Books & Manuscripts

$6k signed Dick Frances works to sell at Bloomsbury
Sale includes the 17th Earl of Lauderdale's collection, a Zionist leader's signed letter and Agatha Christie

16th century books stolen from the Nazis are returned
A teenager who swiped the books from a salt mine during WW2 is now giving them back

£45k Mattioli leads sale of books that influenced a generation
A collection once delved into by John Betjeman and Bertrand Russell auctions at Bonham's

How to protect your rare books from water damage
It's a books collector's worst nightmare: what happens if they get soaked?

6,000 rare children's books donated to university
One of the US's best collections of Robert Louis Stevenson features alongside A.A. Milne and Beatrix Potter

Earl of Rosebery's book collection to sell for £600k
Remarkable sale includes the most important Lord Byron material offered at auction since the £50k manuscript of Beppo in 1976
Original Auld Lang Syne 'sells' for £10k
A retired professor has become the new patron of poet Robert Burns' famous New Years' anthem
Bedbugs destroy rare books, man fined $12k
Bugs' droppings stain pages black, forcing libary to destroy 31 volumes
First edition Bond book for sale
A copy of Live and Let Die has been donated to one of Oxfam's bookshops in Edinburgh
Advice from an Antiques Road Show expert
On rare books, auction house chairman Paul Viney explains why the dust jacket is crucial to collectors and investors alike
Swindon stores 8m rare books
Bodleian library books to be held in new £15m facility
'America's First Book' to sell for $40k
The Bay Psalm Book will he up for auction in Manhattan this week, along with the iconic and legendary Aitken's Bible