Books and Works on Paper

Two choice British documents emerged across two different sales at Amherst, New Hampshire firm RR Auction (25% buyer’s premium).

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While many people have a decided aversion to pigeons, this did not apply to the bidders at Kiefer (25% buyer’s premium) in Pforzheim, Germany.

Visitors to the PBFA’s two-day spring event once again proved they come to buy not just browse

The global market for natural history books is alive and well as demonstrated by the 326-lot sale dubbed Natural History: the remaining stock of Antiquariaat Junk 1899-2026 at Forum Auctions (27/26% buyer’s premium).

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Collection of gallery owner and exhibition organiser includes letters from the likes of Bacon and Hockney

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The legend of author Ernest Hemingway (1899-1961) is forever linked with sport fishing.

Magic books library reflects obsession of collector who prized exceptionally clean examples

An original Georg Dionysius Ehret illustration of a magnolia blossom hammered for $330,000 (£242,000) at Arader Galleries (20% buyer’s premium) on February 7 in New York.

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Books from a routine call proved disappointing until a first edition Dracula loomed into view

Compared with Scandinavian exploration by illustrious figures such as Nansen and Amundsen, the Vega Expedition is little known outside the region.

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English religious manuscript and Italian academic diplomas catch the eye

A first edition, first impression of The Hobbit by JRR Tolkien is a valuable proposition even without its dustjacket.

First editions of the books that made Nancy Mitford’s name – The Pursuit of Love (1945) and Love in a Cold Climate (1949) – sold for £1600 at Reeman Dansie (25% buyer’s premium) in Colchester.

Papers outline the journeys extraordinary for even a Victorian military man and explorer