Books & Manuscripts
Very rare 17th century atlas leads historic books auction
The Gerard Mercator work will star ahead of Samuel Johnson's dictionary and Charles Dickens
Rare Medieval masterpieces to auction at Christie's
Featuring a £3.54m Italian 13th century Bible, the incredible Arcana Collection will sell in two weeks
Rare $15,000 Harry Potter defeats Dante's Inferno in London
Dark forces were at work at Bloomsbury's auction, featuring works by Dante and J K Rowling
Rare book donated to Oxfam achieves £37,200
A gift from 'a retired, well-dressed gentleman' outdid its estimate tenfold at auction
Catalogue of rare flowers to bring up to £40,000 in Germany
The baroque florilegium will head the sale of fine and collectible texts next month
Update: The rare book investment market
Once is a fluke, twice is a pattern, thrice or more is a trend
Extremely rare Alice in Wonderland estimated at $15k
One of 25 specially illustrated copies of Lewis Carroll's classic is on offer to coincide with the new film
Rare Superman comics for sale by Sunday
Highlight issues of the Silver Age of Comics introduce the Legion of Super-Heroes and Supergirl
Rare books 'withstand economically challenging times'
Says German auctioneer Ketterer Kunst, whose final 2009 auction saw its year's two highest sales
Rare Islamic texts exhibited in US
The Qur'an and other esteemed 18th century Middle Eastern texts are now on public display
6,000 rare children's books donated to university
One of the US's best collections of Robert Louis Stevenson features alongside A.A. Milne and Beatrix Potter
