Fairs calendar

It’s a wonderful world

Rupert Powell of Forum Auctions reflects on a busy year in the ‘stage-play’ of rare books

Events to look forward to

A wide range of dealers are set to offer a variety of items at upcoming fairs, writes Frances Allitt

Small is indeed beautiful

Miniature books have long provided challenges for printers to accept and show their skills

Handy little bibles to thumb through

Miniature books The first ‘Thumb Bibles’, paraphrased or

For poetical and practical purpose

Etrennes À L’Innocence is priced at £600

Worth having second thoughts

First editions are not always the be-all and end-all for collecting, as Richard Fattorini explains

Posters that steal the show

Designs promoting exhibitions can be a great way to collect on a tight budget, Anne Crane reports

Starting out

What categories of art exhibition poster would make

Art exhibition posters

Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) is one of the artists

Prolific and powerful printmaker

Whistler is regarded as one of the great innovators – but how is his standing in today’s market?

Frequent write-ups on Whistler

Edward G Kennedy’s six-volume The Etched Work

Lessons in a collecting life

Based on his own experiences and those of his clients, a seasoned rare books buyer offers advice on getting the most from the collecting journey

Around the world with Norman Bobins

Roland Arkell and Richard Fattorini take a whistlestop tour of the globe via the greatest recent collection of colour plate travel and costume books

Tracking down detective works

Frances Allitt meets Jeffrey Johnson, whose collection of classic ‘Whodunnits’ was recently on public display at the Grolier Club in New York

Eye-catching lots to look out for

A selection of stand-out lots coming up at a variety of auctions, compiled by Roland Arkell

Auction calendar

Forthcoming buying opportunities in the UK