Works hailing from across the Atlantic shine in Chicago

Chaucer and Shakespeare, Darwin and Tolkien were among the big-name and more expensive lots sold as part of the Gerald and Barbara Weiner library at Hindman (25/20/12% buyer’s premium) in Chicago.

The copy of the 1896 Kelmscott edition of Chaucer’s works that made $60,000 (£46,510) at the aucti…

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