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Weekly Rare & Antiquarian Book Auctions Since 2003
BOOK AUCTIONS END EVERY SUNDAY 8pm (UK Time)
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ROOT & SON FINE BINDING 1882 YESTERDAYS WITH AUTHORS Extra Illustrated

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December 3, 2025 at 10:28 AM
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Beautiful BINDING 1910 ROSTAND Morocco Gilt CHANTECLER Theatre PLAY Animals

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December 3, 2025 at 10:24 AM
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MUNDUS ALTER ET IDEM c1605 JOSEPH HALL Dystopian TERRA AUSTRALIS Voyage Utopia

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December 3, 2025 at 10:22 AM
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ZAEHNSDORF PEACE LILLY BINDING 1893 Light of World ARNOLD Illustrated HOLMAN HUNT

#books #bookauction #finebinding #religion #Christian #Jesus #illustrated #bookauction
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December 3, 2025 at 10:20 AM
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RIDER'S BRITISH MERLIN 1678 ALMANACK Fairs CALENDAR Longitude PHYSICK Zodiac

#books #antiquarian #17thcentury #almanack #calendar #longitude #health #zodiac #markets #stars #planets #Stuart #British #bookauction
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December 3, 2025 at 10:19 AM
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DE RE VESTIARIA 1685 FERRARI Latin GREEK & ROMAN DRESS Engravings

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December 3, 2025 at 10:18 AM
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ZAEHNSDORF BINDING 1893 WILLIAM BLAKE Ltd Edn POEMS SONGS WORKS Housman

#books #antiquarian #finebinding #WilliamBlake #poetry #poems #songs #finebinding #Zaehnsdorf #bookauction
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December 3, 2025 at 10:15 AM
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WOLFGANG MUSCULUS 1554 COMMENTARII IN EVENGELIUM IOANNIS Latin PIGSKIN Commentary BIBLE

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December 3, 2025 at 10:12 AM
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Stunning ART NOUVEAU STYLE BINDING 1880s ILLUSTRATED BRITISH BALLADS Smith

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December 3, 2025 at 10:10 AM
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KING LOUIS XIV ROYAL BINDING 1652 SANCTI HILARII Latin PICTAVORUM EPISCOPI

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December 3, 2025 at 10:08 AM
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Some of the rare, and antiquarian books we have for auction this week.
Auctions end Sunday, from 8pm (UK time)

#antiquarian #bibliophile #history #BookTwitter #rarebooks #bookhistory #earlymodern #finebinding #rarebooks #bookcollecting #bookauctions ebay.co.uk/str/wisdompe...
December 3, 2025 at 8:33 AM
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New, rare & antiquarian book auctions, starting tonight from 8pm
#antiquarian #history #books #maps #rarebooks #bookhistory #earlymodern #travel #science #maps #religion #philosophy #maps #bookauctions ebay.co.uk/str/wisdompe...
December 2, 2025 at 6:18 PM
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"It hath evermore been the notorious badge of prostituted Strumpets and the lewdest Harlots, to ramble abroad to Plays, to Playhouses"

William Prynne's Histrio-Mastix, 1633 1st

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December 2, 2025 at 10:29 AM
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Exquisite FINE BINDING 1842 ANCIENT SPANISH BALLADS Lockhart OWEN JONES Illustrated

#books #antiquarian #finebinding #Spanish #poems #songs #ballads #OwenJones #Moorish #decoration #illustrated #bookauction
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December 1, 2025 at 9:57 AM
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Rare BOCHART 1651 GEOGRAPHIAE SACRAE PHALEG & 1646 CHANAAN 2v MAPS History BIBLE

#books #antiquarian #17thcentury #Bochart #history #Bible #Geography #philology #language #ancient #rarebooks #bookauction
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December 1, 2025 at 9:53 AM
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FINE BINDING 1640 LES SAINCTS DEVOIRS DE L'AME DEVOTE Religion ENGRAVINGS

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December 1, 2025 at 9:38 AM
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One of the most interesting aspects of cataloguing a Rare Book collection is imagining the journey each item has taken from its publication to the Archives strongrooms. Intrigued? Find out more in our most recent blog buff.ly/i8CYEnM
Cataloguing the Rare Books collection: school prizes and the imagination
One of the most interesting aspects of cataloguing a Rare Book collection is imagining the journey each item has taken from its publication to the Archives strongrooms, especially when the book has…
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December 1, 2025 at 9:32 AM
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Rare HENRY PEACHAM 1622 COMPLEAT GENTLEMAN 1st COURTESY EDUCATION CULTURE CONDUCT

#books #antiquarian #17thcentury #firstedition #courtesy #conduct #education #gentleman #culture #pasttimes #morality #rarebooks #heraldry #bookauction
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December 1, 2025 at 9:33 AM
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NAUCLERUS 1516 WORLD CHRONICLE 1st POST INCUNABLE Latin MEMORABILIUM History

#books #antiquarian #16thcentury #Nauclerus #history #world #chronicle #PostIncunable #Latin #bookauction
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December 1, 2025 at 9:30 AM
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ROOT & SON FINE BINDING 1882 YESTERDAYS WITH AUTHORS Extra Illustrated

#books #antiquarian #finebinding #authors #literature #novels #novelists #Dickens #Burns #bookauction
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December 1, 2025 at 9:24 AM
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WOLFGANG LAZIUS 1600 & 1605 DE GENTIUM MIGRATIONIBUS & HISTORICARUM GRAECARUM Latin HISTORY
2 Works in one.

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December 1, 2025 at 9:21 AM
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LIVES of ADMIRALS 1761 BRITISH SEAMEN HISTORY NAVY 4v CAMPBELL Battles MAPS

#books #antiquarian #18thcentury #history #Britain #maritime #RoyalNavy #ships #battles #military #sailors #bookauction
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December 1, 2025 at 9:15 AM
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IMITATION of CHRIST 1609 à KEMPIS Clasps BINDING
ROGERS 1608 SOLOLOQUIUM ANIMA

#books #antiquarian #finebinding #religion #Christianity #17thcentury #Christ #rarebooks #bookauction
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December 1, 2025 at 9:13 AM
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Some of the rare, and antiquarian books we have for auction this week.
Auctions end Sunday, from 8pm (UK time)

#antiquarian #bibliophile #history #BookTwitter #rarebooks #bookhistory #earlymodern #finebinding #rarebooks #bookcollecting #bookauctions ebay.co.uk/str/wisdompe...
December 1, 2025 at 9:02 AM
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New, rare & antiquarian book auctions, starting tonight from 8pm

#antiquarian #history #books #maps #rarebooks #bookhistory #earlymodern #travel #science #maps #religion #philosophy #maps #bookauctions
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November 30, 2025 at 12:19 PM