Books & Periodicals

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Consignment of private material brought up copyright and privacy challenges

Rowling, Hammett and Herbert take notable prices in Dallas – along with a rather older New Testament

The latest Rare Books, Manuscripts, & Ephemera sale at Quinn’s Auction Galleries (27% buyer’s premium) contained a bound manuscript that captured an episode of Anglo-Indian history.

Sojourner Truth (c.1797-1883) was among the most effective US abolitionists of the 19th century.

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Generally considered to be the first English bible, the ‘Matthew’s Version’ or ‘Matthew’s Bible’ was brought out under the superintendence of John Rogers (c.1500-55) and joins together the works of William Tyndale and Myles Coverdale.

Chorley’s (25% buyer’s premium) first dedicated Islamic & Indian sale section was based around a single consignment: an East India Company (EIC) archive that came by direct descent from Sir Charles William Rouse Boughton (1747-1821).

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Among the most eagerly contested lots in the Historical Documents, Autographs and Ephemera sale at Spink (22.5% buyer’s premium) in London was one including two letters written by a sailor while aboard HMS Northumberland when she carried Napoleon Bonaparte into exile in 1815.

Copy of revised 1633 edition of Gerard’s famous botanical work The Herball stands out in west London

A rare scissorwork diorama depicting Napoleon captive on St Helena was among the curios included in Sworders’ (25% buyer’s premium) latest Out of the Ordinary sale.

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Bumper auction includes set of Pooh books and 58 lots of modern firsts from a single vendor

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Towards the end of his reign, Henry VIII, the devout Catholic who had created the Church of England, was attempting to put the Protestantism he had unleashed back in its box.

Group of first editions with a range of desirable extras comes fresh to market by family descent

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The first lot offered in Potter & Potter’s (20% buyer’s premium) auction in Chicago on September 10 was a 1939 first edition, first printing of 'Alcoholics Anonymous: The Story of How More Than One Hundred Men Have Recovered from Alcoholism'.

Antiquarian bookdealer Lester Capon, 75, lives in Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, with his partner Meg. He has always had a passion for books, starting with bookselling in retail, before embarking on a bookbinding career spanning six decades.