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The uncorrected Harry Potter proof coming to auction
Proof Copy of First Harry Potter Book Bought for £1 Found in School Clear Out
A rare volume marking the start of the Harry Potter phenomenon has been found in an Oxfordshire village primary school which bought it for £1 in 1997.
Pop-up from 1570 edition of Euclid's Elements
Freddie Mercury Lyrics, Leaves of Grass, Brontë Letter: Auction Preview
There are some major manuscript lots in the Sotheby's London sale on Wednesday, September 6, Freddie Mercury: A World of His Own. The autograph manuscript working lyrics for "Bohemian Rhapsody" have…
A large library of 1,200+ mostly first edition titles related to the science fiction and fantasy genre, estimated at $1,000-2,000, delivered $12,500. 
Twain, Tolkien, and Shelley Top Robin and Kathryn Smiley Collection Sale
Potter & Potter Auctions' sale of The Collection of
The newly discovered Johnson letter
Lost Samuel Johnson Letter Found in Cupboard to Auction
A lost letter written by lexicographer Samuel Johnson and officially logged as ‘present location unknown’ for m
Selection of Georgian boxing manuals on the art of boxing sold for a combined total of £80,000 at Chiswick Auctions on August 24.
Boxiana Sale Provides Material for New Book on History of Boxing
Chiswick Auctions’ Books and Works on Paper sale on August 24 included a private collection of
Einstein manuscript going under the hammer
Einstein Manuscript Explaining Relativity Theories to New York Times Readers to Auction
Christie's will present an autograph manuscript by Albert
Clyde Beatty Greatest Wild Animal Trainer of All Time poster
Circus Posters Prove Popular at Potter & Potter Sale
Circus poster maquettes printed by the Erie Lithographing and Printing Co.
Daihannyaharamittakyo (“Great Sutra of the Perfection of Wisdom”) Japan; Early Manuscript Culture (760)
8th Century Sutra at Frieze Seoul Marks Peter Harrington's Oldest Ever Offering
Rare book dealer Peter Harrington will participate in Frieze Seoul for the first time this y
Anthologia Graeca, the first Aldine edition of the Greek Anthology, first printed by Lorenzo di Alopa in Florence in 1494, and now expanded by Aldo with additional material. Venice, Aldo Manuzio, October 1503. Printed on vellum, one of five copies.
16th Century French and Italian Books Auction Set to Make $25m+
Sotheby’s New York will hold a series of eight auctions in October to celebrate one of the most significant and comprehensive rare book libraries to ever
draft steve jobs ad
Handwritten Apple Ad Draft by Steve Jobs Goes for $175,000 at Auction
An original handwritten advertisement for the Apple-1 Computer, penned entirely by Steve Jobs