Books & Periodicals

Ada Augusta Lovelace (1815-52), the only daughter of Lord Byron, is today justly celebrated as a mathematician and computer pioneer.

Near-complete version of a work on a grandiose scale that caused its author’s ruin comes to Chicago saleroom

Most Tudor and Stuart embroidered bindings that have survived from the 16th and 17th century cover Bibles, prayerbooks, and other devotional texts.

The Ivoire Clermont-Ferrand auction house in France has organised themed sales based around the famous Michelin Guide for 25 years with its specialist Pierre Gabriel Gonzalès.

The list of Polar exploration ships once lost but now rediscovered grew in number recently when it was announced the Quest had been located.

Annual fair held at the city’s Assembly Rooms since 1986 starts afresh in Pavilion venue this July

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Two early documents featuring female authors are among the highlights in a wide-ranging sale selection

Not only is this 1960 first edition of 'To Kill a Mockingbird' inscribed by Harper Lee to her friend Harold Caufield, but it was sold with a Christmas card from the author penned with a lengthy message.

An autographed photograph of Charles Darwin (1809-82) described as “very scarce” by Hansons (26.5% buyer’s premium) sold for £8500.

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Well-known works covering the conflict come from the library of the famed and feared commander

An 18th century folio bible in mosaic binding was among the notable sales at the recent Firsts: London’s Rare Book Fair.

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Stephen Switzer (1682-1745), gardener, author, landscape designer and seedsman, was apprenticed in 1699 to George London, the senior partner of Brompton Park Nurseries.

Seventeenth century guide to growing vines in England was published just before the Great Fire of London