhall was founded by money bequeathed by former Lord Mayor of the City of London Richard 'Dick' Whittington who gained a reputation as an astute medieval merchant, politician, and philanthropist.
Auctions
What is believed to be the first American photograph of a romantically posed interracial couple will go under the hammer at Freeman’s | Hindman on October 26.
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This week's Rare Book of the Week is today's launch offering from Macmillan's new Fablelistik Editions, a limited and fine press books publisher. In its first collection, Fablelistik is offering three editions of Washington Irving’s The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, all of which will include…