Rare Books

A typed insert from The Jungle Book proofs with Kipling’s late corrections
Kipling’s The Jungle Book Proofs and Wilkie Collins’ Travelling Desk Acquired by Cambridge University Library
Page proofs of Rudyard Kipling’s The Jungle Book and Wilkie Collins' travelling desk are among a r
Polydore Vergil’s Anglica Historia: Rare Book of the Week
Taking pride of place at Dominic Winter’s September 11 auction is the third edition of Polydore Vergil’s Anglica Historia, published in 1555, the year of the author’s death, and bound for Queen…
Gutenberg Bible leaf
Gutenberg Bible Leaf: Rare Book of the Week
"This is undoubtedly the rarest item I have encountered thus far," said Oliver Bayliss. "Only 49 complete bibles are known to exist and these are with museums and institutions. In the 1920s rare…
The December 24, 1878 letter
Unpublished Charles Dickens Letters Shed Light on Claim His Wife Was Bad Mother
The Charles Dickens Museum has acquired a collection of unpublished and rarely-seen letters which reveal fascinating details of life within the Dickens fami
Fantastic Four No. 1
Fantastic Four No. 1, Wolverine Original Cover Art, and Iron Man’s First Steps to Auction
Among the centerpieces of Heritage Auctions’ September 12-15 Comics & Comic Art auction is one of only two copies of 1961’s Fantastic Four No.
 A particularly good copy of a very rare early printing of the Provisional Articles of the Treaty of Paris Estimate £10,000 - £15,000
One of England's Most Important Country Houses' Library Up for Sale
Chorley’s have been appointed to sell the library of Ombersley Court in Worcestershire, one of the most important historical country houses in England and th
Andreas Vesalius, De humani corporis fabrica, 1543, concealed in a binding made from a medieval antiphonal leaf
De humani corporis fabrica: Rare Book of the Week
The Huntington has re-acquired a 1543 first edition of De humani corporis fabrica (On the fabric of the human body) by Andreas Vesalius which revolutionized the field of ana
Library for Youth, or Book-Case of Knowledge
Five Rare Books for Collectors: Education
Highlights from Bernard Quaritch's latest catalogue, Education, include: Library for Youth, or Book-Case of Knowledge (London: Printed for John Wallis … by T. Gillet or J. Cundee … 1800). Ten volumes…
Mr. Pottermack’s Oversight by R. Austin Freeman
Mr. Pottermack’s Oversight by R. Austin Freeman: Rare Book of the Week
Some rare books suddenly find a whole new audience thanks to republication.
The only surviving copy of My New York Misadventure by Winston Churchill
My New York Misadventure by Winston Churchill: Rare Book of the Week
The only surviving copy of My New York Misadventure, Winston Churchill’s account of his near-death car collision in New York in December 1931, features in