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Christie’s Books and Manuscripts department offers for sale the cream of the world’s printed books, medieval manuscripts, autograph letters and archives.

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Books that document the history of medicine, surgery and neurological surgery: discover the collection of Eugene S. Flamm, neurosurgeon and past-president of the Grolier Club. Open for bidding until Tuesday! onlineonly.christies.com/s/fine-printed…

Books that document the history of medicine, surgery and neurological surgery: discover the collection of Eugene S. Flamm, neurosurgeon and past-president of the Grolier Club. Open for bidding until Tuesday!

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Today is Robert Burns' birthday, and we happen to have a substantial 60-line autograph manuscript for his ballad "Geordie" in our current sale: onlineonly.christies.com/s/fine-printed…

Today is Robert Burns' birthday, and we happen to have a substantial 60-line autograph manuscript for his ballad "Geordie" in our current sale: onlineonly.christies.com/s/fine-printed…
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For T.S. Eliot enthusiasts: discover this rare, inscribed copy of modernist masterpiece The Waste Land, "Inscribed to John Cournos by T.S. Eliot, 24.ii.33." The sale starts closing at 10am EST tomorrow morning - more about this lot here: onlineonly.christies.com.cn/s/fine-printed…

For T.S. Eliot enthusiasts: discover this rare, inscribed copy of modernist masterpiece The Waste Land, "Inscribed to John Cournos by T.S. Eliot, 24.ii.33." 

The sale starts closing at 10am EST tomorrow morning - more about this lot here: onlineonly.christies.com.cn/s/fine-printed…
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Discover a superb selection of books by Oscar Wilde, Aubrey Beardsley and others in the The Personal Collection of Barry Humphries, live auction in London this Thursday, February 13th: christies.com/en/auction/bar…

Discover a superb selection of books by Oscar Wilde, Aubrey Beardsley and others in the The Personal Collection of Barry Humphries, live auction in London this Thursday, February 13th: christies.com/en/auction/bar…
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The international highlights from our next Paris sale, Cabinet des livres de Pierre Brossette, are now on view in our London offices! Come by to see them until Tuesday, 18th March.

The international highlights from our next Paris sale, Cabinet des livres de Pierre Brossette, are now on view in our London offices! Come by to see them until Tuesday, 18th March.
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Discover some beautiful photography books in our current Photographs online auction, including this copy of Sierra Nevada: The John Muir Trail, lot 31: onlineonly.christies.com/s/photographs/…

Discover some beautiful photography books in our current Photographs online auction, including this copy of Sierra Nevada: The John Muir Trail, lot 31: onlineonly.christies.com/s/photographs/…
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The catalog for our next sale, Cabinet des livres de Pierre Brossette, is now LIVE! Exceptional books spanning from the 18th to the 20th centuries, with the most prestigious provenances and the finest bindings. Live auction, May 22. Browse the sale here: christies.com/en/auction/cab…

The catalog for our next sale, Cabinet des livres de Pierre Brossette, is now LIVE! Exceptional books spanning from the 18th to the 20th centuries, with the most prestigious provenances and the finest bindings. Live auction, May 22. Browse the sale here: christies.com/en/auction/cab…
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Books from the Cabinet des livres de Pierre Brossette are still on view in Paris! Live sale this Thursday, May 22, 3pm Paris time

Books from the Cabinet des livres de Pierre Brossette are still on view in Paris! Live sale this Thursday, May 22, 3pm Paris time
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Rediscovered: Galileo’s Dialogo in perpuosito de la stella nuova, first edition, one of the only 11 known copies, and the only remaining one in private hands - offered in London on 9 July 🌝 christies.com/en/stories/gal…

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Lancelot dining with a knight and his sweetheart: miniature cut from the famous Arthurian romance illuminated by the Dunois Master Live auction in London in two days - 9 July, 12pm BST

Lancelot dining with a knight and his sweetheart: miniature cut from the famous Arthurian romance illuminated by the Dunois Master

