Manuscript

More than a dozen letters and cards from Diana, Princess of Wales, to her family’s former housekeeper were sold at a recent auction at Sworders (25% buyer’s premium).

Codex stands out as some of the world’s most important manuscripts come to auction in London

Stephen Switzer (1682-1745), gardener, author, landscape designer and seedsman, was apprenticed in 1699 to George London, the senior partner of Brompton Park Nurseries.

Manuscript ‘sold in 1776’ at forerunner of Sotheby’s emerges in New York sale

Warrant for Madame du Barry, mistress of Louis XV, sells well eight years after last auction appearance

Sought-after book of recipes including a puff-pastry print first was intended for the use of his pupils

Dating from March 1-October 13, 1748, a journal for sale at London maritime specialist Charles Miller’s auction on April 23 was written by Admiral John Byng (1704-57) during the final negotiations of the failed Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle and some eight years before his infamous actions off the coast of Minorca.

Chicago sale offers more than 300 works related to the British author amassed by US collectors

Rediscovered books and manuscripts that once belonged to former antiquarian book dealer John Percival Love and had been stored away in a bank vault for nearly 50 years captivated collectors and the trade alike at auction.

An original watercolour of the 'Little Prince' by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry fetched nearly 10 times its low estimate, selling for a record £240,000 hammer.

The handstitched booklet titled Balls & My Partners, 1844-1845 was written by Adelaide Horatia Elizabeth Seymour (1825-77) as she enjoyed the life of a debutante.

The music memorabilia sale at Omega (28.8% buyer’s premium inc VAT) on November 29 included the handwritten lyrics to two tracks on David Bowie’s 1972 classic The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars.

Newly discovered papers show how renowned mathematician and his collaborator worked hand in hand

Astronomical manuscript for sale includes illustrations by scientist who was in fact an insurance broker

From 'Monty Python and the Holy Grail' to 'The Last Duel', films nearly always depict the Middle Ages as dark, dingy and beset by bad weather.

Wide-ranging items from Christopher Foyle of bookshop fame generate a white-glove sale in Gloucestershire