Alex Johnson
Tolkien scholars Scull and Hammond look at the stories behind this new, three-volume, landmark edition of his work across six decades and analyse each of the nearly 200 poems. Many are previously…
Lyon & Turnbull's September Books & Manuscripts auction has a strong Scottish flavour, with an extremely rare, first ‘Kilmarnock’ edition of
First paperback edition with no mention of printing. This book, with instructions on how to build weapons, interfere with telecommunications, and manufacture illegal drugs, is one of the most…
"This is undoubtedly the rarest item I have encountered thus far," said Oliver Bayliss. "Only 49 complete bibles are known to exist and these are with museums and institutions. In the 1920s rare…
Highlights from Bonhams' The Greatest Show: The Fairground World of Ross Hutchinson auction on September 10 include C. W. Parker's The Jumping Horse "Carry-Us-All" Steam Riding Gallery advertising…
Plans to save the cottage where writer and artist William Blake wrote the words of the hymn Jerusalem and turn it into a new centre celebrating his life and work are moving ahead following
The Huntington has re-acquired a 1543 first edition of De humani corporis fabrica (On the fabric of the human body) by Andreas Vesalius which revolutionized the field of ana
Highlights from Bernard Quaritch's latest catalogue, Education, include: Library for Youth, or Book-Case of Knowledge (London: Printed for John Wallis … by T. Gillet or J. Cundee … 1800). Ten volumes…
Our regular look at the new books that have recently caught the eye of our print and online editors this month.
Some rare books suddenly find a whole new audience thanks to republication.
