Books & Manuscripts

Darwin's 'atomic bomb' returns to auction
A first edition of On the Origin of Species should be one of the big survivors at Heritage this month

Edgar Allan Poe first edition goes under the hammer
An exceptional copy of The Raven and Other Poems may be worth up to $100k

Video of the Week
Here's a look at Heritage's forthcoming manuscripts sale, featuring George Washington and others

$135k for a Fourth Folio of Shakespeare's works
A beautifully bound and preserved Folio of the Bard's plays has reached sunny California

Today in history... James Joyce is born, and Ulysses is published
February 2 1882/1922: the modernist literature masterpiece is published on Joyce's 40th birthday

'The best items continue to become more and more fought over'
Stephan Ludwig, Chairman at Bloomsbury and Dreweatts, talks exclusively to Paul Fraser Collectibles

Newton's Principia towers amongst giants at Heritage
A first edition of 'The Greatest Work in the History of Science' is expected to bring $135k in February

Today in history... Poe's The Raven is published
January 29, 1945: the New York Evening Mirror prints Edgar Allan Poe's greatest poem

18th century view of the world finds a home for £12k
Celebrated map maker Matthaus Seutter's work impressed bidders in a Gloucester sale

Exhibition honours a real-life 'Indiana Jones'
John Trever's efforts to save the text of the 2,000 year old Dead Sea Scrolls are celebrated in his native state

Second US President's political tome leads auction
A Defence of the Constitutions of Government, by John Adams, starred in an online books sale

Sotheby's to auction $15m James S Copley collection
The patriotic news editor's renowned library includes Bronte, Einstein and Eisenhower manuscripts