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16.05.13.
Coleg Harlech auction raises around £100,000
Coleg Harlech in Gwynedd put 350 pieces of art, sculpture and rare books under the hammer in an attempt to relieve some of its £900,000 debt.Rare books in the sale included a 1550 edition of Girolamo Cardano's encyclopaedia De Subtilitate and a 1703 first edition of Ellis Wynne's Gweledigaethau y Bardd Cwsg ... more Add a comment Stirling teacher's first-edition books fetch £226,000
A treasure trove of literary first editions collected by an English teacher has sold at auction in Edinburgh for a total of £226,000 ... more Add a comment Bid to censor Anne Frank's 'pornographic' diary fails
A mother's attempt to ban Anne Frank's diary from classrooms in Michigan over "pornographic" anatomical descriptions has failed, after a committee ruled that the title's removal "would effectively impose situational censorship ... more Add a comment 'It's like going to meet your gran and finding she's turned into Beyoncé'
After three years and £55million the Liverpool Central Library is finally due to be re-opened this week - and is already drawing gasps at the stunning result. The writer Frank Cottrell Boyce said that the new library had been completely overhauled to an unrecognisable degree. He said: 'It's like going to meet your gran and finding out that she's turned into Beyonce,' he told the Daily Telegraph ... more Add a comment
15.05.13.
'Lost' WH Auden journal to be sold
A journal written by WH Auden that for decades was believed lost has been unearthed, shedding new light on a critical year in the life of one of the giants of 20th century poetry. The notebook will be auctioned next month at Christie's as part of a valuable printed books and manuscripts sale. The estimated value is between £40,000 and £60,000. The auction house's catalogue describes it as the "most significant Auden manuscript to have been offered at auction" ... more Add a comment
14.05.13.
"The Surf Riders of Hawaii" sold for $27,000
A rare Hawaii photography book considered to be the first book on surfing sold for $27,000 at an auction in California yesterday, according to a press release. "The Surf Riders of Hawaii" is composed of six heavy sheets of woven brown paper mounted with eight gelatin-silver photographs of Native Hawaiian surfers, including Duke Kahanamoku ... more Add a comment World records for poetry manuscripts at auction
If we need any further proof that the art of writing is endangered have a look at the astounding results of the recent auction of poetry manuscripts held at Bonham's ... more Add a comment Mammoth project to archive manuscripts
After more than 50 years of meticulous work, German specialists say the end is in sight for efforts to make previously unregistered manuscripts in scripts and languages of Asia, the Middle East and Africa accessible through printed catalogues ... more Add a comment
13.05.13.
Teacher's book collection could fetch £230,000
A first edition of Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol is among a treasure trove of books being auctioned in Edinburgh this week ... more Add a comment Library celebrates 225th anniversary
The Linenhall Library in Belfast is celebrating its 225th birthday today. It is the only subscription library left in Ireland and the oldest such archive in Belfast ... more Add a comment What inspires Bill Gates?
What inspires a billionaire? In the case of Bill Gates, it's a 500-year-old manuscript penned by Italian genius Leonardo da Vinci. And at $30.8 million, it was probably a bargain to the Microsoft founder, who considers it a priceless symbol of knowledge ... more Add a comment
11.05.13.
Rare Mao photo fetches $55,300 in auction
A photo of Mao relaxing in a wicker chair against a scenic backdrop of popular tourist destination Lushan Mountain has fetched 340,000 yuan ($55,300) at an auction yesterday, 10 times the pre-sale estimate ... more Add a comment
8.05.13.
Philip Larkin handwritten poem up for auction
A handwritten poem that Philip Larkin forgot he had written is expected to sell at auction for more than £3,000. The auctioneers, Bonhams, said it was the first time a handwritten poem by Larkin had come to auction ... more Add a comment
7.05.13.
Treasures found in 'lostness'
Rick Gekoski's collection of essays offers tantalising glimpses into lost treasures - among them Byron's burned memoirs and a jewel-encrusted Rubaiyat ... more Add a comment Rare signed copy of Uncle Tom's Cabin discovered
A rare signed copy of the anti-slavery novel said to have laid the ground work for the American Civil War has been unearthed amid the tens of thousands of books donated for Scotland's biggest annual second-hand book fair ... more Add a comment UKBookWorld.com for sale
Offers in excess of £20,000 are invited for the purchase of UKBookWorld, together with its supporting websites and domain names, UKBookLink.com, UKBookGallery.com, UKBookSeller.com and YourOwnBookshop.com ... more Add a comment
3.05.13.
Fill your house with books
That is the number one tip from bestselling Oxford author Philip Pullman on how to get your child reading. Mr Pullman, author of the award-winning His Dark Materials trilogy, was speaking to the Oxford Mail in support of the Oxfordshire Reading Campaign ... more Add a comment Fore-edge paintings
Discovering a fore-edge painting is always a pleasant surprise. When I first started my bookselling apprenticeship, it was one of the first things I was told to look out for (along with interesting bookplates, and ephemera tucked into the books) ... more Add a comment How are book jackets designed?
It is the first thing that catches your eye before you pick up a book in a shop or library, or click on the digital thumbnail online, but what is it that makes a great book cover? ... more Add a comment Bodleian buys 'significant' Gerard Manley Hopkins manuscript
A manuscript of "Binsey Poplars", Gerard Manley Hopkins's celebrated lament for the trees that ran along the Thames in the village of Binsey, has been bought at auction by the Bodleian Libraries for almost £50,000 ... more Add a comment
1.05.13.
First Enid Blyton exhibition opens
The first major exhibition of the life and work of author Enid Blyton is to open in Newcastle 45 years after her death. Blyton was one of Britain's most popular and prolific authors. She wrote more than 700 books which have sold more than 500 million copies around the world ... more Add a comment 50 extraordinary contemporary first edition books
English PEN and Sotheby's announced First Editions, Second Thoughts (FEST), a ground-breaking auction in which 50 of the UK and Commonwealth's most outstanding contemporary writers have annotated, commented on and illustrated a first edition copy of one of their works ... more Add a comment 'Breakfast At Tiffany's' Sells For $306K
Truman Capote's 1958 typed manuscript of "Breakfast at Tiffany's" with the author's handwritten edits has sold for about $306,000 at auction to a Russian billionaire. The manuscript, expected to net at least $250,000, was offered for sale online by Amherst-based auction house RR Auction ... more Add a comment
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