Howard Carter Letters sell for thousands
Letters written by Howard Carter, the British archaeologist and Egyptologist who discovered the sealed tomb of Tutankhamen, have sold for
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Books
Sylvia Plath Bell Jar sells for thousands
The author Sylvia Plath’s own signed, pre-publication copy of The Bell Jar has sold at Bonhams for £87,500. The book is inscribed
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Beatrix Potter letters make thousands
A collection of Beatrix Potter letters, hand-written by the author of countless children’s classics,has sold for thousands in Berkshire
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Signed Suffragette book set for sale
A Suffragette book signed and inscribed by campaigner for women’s suffrage Sylvia Pankhurst is to be sold at Essex auction house
Read moreBeatrix Potter letters in Berkshire sale
A rare collection of Beatrix Potter letters is to sell in a Berkshire auction house later this month
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‘Shocking’ Georgian sex manual in sale
The weird beliefs of our Georgian ancestors are laid bare in a ‘shocking sex manual’. The antique book is coming up for sale soon in Derbyshire
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Antique book of world in Yorkshire sale
An antique book, one of the earliest German language descriptions of the world, is part of a collection of 16th to early 20th century antique books set to be sold in Yorkshire next month
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Sylvia Plath and Ted Hughes items in sale
The personal effects and books that belonged to two of the 20th century’s greatest poets, Syliva Plath and Ted Hughes are going under the hammer at Bonhams next month
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First Edition Biggles book set to fly
An extremely rare first edition book of one of the first ‘Biggles’ series by W.E Johns looks set to fly out of a Norfolk auction house later this month
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Antiques Trade Talks – Jim Spencer from Hansons
We chat to Jim Spencer, a man with a lifetime love for books and a new role developing a specialist library department at Hansons auctioneers in Derbyshire
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