Auctions

Typewritten notes with copied annotations written by the Rev W Awdry
Rare Rev W Awdry Handwritten Notes Lead Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends Auction
A collection of notes, documents, and ephemera used for the Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends television series is under the hammer at Julien's Auctions
Various complete, partially complete and fragmentary tiled display signs from the WH Smith Archive, including travel books, sports books, and guide books
Literary Items From The W H Smith Archive at Auction
Items from one of the UK'S most popular high street booksellers WH Smith are at auction at Chorley’s Auctioneers.
A selection from a group of 400 titles, most first editions, at Freeman's Hindman
Detective Fiction, Don Henley Advice, and Napoleon: The Week in Rare Books
This weekly auction result is provided by Spencer W Stuart, an independent collections advisor specializing in rare books and manuscripts as well a
Sketch of Disney's Pinocchio in red, mounted with tape to a sketchbook page.
Scottish Music, Gould’s Birds of Britain, Durrell Presentation Copies: Auction Preview
At RR Auction on August 13, Fine Autographs and Artifacts, in 837 lots, including a remarkable Disney artifact: a "continuity sketch book" for the opening minutes of Pinocchio (1940), with 114 pages…
Washington Irving Handwritten Manuscript for "Legend of the House of Omeya"
Washington Irving’s Original Handwritten Manuscript of Legend of the House of Omeya to Auction
Washington Irving’s original 90 page draft manuscript of Legend of the House of Omeya written during his years in Spain with revisions in the author’s hand is one of the stars of
James Mander's manuscript draft of A Mineral Dictionary of Words, Or Terms Used By The Miners In Derbyshire, 1821
Mineral Dictionary, Micrographia, and British Imperial Intel: The Week in Rare Books
This weekly auction result is provided by Spencer W Stuart, an independent collections advisor specializing in rare books and manuscripts as well a
Esprit de Corps(London, Faber and Faber, 1957), inscribed by Durrell to Miller.
Lawrence Durrell Inscribed Volumes to Henry Miller to Auction
A group of seven titles from Henry Miller's personal library including several in
1942 war bonds poster issued by Kroger, featuring two small children in gas masks
First Superman, American Atlas, Washington Letter: Auction Preview
A fairly quiet period coming up in the auction rooms, but here are the sales I'll be keeping an eye on:
Cecil B. DeMille's personal Ten Commandments tablets
Cecil B. DeMille's Ten Commandment Tablets Sold for $325,000
Leading the Cecil B.
1858 mammoth albumen print of Cairo by Francis Frith.
BINAC Computer Manual, Shackleton Presentation Copy, Blue Paper Euclid: Auction Preview
Bonhams London sells 183 lots of Travel & Exploration on July 15, with a number of paintings expected to lead the way; among the books, manuscripts, and photographs are a copy of Francis Frith's…