Books & Periodicals

A special selection of upcoming lots raging from the Encyclopaedia Britannica and Beano to Oppenheimer's passport and Machiavelli’s The Prince

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Maps and documents relating to Quaker family come up at Essex auction house centuries later

Published in 1598, John Florio’s 'A Worlde of Wordes, or most Copious, and Exact Dictionary in Italian and English' is considered the first comprehensive Italian-English dictionary.

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Copies of the Lord of the Rings trilogy just don’t get much better than the set shown here.

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Keys Auctioneers and Valuers [of Aylsham, Norfolk] is sad to announce the death of Andrew Lindsay-Bullock, who was head of books at the firm until he stepped down due to ill health in 2023.

Comprehensive group of medical records from East India Company surgeon star in eclectic sale

The ABA Chelsea Rare Book Fair will take place in its charming and traditional location: Chelsea Old Town Hall on the Kings Road.

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Old-fashioned contents sale from a château helped Drouot autumn season kick off with a strong start

Dr Matthew Wills is a specialist on Chinese and Asian rare books at Peter Harrington, the rare book seller. The firm will be exhibiting at Firsts Hong Kong (formerly (China in Print fair).

Tajan is to offer a rare early pioneering maritime atlas/encyclopedia in its Paris rooms on November 27.

Results from the Ombersley Court library reflect historical significance of the largely unseen works

Olympia Auctions is holding a timed online sale that starts to end on October 20 titled Looking Back at John Osborne: Pictures and Possessions from his Estate, The Hurst, Shropshire.

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Michael Ramsey (1904-88) who served as the 100th Archbishop of Canterbury from 1961-74, curated his own personal visitor book that tracked his career from 1942-87.

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The inaugural sale at Rare Book Auctions (26.5% buyer’s premium) in Lichfield included this signed and inscribed first printing of Terry Pratchett’s 'The Colour of Magic'.