Posts Tagged ‘asia-pacific’

Rare manuscripts to be auctioned (BBC News)

Wednesday, March 24th, 2010

A collection of manuscripts previously owned by kings, bishops and members of the aristocracy is expected to fetch up to £16m when it is sold at auction in London.

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Rare reads (BBC News)

Thursday, March 4th, 2010

Some of Wales' oldest books saved from being sold

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Rare reads (BBC News)

Rare copy of the first Superman comic sold for $1m (BBC News)

Monday, February 22nd, 2010

A rare copy of the first comic book to feature Superman is sold on the internet for $1m (£646,000).

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Cook books (BBC News)

Wednesday, January 13th, 2010

Rare travel explorers' books sold at auction

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Cook books (BBC News)

Rare Alice books up for auction (BBC News)

Wednesday, December 16th, 2009

A rare early edition of Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll, given to the real life Alice, is to be auctioned in the USA.

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Rare Alice books up for auction (BBC News)

Rare words ‘author’s fingerprint’ (BBC News)

Thursday, December 10th, 2009

Researchers say that classic authors' use of rare words provides a means to linguistically "fingerprint" them.

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Rare Beatrix Potter books stolen (BBC News)

Wednesday, November 25th, 2009

Three first-edition Beatrix Potter books are among a number of items stolen in a burglary in Warwickshire.

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The rare Darwin first edition that had been kept in a toilet (BBC News)

Sunday, November 22nd, 2009

A first edition of Charles Darwin's Origin Of Species, which was kept in a toilet, is to be sold at auction.

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The rare Darwin first edition that had been kept in a toilet (BBC News)

Mystery of which author is Oxfam’s ‘most donated’ solved (BBC News)

Friday, August 21st, 2009

The Da Vinci Code author's books are being donated to the charity more than any other author's, according to a nationwide survey of its shops.

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Library reveals rare photographs (BBC News)

Tuesday, August 4th, 2009

Rarely seen images from the early days of photography will be revealed in the British Library's first ever major photographic exhibition.

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