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The trial of Warren Hastings (1732-1818) was a cause célèbre of the last decade of the 18th century.

Spotlight on copy sold in superb Strutz collection – plus a look at other recent results for the Tolkien classic

Ada Augusta Lovelace (1815-52), the only daughter of Lord Byron, is today justly celebrated as a mathematician and computer pioneer.

Two early documents featuring female authors are among the highlights in a wide-ranging sale selection

Rupert Powell of Forum Auctions reflects on a busy year in the ‘stage-play’ of rare books

ATG takes a whistlestop tour of the globe via the greatest recent collection of colour plate travel and costume books

'A New Chart of History' by the British chemist and natural philosopher Joseph Priestley is considered one of the most influential timelines published in the 18th century.

Leading Forum’s (30/24/14.4% buyer’s premium inc VAT) March 27 auction of more books from the remarkable library of Norman Bobins was a complete copy of a German work following the course of the Danube from its source to the Black Sea.

The aristocratic German artist, composer, dancer, mime, poet, singer and translator Hans Henning Otto Harry Baron von Voigt (1887-1969) is best known by his pen name. From 1914 he went simply by the pseudonym Alastair.

John Newton (1725-1807) is today perhaps best remembered as the writer of the hymn Amazing Grace. However, before his religious conversion he spent his early life as a slave trader.

Spotlight on a couple of shop donations that both ended up making £20,000 hammer prices

First printing of a guide first written in the 11th century achieves second-highest auction price

How much would you spend on an antique or vintage chess set? Here are three examples from different periods that sold across a wide range of prices.

German artists take many of the top spots as another colourful selection comes to the saleroom

'Only Banksy' was the title of a 24-lot offering at Forum Auctions (30/24/15% buyer’s premium inc VAT) in London.

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

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.

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.