The most viewed stories on this website over the last week included an auction of books personally inscribed by philosopher Karl Popper (1902-94) which were dropped off by an anonymous donor to Oxfam.

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A rare collection of books by the renowned philosopher Sir Karl Popper has fetched £13,000 for Oxfam, after being donated to ...

Oxfam announces 'difficult decision' to shut a Shropshire bookshop amid plans to make 265 redundancies A charity bookshop in Ludlow is closing this month.

BOOK shop volunteers were left “absolutely speechless” after a dusty item they spotted in a pile of donations sold for almost £60,000. The relic, hidden amongst a pile of tat, turned ou… ...

BOOK shop volunteers were left “absolutely speechless” after a dusty item they spotted in a pile of donations sold for almost £60,000. The relic, hidden amongst a pile of tat, turned ou… ...

Charity shop ‘in complete shock’ after donated item sells for £56k Charity shop workers were left gobsmacked when an unassuming donation fetched £56,000 at auction.

The Bible was among 23 books put up for auction by Oxfam, which, in total, raised £105,000. This included a 17th-century manuscript prayer book, Prayers of the Lady Pakington, which fetched £10,880, ...

Other bestselling Oxfam books at the auction included a first edition of Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol, which sold for £16,640, a 17th-century manuscript prayer book, Prayers of the Lady ...

The Oxfam Books and Music shop in Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, was closed by the charity last year. This prompted volunteers to raise money to reopen it under a different name, The Next Chapter.