Books and Works on Paper

Our regular listing of UK and Irish books and works on paper sales

This extraordinary Persian manuscript sold by Roseberys (26% buyer’s premium) is a translation of 'Voltaire’s Histoire de l’empire de Russie sous Pierre-le-Grand' and his 'Histoire de Charles XII, Roi du Suede'.

Scarce complete small pamphlets produced by the fairy tales author Hans Christian Andersen come to auction ‘for first time’

A fine association copy of Ian Fleming’s You Only Live Twice was sold by Reeman Dansie (25% buyer’s premium) in Colchester on April 30.

Bibles from the Mulberry House sold well at Sworders in Stansted Mountfitchet

Our regular listing of UK and Irish books and works on paper sales

Nine-strong collection of Georgian and Victorian games counts as a highlight of mixed auction

US auction offers lots ranging from mutiny on the Bounty to polar tales and a starry menu

Our regular listing of UK and Irish books and works on paper sales

Chiswick Auctions (26% buyer’s premium) held a sale titled The Art of Nature – a themed catalogue of art and antiques based on the natural world.

A postcard letter written by a survivor of the Titanic disaster sold for £230,000 (£300,000 with premium included) at Henry Aldridge & Son last month – a record for a letter related to the disaster.

Important mathematical work by young German genius Gauss makes a rare appearance at auction

Our regular listing of UK and Irish books and works on paper sales

Letters found in family archive include first-hand accounts from St Helena in 1821

Our regular listing of UK and Irish books and works on paper sales

By the time H Turner’s book on billiards came out in 1849 (Northampton, printed for the author by JT Burgess) the game was hundreds of years old – with roots back to the 15th century.

An artist in high demand in his day, Dürer prints still fascinate collectors. ATG surveys the market for works by great Old Master draughtsman

Helen Day is a language teacher, collector of Ladybird books and expert on the history of the books and the company behind them.

ATG speaks to Astrid-Christina Schierz, specialist in Master Drawings, Prints before 1900, Watercolours, Miniatures at Austrian auction house Dorotheum.

The British invasions of the island of Guadeloupe during the Seven Years’ War was part of William Pitt’s plan to attack the French wherever they could.