Bonhams

A new national archive has been launched in Manchester, preserving literary texts, artifacts, and ephemera from popular culture and the counterculture in the UK from the postwar period to the prese
This week brings manuscript letters, first editions, medical books, rare maps, and historical ephemera to the auction block.
It's a lively week for rare books and manuscripts auctions; here's the rundown. 
London – The name Peter Burra is now largely forgotten, yet before his untimely death in a plane crash in April 1937 he was regarded as one of Britain’s finest and most influential critics.
New York – The Bonhams Fine Books and Manuscripts sale on June 28 in New York will feature three standout collections
The desk on which Dame Hilary Mantel wrote her multi-award-winning Wolf Hall trilogy
The upcoming week is a very busy one for rare books and manuscripts at auction.
Here are the auctions I'll be watching this week:
London – If you set out to build a library of classic works of English literature, the novels of Charles Dickens would probably be high on the list.