Books and Works on Paper
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Austen’s pride in her work
22 May 2023Two of Jane Austen’s works, both from the same Wyoming collector’s estate, were stand-out lots in a May 11 sale held in Chicago.
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Washington signature thrills in Philadelphia auction
22 May 2023One of the more remarkable results of recent weeks came in a May 3 sale at Freeman’s (26/21/15% buyer’s premium) of Philadelphia.
British and Irish book auctions: May 23-28, 2023
22 May 2023Our regular listing of UK and Irish books and works on paper auctions
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Colourful jacket of distinctive type boosts du Maurier Rebecca
15 May 2023Four-figure first edition du Maurier book comes in the trademark Gollancz design without pictures
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English 17th century works play their part in New York
15 May 2023Early English plays provided the principal attraction in a US saleroom
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Pioneering Arrowsmith atlas admired for elegance
15 May 2023The County Durham-born cartographer John Arrowsmith (1790-1873) was responsible for one of the first ‘modern’ atlases of the 19th century.
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Victoria and Albert royal wedding procession depicted on a 19ft folding strip
15 May 2023Shown here are pages from an extremely long, hand-coloured aquatint record on one continuous folding strip just a little over 4in tall, but a work that would extend to around 19ft (5.8m) if fully opened.
British and Irish book auctions: May 16-27, 2023
15 May 2023Our regular listing of UK and Irish book auctions
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Dickens brings expectations of up to $12,000
15 May 2023Potter & Potter’s second books auction of the year includes Charles Dickens’ (1812-70) Great Expectations estimated at $8000-12,000.
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Waugh, witch and Wheatley
08 May 2023West Sussex sale highlights – including a work detailing author’s obsession with bricklaying as a hobby
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Wonderful selection from leading Arthur Rackham collector
08 May 2023More than 50 lots featuring the illustrative work of Arthur Rackham (1867-1939) were offered in the extensive book section of a March 24 auction.
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Bookplate boosts Sackville-West debut novel result
08 May 2023The best-selling lot in a recent Carlisle auction was a 1919, Collins first of Heritage, the debut novel of Vita Sackville-West, who at that time was better known for her poetry.
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Recreational maths: Handwritten Alan Turing document sold at Bonhams
08 May 2023When the Bletchley Park boffins were taking a break from code-breaking in the Second World War, complicated puzzles were one of the diversions.
British and Irish book auctions: May 9-20, 2023
08 May 2023Our regular listing of UK and Irish book auctions.
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Story of the start of slave trade abolition in Britain
01 May 2023Work published in 1808 is one of the highlights of a wide-ranging sale held in Gloucestershire
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The 500th and final edition of a very special Endymion
01 May 2023Illustrator John Buckland-Wright’s own specially bound and annotated copy of the 1947, Golden Cockerel Press edition of John Keats’ Endymion topped a sale.
British and Irish book auctions: May 2-18, 2023
01 May 2023Our regular listing of UK and Irish book auctions
Books and works on paper calendar, April 25-May 11, 2023
24 April 2023Our regular listing of UK and Irish book auctions
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Logical origins of our digital world
24 April 2023Boole’s 1847 paper would ‘find widespread use in the design of computers and communication systems’
British and Irish book auctions: April 18-28, 2023
17 April 2023Our regular listing of UK and Irish book auctions
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