Polar book collection in North Yorkshire sale
A single-owner private library of polar exploration, travel and local history books, including many rare and important volumes, is to
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Books
‘Shocking’ Marquis de Sade books to stir interest
Marquis de Sade books Rare examples of infamous erotic literature by the Marquis de Sade described as ‘shocking’ and ‘controversial’
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Wealth of Nations to bring rich pickings in Derbyshire
A rare first edition of a book that helped lay the foundations of modern capitalism could sell for thousands at
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The North American Indian works in New York sale
The North American Indian, A stunning photographic record of the lives of the vanishing tribes of the continent’s indigenous people
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Secret wartime diary in Somerset sale
A highly secret wartime diary kept by a member of the Special Operations Executive (SOE) is to be sold at
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Winnie-the-Pooh Hundred Acre Wood Map sets Sotheby’s record
An original Winnie-the-Pooh Hundred Acre Wood map by EH Shepard has sold for £430,000, setting a new auction record for
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American First Edition Wuthering Heights for sale
To mark this year’s 200th anniversary of the birth of Emily Brontë, bookseller Peter Harrington is selling offering a first
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World’s first computer geek Lady Ada Lovelace book in sale
She is recognised as one of the world’s first computer geeks, a Victorian visionary and the only legitimate child of
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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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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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