News, Features & Interviews

Our News page includes interviews with librarians, book dealers and others from the book trade, as well as details on events, announcements and developments from the literary world.

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  • First Editions Second Thoughts

    News Story

    First Editions, Second Thoughts: An Auction to Benefit English PEN is a landmark literary auction from London - Christie's, taking place online from 28 June - 12 July comprising First Edition books and works of art from contemporary artists and authors, each of which has been uniquely annotated, illustrated or added to by their creator.

    First...

  • Happy Birthday Harry Potter

    News Story

    At The Book Collector we know a lot about the phenomenon of a character in a novel taking over the world. Ian Fleming, our founder, set up The Book Collector in the same year he created James Bond exactly 70 years ago and it is undeniable that Bond is still a much-admired hero. This week, however, we are celebrating the 25th birthday of another...

  • Forbidden Fruits at Colnaghi

    News Story

    Colnaghi in London is currently holding an exhibition called Forbidden Fruit which will be on view on their Bury Street premises in St James's until the 24th June 2022. It is always good to see books included in art exhibitions and this one prominently features a Book of Hours and a letter next to a selection of rare and unpublished still lifes by...

  • Honey and Wax Book Collecting Prize

    News Story

    The deadline for the 2022 Honey & Wax Book Collecting Prize is on the 15th June.

    The sixth annual Honey & Wax Book Collecting Prize offers a cash award of $1000 for an outstanding book collection built by a woman aged 30 or younger, anywhere in the United States.

    The prize was founded in 2017 by Heather O’Donnell of Honey & Wax Booksellers...

  • Strawberry Hill House, In Focus Exhibition

    News Story

    Strawberry Hill House is showing its latest In Focus exhibition until 24 July 2022; The Grand Tour: The Two Horaces and the Court of Florence.

    The exhibition is inspired by three volumes of Studio d'architettura civile sopra gli ornamenti di porte, e finestre .. tratte da alcune fabbriche insigni di Firenze, which had been illustrated by the...

  • Charlotte Brontë's unpublished miniature manuscript

    News Story

    Charlotte Brontë's unpublished miniature manuscript and the last known in private hands will be the highlight to see at the 62nd New York International Antiquarian Book Fair, held at the Park Avenue Armory from 21st to 24th April 2022. 

    The work titled "A Book of Ryhmes by Charlotte Brontë, Sold by Nobody, and Printed by Herself" is smaller...

  • An Interview with Frederik Delas

    Interview

    Oslo auction house Sagen & Delås will be selling the Polar Library of Otto Norland on the 2nd April 2022. We have spoken to Fredrik Delås to find out more about the man behind the collection and some of the highlights.

    Otto Realf Norland was born in 1930 in Oslo. He studied in Bergen and started working for Hambros Bank in London in 1953 as a...

  • Picturing Pickwick

    News Story

    This spring, a new exhibition will reveal the stories behind the novel which began Charles Dickens’s literary career and set him on the path to fame. Exploring the artworks which contributed to the novel’s instant and everlasting success, Picturing Pickwick: The Art of the Pickwick Papers will present a wealth of original sketches and...

  •  "A Catalogue of Early Twentieth Century Russian Avant-Garde Publications" by Marcus Campbell Art Books

    Interview

    "A Catalogue of Early Twentieth Century Russian Avant-Garde Publications" is the latest printed catalogue by Marcus Campbell Art Books.

    We asked Daniel Wilson, graphic designer and researcher for this catalogue, a few questions about the highlights, background of the collection and his approach to cataloguing.

     

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  • Two Book Fairs 2022

    News Story

    Two years on from the start of what will one day be called 'The Covid Years' we can look forward to two book fairs opening this month. One, in the USA, is a return to the traditional book fair as we used to know it…live and in person; the other, in Germany, still has to stick to the new format of online with a digital catalogue, due to another...