Books and Works on Paper

A selection of upcoming books, maps and prints at auctions around the UK and overseas.

The Library Auction at Hansons (Bishton Hall, Staffordshire) on June 15 includes this autograph letter by Roald Dahl.

The linocuts produced by artists from the Grosvenor School in London, which ran from 1925-40, have been one of the liveliest areas of the Modern British prints market in the last 15-20 years.

This calendar lists a selection of forthcoming specialist fairs and markets around the world.

How the livre d’artiste can combine words and images beautifully – and be highly desirable

Most prints are closely connected with an artist’s wider oeuvre. A few good Welsh examples were on offer at Rogers Jones (22% buyer’s premium) in Cardiff on April 17.

Warhol rarity sold in New York auction has feline theme

How letters related to wars bring a connection that history books cannot match

Our regular listing of UK and Irish book auctions.

In the bicentenary year of his death, relics connected to Napoleon will inevitably catch the eye.

Among the publishing houses that helped put Modern British prints on the map was The Curwen Studio.

The great British tradition of celebrating last stands and heroic defeats includes the evacuation of Dunkirk in 1940.

Convoys to protect merchant vessels have a long history in naval conflict. A letter sold at Kent saleroom C&T (22% buyer’s premium) in a timed Military Books, Ephemera & Photographs Auction reveals Royal Navy ships in action back in 1808.

This typewritten draft of a letter from President Kennedy to Winston Churchill, with annotated amendments by JFK, will feature in the auction of Books and Manuscripts to be held by Freeman’s in Philadelphia on May 20.

'Five Circles' first appeared as part of Ben Nicholson’s (1894-1982) publication 23 Gravures in 1934 and was then released as a limited-edition print. The initial run of approximately 30 signed copies was followed by various reprintings.

After a long and illustrious naval career, it is a pity that Admiral Sir Cloudesley Shovell is best known for the circumstances of his death.

Forum Auctions’ Rupert Powell celebrates the easing of lockdown – and the firm’s fifth anniversary

London gallery devotes catalogue to items from the era to mark bicentenary of his death

The antiquarian booksellers’ associations of Switzerland, Austria and Germany have joined forces to launch a new online rare book fair.

London auction offered wide array including famous Federalist American collection of essays