Books & Manuscripts
Whale's tooth from Charles Darwin's sea voyage auctions at Bonhams
The auction house's forthcoming Travel and Exploration sale will include a very unique item...
Revealing... The most expensive Chinese map in the world
Created for an Emperor by a Jesuit missionary, this detailed work was created on rice paper...
Anything but depressing: First Edition of the Anatomy of Melancholy comes on sale
The 17th century text, admired by great writers and others for centuries, is available online
Very rare 17th century atlas leads historic books auction
The Gerard Mercator work will star ahead of Samuel Johnson's dictionary and Charles Dickens
Wizened Wisden's Cricketers' Almanack leads book auction, next month
An early edition of the world's longest-running sports reference book could be an all-rounder in London
Diary of a journey through Aboriginal communities is priced at £40,000
Alex Bortingnon and John Olsen, authors of The Land Beyond Time, also co-wrote a journal
Comics auction could be a 'Marvel' for Spiderman and Thor collectors
Highly-collectible first issue Marvel comics are on course to be the top lots in tomorrow's online sale
'Previously unknown' Oscar Wilde Salome first edition dances to £34,000
With a written dedication to painter Gustave Moreau, this 1893 copy of Wilde's play sold in the UK
First Edition of Oscar Wilde's banned play, Salome, auctions in the UK
Estimated at £30,000, the controversial play that couldn't be shown in London will sell at Dominic Winter
Abraham Lincoln letter and six major Jane Austin novels head to auction
The deadline is approaching for consigning lots to Heritage's October historic manuscripts sale
'Most sought-after' French cuisine book could rustle up £35,000
The must-see 1655 book is attributed to Francois Pierre de la Varenne, the pioneering French chef
Sherlock Holmes' first adventure could reach £400,000 at auction today
A Study in Scarlet will appear alongside a classic E H Shepard drawing