Live auction in London in two days - 9 July, 12pm BST
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Take a look at the papers of Shirley Jackson: 1600 pages of original letters and original working manuscripts by the writer, directly coming from her son. A discovery - more information here: rarebookhub.com/articles/3923

Take a look at the papers of Shirley Jackson: 1600 pages of original letters and original working manuscripts by the writer, directly coming from her son. A discovery - more information here: 
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First edition of Jane Austen’s most famous and beloved novel, in a contemporary binding, with ownership inscriptions dated less than eight weeks after publication - 3 days left to bid on this copy, and other rare Austen first editions: christies.com/en/stories/jan…

First edition of Jane Austen’s most famous and beloved novel, in a contemporary binding, with ownership inscriptions dated less than eight weeks after publication - 3 days left to bid on this copy, and other rare Austen first editions: christies.com/en/stories/jan…
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Our New York online sale, Fine Printed Books and Manuscripts including Americana, will start closing tomorrow - among the highlights, don’t miss this fascinating archive of the Discovery Expedition under Robert Falcon Scott: onlineonly.christies.com/s/fine-printed…

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Last chance to bid! Sale starts closing today, 10am EDT. Don’t miss out on such beautiful books, as this binding for Jean Grolier (lot 28): onlineonly.christies.com/s/fine-printed…

Last chance to bid! Sale starts closing today, 10am EDT. Don’t miss out on such beautiful books, as this binding for Jean Grolier (lot 28): onlineonly.christies.com/s/fine-printed…
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Wilde’s own copy of the first edition of Salomé, illuminated for him by Max Beerbohm (with little parodies of Wilde) and inscribed by the author to Robert Ross, his first male lover: lot 62 of our current Paris online sale Open for bidding until November 5 onlineonly.christies.com/s/livres-rares…

Wilde’s own copy of the first edition of Salomé, illuminated for him by Max Beerbohm (with little parodies of Wilde) and inscribed by the author to Robert Ross, his first male lover: lot 62 of our current Paris online sale
Open for bidding until November 5 onlineonly.christies.com/s/livres-rares…
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More’s Utopia, third edition, together with the 2 Epigrammata of More and Erasmus, bound with Erasmus' treatise on the art of government, Institutio Principis Christiani, in first edition - published just a few years before Machiavelli's Prince. Lot 29: onlineonly.christies.com/s/livres-rares…

More’s Utopia, third edition, together with the 2 Epigrammata of More and Erasmus, bound with Erasmus' treatise on the art of government, Institutio Principis Christiani, in first edition - published just a few years before Machiavelli's Prince.
Lot 29: onlineonly.christies.com/s/livres-rares…
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Last moments to bid in our online sale, Livres rares et Manuscrits, starting to close today at 2pm CET: onlineonly.christies.com/s/livres-rares…

Last moments to bid in our online sale, Livres rares et Manuscrits, starting to close today at 2pm CET: 
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Amazing result for the only copy still in private hands of an extremely popular medieval text : this medieval manuscript of "Polychronicon" was sold for GBP 241,300 in our last London sale. More here: christies.com/en/lot/lot-656…

Amazing result for the only copy still in private hands of an extremely popular medieval text : this medieval manuscript of "Polychronicon" was sold for GBP 241,300 in our last London sale. More here: christies.com/en/lot/lot-656…
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Another amazing result from our December sales: J.R.R. Tolkien’s Merton College desk sold for GBP 330,200 in our Groundbreakers sale. Learn more here: christies.com/en/lot/lot-656…

Another amazing result from our December sales: J.R.R. Tolkien’s Merton College desk sold for GBP 330,200 in our Groundbreakers sale. Learn more here: christies.com/en/lot/lot-656…
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How was New York City like at the dawn of the American Revolution? You can find out with this map, printed in 1776, lot 932 of our online sale "The American Collector" Open for bidding January 13-27! More here: onlineonly.christies.com/s/american-col…

How was New York City like at the dawn of the American Revolution? You can find out with this map, printed in 1776, lot 932 of our online sale "The American Collector"
Open for bidding January 13-27! More here: onlineonly.christies.com/s/american-col…