Books Archives - Antique Collecting

Uncorrected Harry Potter proof set to cast a spell

A rare uncorrected proof of the first Harry Potter book, Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone by J.K. Rowling, is

A 33-year-old man called Harry Potter from Waterlooville in Hampshire has sold a rare copy of Harry Potter and The

A three-volume set of Robinson Crusoe first editions by Daniel Defoe saw some fierce competition in an Oxfordshire saleroom, eventually

Firsts, London’s Rare Book Fair – the Antiquarian Booksellers’ Association (ABA)’s annual flagship event – will move to its spectacular

Rare books will take centre stage at Gloucestershire auctioneer’s Chorley’s this month, including the third and final chance for buyers to

A selection of books, envelopes, letters and autographs performed well in a recent sale at Shrewsbury’s Halls Fine Art book

A film production copy of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, signed by all leading cast members of the

A Staffordshire auction house is to hold what it believes is the world’s first dedicated Harry Potter auction, featuring five

A wide-ranging auction of works from the 12th to 21st centuries entitled ‘books, manuscripts, photographs: from the Middle Ages to

A rare 17th-century copybook demonstrating calligraphy, handwriting and arithmetic has sold for a hammer of £35,000 in a recent sale