Rare Books
Fine Books & Collections' autumn issue arrives in mailboxes this week and next. Unintentionally, 'destinations' became a theme for this issue. For our cover story, literary tourist Nigel Beale…
While researching my recent posts about bestsellers from 100 years ago (see parts 1
Seventy-five years ago, in the winter of 1947 at the University of Cambridge, John Carter delivered a series of three le
2022 has been a landmark year for Charles Darwin, the English scientist best known for his 1859 book, On the Origin of Species.
London — Firsts: London’s Rare Book Fair, organised by the Antiquarian Booksellers' Association (ABA), will return from 16-18 September for its 65th edit
In our current issue, Nick Basbanes talks with historians Andrew Pettegree and Arthur Der Weduwen about their latest book, "The Library: A Fragile History."
![The "Chevalier" Commercial, Pictorial and Tourist Map of San Francisco [1915]](https://cdn.finebooksmagazine.com/sites/default/files/styles/mobile_listed_teaser_thumb_768x735_/public/media-images/2022-08/tourist-map-ca-1.jpeg?itok=xUmq_QWv)
’Tis the season for travel and tourism, even in the collecting world. If these are areas of interest, three upcoming events should be on your itinerary.
Shelburne Falls, Massachusetts — Richard Mori of Mori Books of Laconia, New Hampshire and Duane A.
In 1821, Charles Knight -- who one day would attain a modest measure of fame as publisher of works like
Those stamp-sized bookseller labels often found on the rear paste down end paper of old and rare books
