Books & Manuscripts
Top 5 most expensive printed books ever auctioned
A new world record has been set for the world's most expensive printed book at auction
Top 5 - Most fascinating football programmes
A new auction world record for a football programme was set on May 15. Here's our top five
Most expensive sports memorabilia in the world? First football rules may bring $4.8m
Offered by the oldest club in the world, the book may be bought by a newly football-mad nation
'Most important work on the human body' gets the blood pumping for $43,992
William Harvey's De motu cordis continued the recent strong showings of medical publications
Our Top Five... Most valuable novels ever sold at auction
To celebrate World Book Day, we look at some of the priciest novels ever to have gone under the hammer
'One of the most important exploring voyages to the Pacific' goes up for sale
A first edition of George Vancouver's Voyage of Discovery leads the way at PBA
'World's most expensive book' goes up for sale at Sotheby's
John James Audubon's Birds of America, valued at $6m - $9m, will be sold at the sale in London
Hartmann Schedel's 'most richly illustrated' World Chronicle travels to $367,700
Including the oldest printed map of Germany, this rare book outstripped expectations in Hamburg
Our Top Ten most valuable signed classic first edition books
From magicians to detectives, dressed-up rabbits and spies, autographed books are coveted worldwide
World's most expensive book, $8.8m Birds of America, goes to auction
Last sold 10 years ago, Audubon's work is back and promises to be the book auction event of the year
Revealing... The most expensive Chinese map in the world
Created for an Emperor by a Jesuit missionary, this detailed work was created on rice paper...
'Most sought-after' French cuisine book could rustle up £35,000
The must-see 1655 book is attributed to Francois Pierre de la Varenne, the pioneering French chef