Books & Periodicals

Among the most eagerly contested lots in a recent sale at Chorley’s (23.5/15/12.5/10% buyer’s premium) was a collection of early 20th century tattoo ephemera.

Manual relating to church charity schools is the latest example of its type to impress in a saleroom

Single-owner collection offered in south London reveals costumes and culture of the empire

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

This month enthusiasts can get an auction taster of a sporting archive ranked as among the very best

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

An eight-page account of the famous football match played on Christmas Day in the First World War during an unofficial truce was a highlight of a remarkable album compiled by Voluntary Aid Detachment Nurse Maude Alice Lineham (1883-1967).

A recent sale at Bearnes Hampton & Littlewood (26% buyer’s premium) in Exeter included a late 15th century Italian manuscript that is thought to be a codex unicus.

Oliver Wood is the photography books expert at Shapero Rare Books.

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

John Wallis was one of the leading publishers of board games in the early 19th century. One of them, Science in Sport, or the Pleasures of Astronomy, was first issued in 1804 and revised in 1815.

Highlights from the The Detective Fiction Collection of John Cooper offered at Forum

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

Wind in the Willows illustration leads varied selection of lots offered by west London saleroom

Les Enluminures has sold a thousand-year-old Giant Bible of St Maximin to the National Library of Luxembourg for €4.5m (£3.735m)

Belgian city’s council was successful with pre-sale deal to buy queen’s plea on behalf of political prisoners