Books and Works on Paper

Robert Weaver, a teacher and keeper of the Fellows’ Library at Dulwich College in south London, has collected medieval manuscript fragments for close to 50 years

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While the rare book trade is steadily becoming more diverse, challenges still exist, as four newer members of the Forum Auctions team in London tell ATG

A previously unrecorded 18th century manuscript containing 75 pieces of traditional Scottish music sold for £5000 at Lyon & Turnbull (plus 26% buyer’s premium).

This medieval document with a royal seal attached amounts to a pardon granted by Henry IV (1367-1413) to John Barlawe of the manor of Barlow in Chorlton-Cum-Hardy (now suburban Manchester).

Extensive selection of the long-running cricket guides on offer at auction runs up a market test

A 19th century document referencing Elias Howe Jr’s patent for the first modern sewing machine sold for more than 100 times its estimate at Devin Moisan’s (25% buyer’s premium) sale in Epping, New Hampshire.

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Latest slice of a ‘magnificent library’ that covered the development of book illustrations

Estimated at £300-500, a group of five hand-coloured prints of early 19th century Canada sold for £8500 at Gorringe’s (25% buyer’s premium) in Lewes.

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'Theatre d’Agriculture et Mesnages des Champs' issued in 1600 is the first major work on French agronomy.

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Famous 17th century version by George Chapman translates into five figures

Refugees in Chelsea was written by Henry James (1843-1916) to help the local Chelsea Committee to raise funds in the US to start an industry for crippled Belgian soldiers.

This handwritten volume bound in maroon calf boards with brass clasp is titled inside The Minute Book of The Auld Lang Syne Sketching Club.

The Exceptional Sale at Christie’s included a complete copy of a celebrated suite of engravings that were printed in France for the Qing emperor Qianlong.

In ATG No 2601 we reported on a penknife with over 100 folding blades and accessories made for exhibition by George Wolstenholm of Sheffield.

The name Steve Ditko (1927-2018) scarcely needs an introduction to comic collectors.

Account of the discovery of Tutankhamen’s tomb comes as rare set with dust jackets intact