Book and manuscript auctions

Australian book auctions is the premier auctioneer in australia dedicated to rare books and historical properties. Bloomsbury auctions books and manuscripts dreweatts. Sothebys books manuscript department presents its upcoming rare books and manuscripts auctions, auction results, online catalogues, and specialists insights. Oblong 8vo, full calf ruled in blind by william trickett of philadelphia, contemporary vellumback, 214 x 312 inch booksellers ticket on front pastedown abraded. Autograph book including inscriptions by noted early africanamerican orators moses roper and peter williams. So lets pull back the shroud of mystery and peek at what an auction looks like. These sales encompass everything from early manuscript books to modern first editions. These auctions are held in new york and paris in june and december. Trust sothebys to inspect and evaluate your firstedition novel, antique manuscript or letter, or rare book collection. How literary super agents sell manuscripts to book. A memoir and dvd i love lucci sampler pickup available.

The most complete, authoritative listing of book, paper, and ephemera fairs and auctions on the internet. The auction is held to keep things fair to give each interested publisher an equal shot not just to drive up the price. Bloomsbury auctions books and manuscripts the canterbury trussel bible, in latin, southern england or northern france, th century for nearly forty years the name bloomsbury auctions has commanded respect in the book auctionworld, from its foundation by lord john kerr, frank hermann and david stagg in 1983 and throughout the numerous. The original manuscript for the big book and a 1939 first edition. Sothebys books and manuscripts department is divided into five subspecialties. Bonhams fine and rare book, map and manuscript auctions department specialises in auctions, valuations valuations of antiquarian books. Payment for purchases may be made in or by a cash, b cashiers check or money order, c personal check with approved credit drawn on a u. Manuscript of alcoholics anonymous big book goes up for. Some of the greatest treasures and collections of english literature and history from. The 161page manuscript for the work that became the bible to millions in recovery is going up for auction on june 8. Christies books and manuscripts department offers for sale the best of the worlds printed books, maps, medieval manuscripts, autograph letters and archives.

Well, the traditional auction is one held by an agent who is asking publishing houses to compete for the right to publish the manuscript. These are often supplemented by singleowner collections, such as the library collection of the late w. For nearly 45 years the name bloomsbury auctions has commanded respect in the book auctionworld. In addition to books, americana encompasses pamphlets, letters, documents and manuscripts. Our team of specialists has exceptional experience of the rare book world and the changing trends for different types of books in the auction market. Please note, this auction will be open exclusively for online bidding and absenteephone bidding directly with our gallery. View our auction highlights and get a free online valuation. This copy is written in a variant of the old french, the picard dialect. Over the past five years gorringes specialist book auctions have gone from. National book auctions books ephemera art currency. Welcome to the official website of the rare books and manuscripts section rbms of the association of college and research libraries, a division of the american library association. By the age of ten, toms dad would drop him off at coin shows within driving range, picking him up.

Buy illuminated manuscripts for sale at auction invaluable. We buy, sell, and appraise a variety of materials, including early books, illuminated manuscripts and single illuminated manuscript leaves, fine and historic bindings from all periods, important illustrated books especially from before 1800, including early science, medicine, and travel, british and american literature, the best of the. Book appraisals and consignment whether you are interested in consigning one rare document or a book collectors valuable library, youll benefit from the scholarly analysis and. Notable results include aegidius romanuss lo libre del regiment dels. The manuscript notes were wrote in the margin with a pencil by a person to whom the book was lent and s. Pba galleries is the premier san francisco auction house for rare books and ephemera. Depending on the rarity and condition of books and volumes, these items are offered as part of our curated, specialist auctions, or. Also covers rare book auctions, manuscripts, ephemera, broadsides, maps, prints, posters, bibliography, first editions, incunabula and catalogs. These spring and autumn sales boast a diverse selection of books ranging in both subject and date, from early latin texts to traditional bindings, botanical, entemological, sporting subjects and first editions. Extensively reworked, underlined and amended, this manuscript speaks directly to the relationship of god and christ through the lens of the gospel of john, shedding. Illuminated manuscripts are some of the most fascinating works in the world for book collectors and scholars. Rare book hub rare books, book auctions, antiquarian. Book auction manuscript auction map auction skinner. Audubons the original watercolor paintings for the birds of america, 1966.

Lesley weller and the travel and exploration collection of the late michael gilkes. Auctions are most common for nonfiction authors with big platforms, since those are the most valuable authors from a publishers perspective. This catalog presents a select arrangement of rare, antique and decorative books. These spring and autumn sales boast a diverse selection of books ranging in both subject and date, from early latin texts to traditional bindings, botanical, entemological, sporting subjects and first. Music sales feature autographed music manuscripts by bach, mozart, beethoven and wagner, among others as well as first editions of music, books on music, letters, signed photographs and memorabilia. The rare book hub offers tools for the book collector and bookseller, especially old and rare books, antique or antiquarian books, hard to find, out of print, and collectible collectable books. With an international team of 15 renowned specialists and live auctions held throughout the year in london, paris and new york, we are the market leaders in this category. One of the things that always generates excitement among authors is the prospect of an auction between publishers for their book. Rbms strives to represent and promote the interests of librarians who work with rare books, manuscripts, and other types of special collections. If you wish to sell a book, map, ephemera, letter or document, simply send photographs, relevant paperwork and other background information to sothebys for an auction estimate. But theres also a mystique surrounding auctions, and many writers wonder how they actually work.

Page 1 page 2 page 3 page 4 page 5 page 6 page 7 page 8 page 9 page 10 page 11 page 12 page. As the worlds leading auctioneer of australian books and manuscripts we now hold all of the top four prices achieved at auction for printed australiana, a feat achieved by no other auction house. At the age of six he began with sea shells, and soon graduated to coins, the gateway drug to so many other fields of collecting. Featured is an important original 17th century manuscript concerning the turkish wars. The whereabouts of the manuscript remained unknown until it reappeared at an auction house in 2004, sold by a joseph b. These auctions take place in london in june and december. The sale will also contain a selection of art, press and illustrated books, including limitededition livres dartiste, more material from the sackner collection.