Books & Manuscripts
France's first 'genius' atlas will auction in Paris
Estimated at £20,000, The Neptune atlas brought together great minds of the 17th century
'First atlas of the entire celestial sphere' priced £20,000
This historic work by Johann Bayer will be among the star lots at Dominic Winter's sale, in April
W B Yeats' first poem leads sale at $100k
A very rare first edition of the writer's first published work is going under the hammer in New York
Ulysses first edition estimated at $70k in New York
One of the greatest works of 20th century literature will be on offer to collectors, in two weeks' time
Deluxe first edition from Winnie the Pooh's creators for sale
The exceptional text also offers a rare Milne and Shepard double-signing
First Superman comic soars to a World Record $1m
The Man of Steel defeats the Caped Crusader in quest to be the first million dollar comic
Edgar Allan Poe first edition goes under the hammer
An exceptional copy of The Raven and Other Poems may be worth up to $100k
$160k first edition of On the Origin of Species for sale
Darwin's famous work was one of 2009's great successes at auction
$25k for the 'first ever' map of Australia
The entire account of Nicolas Baudin's expedition to Australia is to auction in Scotland
$122k for Galileo's first ever telescope observations
The text has sold alongside Uncle Tom's Cabin, 'the most influential C19th fictional work,' at Sotheby's
First edition of Darwin's masterpiece to sell
A rare copy of On the Origin of Species, kept in the guest toilet, to sell for £60k
