Books & Manuscripts
Sheffield FC's 'earliest' rules in football score $1.4m at Sotheby's sale
Is this the most important manuscript in football? And was it bought by a Qatari collector...?
Most expensive sports memorabilia in the world? First football rules may bring $4.8m
Offered by the oldest club in the world, the book may be bought by a newly football-mad nation
Fascinating Gibraltar collection led by atlas showing the way 'to the River Amazones'
The $47,900 work is going under the hammer in London this week alongside other books and stamps
Everything is illuminated: prayerbook by Europe's 'Greatest Master' could bring $3m
The 16th century Imhof Prayerbook is the highlight of Christie's third Arcana Manuscript Collection sale...
James Joyce's wartime passport could find its way to $112,400 at Sotheby's
The document roughly spans the period he was working on his masterpiece Ulysses
First edition Charles Darwin book proves its $62,500 worth in New York
His famous work on rare species is now rare and collectible itself, as were this sale's other great lots
'Volume of tragedies...' stars in National Book Auctions' sale of unique works
The Latin Tragoediae by Lucius Annaeus Seneca starred in this remarkable New York state auction
A whale of a tale... Copy of Herman Melville's Moby Dick brings $74,500
The story of an ship captain's obsession to chase down a whale made a splash at Sotheby's
'Pottermore' profit... Harry Potter collectibles could provide magical returns
As mystery new projects are revealed by JK Rowling, it seems certain the series' popularity will endure
First script from Britain's 60-year-old radio drama The Archers goes up for sale
Sotheby's is expecting significant interest when the aging pages go under the hammer next month
How rare is this Winston Churchill book? You have six days to find out...
Unrecorded by experts and mysteriously inscribed, questions surround these Churchill volumes...
The horror! Late collector's rare Wells and Lovecraft books are for sale
Philip K Dick, HP Lovecraft and HG Wells were among those revered by the publisher Jerry Weist...
