Current Events & Trends | October 23, 2020 | Rebecca Rego Barry

Video Fridays: Daphne du Maurier’s Rebecca

Just this week Netflix dropped the new film adaptation of Daphne du Maurier’s 1938 novel, Rebecca. Starring Armie Hammer, Lily James, and Kristin Scott Thomas, the updated gothic romance has stiff competition from Alfred Hitchcock’s 1940 version, but we’ll give it a try!

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Exhibitions

The first ever Broons annual and the 2024 annual

Oor Wullie and the Broons 90th Anniversary Marked by New Exhibition

New 'Beautiful Books' Exhibition Showcases 200 Years of Jane Austen Publishing History

Grolier Club's 1,000th Exhibition Will Focus on History of Papermaking

Book People

Adobe Stock Image stack of books

Longest Running Antiquarian Book Seminar Returns

New Landmark Book on Agatha Christie's Life and Work to Accompany Major Exhibition

Oldest Book in Australia Flies in to Melbourne Rare Book Fair

Americana

Original Kentucky Fried Chicken printing blocks

Colonel Sanders' Personal Working Planner Leads KFC Founder's Auction

JFK Autographs, Photographs, Ephemera, and Stamps to Auction

Rare 1776 Declaration of Independence Discovered in Archives

Auctions

Auctioneer Jack Orgill with the books

Rare Nine-Volume 'A Collection of Prints' to Auction

Iron Man Debut Breaks Comic Art Auction Record

12th century Copy of Origen’s Homilies on the Bible Leads Freeman’s Sale

Visual Art

Don Heck's artwork for Iron Man's first appearance in Tales of Suspense #39

Original Iron Man First Appearance Cover Artwork to Auction

New Exhibition Explores History and Impact of Tarot Since the Renaissance

Political Posters: Five Rare Posters for Collectors

Rare Books

The Kilmarnock Burns edition on display

Rare First Edition of Robert Burns’ 'Kilmarnock' Goes on Display

The Last Spike, Devil's Gate, and Beaumarchais Expedition Document: The Week in Rare Books

Jane Austen Society of North America Donates 'Sanditon' First Edition to Chawton House

Book Arts

Miami Zine Fair 2025

Miami Zine Fair 2026 Details

Major New Samuel Beckett Biennale to Include First Ulster-Scots Translation of 'Waiting for Godot'

New Celebrations Mark 40 years of ‘Poems on the Underground’

Sponsored

Lieutenant Henry Robertson Bowers, At the South Pole.

Odfjell Collection Goes to Auction

Caveat Emptor: or some thoughts on ethics and online book buying

In Lincoln’s Own Words

Maps

Abraham Ortelius, Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, Antwerp, 1601

Atlases and Maps: Five Rare Maps for Collectors

New Book Focuses on Historic First Detailed Map of 18th Century London

Top Secret Omaha Beach Invasion Maps to Auction

Photographs

A gelatin silver print of William Haines, Joan Brawford, and Douglas Fairbanks Jr., circa 1932, estimated at $800-$1,200

Billy Haines Vintage Gelatin Silver Prints to Auction

Pulitzer Prize-Winning Photographs to Auction

International Center of Photography Focuses on Yves Saint Laurent and Photography