Books & Manuscripts
First printing of Defoe's Journal of the Plague Year makes $2,520 at auction
A 1722 edition of Defoe's historical novel was the leading lot at National Book Auctions' recent sale
Lavish 'elephant folios' from Egypt will make a big impression at Sotheby's
The Travel, Atlases, Maps and Natural History sale will also include a $130,250 Egyptian archive
Our Top Five Rare and historic maps sold at auction
In 1492 Columbus sailed the ocean blue - setting in progress a revolution for cartography
Hollywood actor's rare '$1m' Superman comic found after 11 years
An Action Comics No.1 stolen from Nicolas Cage has been discovered in a storage locker
Spellbound book collectors set to fight over $5,700 Harry Potter first edition
A first edition of JK Rowling's first Harry Potter book comes to auction in London next week
The 'rarest edition' of Hitler's infamous work Mein Kampf comes to auction
A 1925 first edition of Hitler's book is up for sale at Mullock's Auctioneers in the UK this month
Extraordinary US Civil War shirt collar letter auctions at Spink Shreves
A soldier resorted to an unusual method of sending news of Union victories back home
$4,800 cosmetic surgery manual excites collectors with a nose for a bargain
A rare 19th century first edition nose surgery book comes to auction on April 6
'The words of Christ tell against them'... Luther manuscript goes under the hammer
The handwritten text is to sell for up to $35,600 in Piasa's books and documents sale in Paris
Time to buy a beautiful manuscript: A Book of Hours could sell for $325,000
The illuminated Latin text was once bought at a huge price by the wealthiest man in America
Harper Lee's Mockingbird flies high at National Book Auctions sale
The signed first edition sold alongside a range of MacKenzie-Childs antique pottery
Agatha Christie collectibles market to receive Disney film boost
Hollywood beauty Jennifer Garner will play Miss Marple in a forthcoming big screen adaptation
