Books & Periodicals

Our regular listing of UK and Irish books and works on paper sales

Changes are afoot in the art and book dealing hub Cecil Court this summer.

Photo albums contain some of the first images of the remote country plus enthronement of the Dalai Lama

Our regular listing of UK and Irish books and works on paper sales

Kirkby Lonsdale is the first of three fresh PBFA fairs this year with Frome and Dorchester to follow

This extraordinary Persian manuscript sold by Roseberys (26% buyer’s premium) is a translation of 'Voltaire’s Histoire de l’empire de Russie sous Pierre-le-Grand' and his 'Histoire de Charles XII, Roi du Suede'.

Scarce complete small pamphlets produced by the fairy tales author Hans Christian Andersen come to auction ‘for first time’

A fine association copy of Ian Fleming’s You Only Live Twice was sold by Reeman Dansie (25% buyer’s premium) in Colchester on April 30.

Bibles from the Mulberry House sold well at Sworders in Stansted Mountfitchet

Our regular listing of UK and Irish books and works on paper sales

Nine-strong collection of Georgian and Victorian games counts as a highlight of mixed auction

US auction offers lots ranging from mutiny on the Bounty to polar tales and a starry menu

Our regular listing of UK and Irish books and works on paper sales

Event generates decent sales and a lively atmosphere during a busy weekend overall for collectors and dealers

Stelios Galatopoulos (1932-2022) was a respected Greek music critic (Cypriot-born) who was based in London.

Chiswick Auctions (26% buyer’s premium) held a sale titled The Art of Nature – a themed catalogue of art and antiques based on the natural world.

A postcard letter written by a survivor of the Titanic disaster sold for £230,000 (£300,000 with premium included) at Henry Aldridge & Son last month – a record for a letter related to the disaster.