Books and Works on Paper

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A collection of correspondence penned by leading figures of the 20th century to an Oxford academic raised more than £20,000 for charity at Chiswick Auctions (25% buyer’s premium) on October 10.

Follow-up edition of a classic avian work was more or less a new publication thanks to extra research

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Agatha Christie and Evelyn Waugh records beaten as collection of a Rolling Stone comes to auction

Beautiful watercolours by children’s book author and illustrator come to auction in studio sale

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Among the highlights at the Boston International Antiquarian Book Fair (BIABF) is a first edition of a 19th century German children’s book.

A wistful and chatty letter from Charlotte Brontë to her editor William S Williams sold for $65,000 (£47,450) in California on September 7.

Grey rather than green for his debut, the Incredible Hulk made his first appearance in 1962 and continues to enthral comic collectors.

In its latest catalogue, 'Networks of Knowledge', Peter Harrington Rare Books features one of the first pictures produced by a Jacquard loom.

The opening two lots of Gorringe’s (25% buyer’s premium) Fine Art & Antiques sale on October 3 were leather-bound albums of photographs from British India.

When Ernest Shepard was first recommended to AA Milne in 1923, the author had originally deemed him unsuitable.

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When 'Withnail and I' was released in 1987 it was a British film that seemed destined to disappear into obscurity.

Peter Cushing’s (1913-94) six-decade acting career featured more than 100 films furnished many fond memories – and of course provided plenty of memorabilia.

While its existence was known, the whereabouts was a mystery until a routine house valuation

Travel journals that appeared at auction date from a time when British leisure travel was in its infancy

An unrecorded 17th century printed book took £8800 hammer at a West Sussex sale.