Rare Book Monthly

Articles - October - 2011 Issue

Ephemera: Values and Interest on the Rise

Ephemera Society of America.

Ephemera Society of America.

Links and sites of possible interest:

THE EPHEMERA SOCIETY OF AMERICA

Ephemera Society of America

www.ephemerasociety.org



View list of dealers/collectors/others with related ephemera interests listed alphabetically


http://www.ephemerasociety.org/links/members.html

Joining the society:

The Ephemera Society of America, Inc.

Membership Secretary
P.O. Box 95
Cazenovia, NY 13035-0095

Join on line at http://www.ephemerasociety.org/membership/join.html

More information info@ephemerasociety.org (315) 655-9139 

Info on the Philip Jones fellowship for Study of Ephemera

$1,000 travel and study grant. Applications due no later than Jan 15, 2012

http://www.ephemerasociety.org/fellowship.html

Info on the ESA mentoring program:

http://www.ephemerasociety.org/resources/Mentoring.html

ESA Video on ephemera values

You tube video on ephemera values

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yBMz2Wzrm6k&feature=youtu.be

Short video from recent ESA show

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PbcNTb4LKVU&feature=mfu_in_order&list=UL

Contact information for dealers mentioned in this story

Diane De Blois

(also edits eNews and Journal for Ephemera Society of America)

aGatherin’ (ABAA)

P.O. Box 477

West Sand Lake, NY 12196

agatherin@yahoo.com

(518)-674-2979

Don Conner Fine Books (ABAA)

Sacramento, CA

By appointment

donconner@aol.com

(916) 456-1351  

Lee Kirk- The Prints and the Paper

http://www.kirksbooks.com/

The Prints & The Paper

PO Box 5432

Eugene OR 97405

(541)683-7033

theprintsandthepaper@comcast.net

WEBSITE: http://www.printsandthepaper.com

Etsy Site: http://www.etsy.com/shop/theprintsandthepaper

A blog on books, ephemera, and whatnot: http://windyword.blogspot.com/

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ABAA dealers with a specialty in ephemera

http://hq.abaa.org/books/antiquarian/process

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Other sites those interested in ephemera may find of interest

Patterson Smith – True Crime specialist, especially the section on WANTED posters

http://www.patterson-smith.com/wanted.htm

Lux Mentis visits Paris-blog

http://luxmentis.com/blog/

Bookseller’s labels

http://www.booksellerlabels.com/

Bookbinders museum

http://www.bookbindersmuseum.com/

Visual communication, display, exhibit – collector, professor

http://www.dolphgotelli.com/collect.htm

Pictorial maps

http://www.oldimprints.com/OldImprints/

Magic lanterns and optical toys

http://www.dickbalzer.com/

Richard Sheaff

Splendid collection of antique typography in many incarnations

www.sheaff-ephemera.com

600 black spots video you tube – cool pop up book

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gYLVih7T3lo

Robert Sabuda pop up artist web site

http://robertsabuda.com/intgallery/index.asp

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Susan Halas based in Maui, Hawaii writes for AE Monthly: reach her at wailukusue@gmail.com

Rare Book Monthly

  • Bonhams, Apr. 21-29: ANDERSEN'S EXTREMELY RARE FIRST APPEARANCE IN PRINT. "Scene af: Røverne i Vissenberg i Fyen." in Harpen, 1822.
    Bonhams, Apr. 21-29: FIRST ISSUE OF THE FIRST THREE FAIRY TALE PAMPHLETS, WITH ALL INDICES AND TITLE PAGES. Eventyr, fortalte for Børn. 1835-1837.
    Bonhams, Apr. 21-29: THE FIRST FAIRY TALES WITH A SIGNED CARTE DE VISITE OF ANDERSEN AS FRONTIS. Eventyr, fortalte for Børn. 1835-1837.
    Bonhams, Apr. 21-29: KARL LAGERFELD. Original pastel and ink drawing in gold, red and black for Andersen's The Emperor's New Clothes (1992), "La cassette de l'Empereur."
    Bonhams, Apr. 21-29: PRESENTATION COPY OF THE SIXTH PAMPHLET FOR PETER KOCH. Eventyr, Fortalte For Børn, Second Series, Third Pamphlet. 1841. Publisher's wrappers, complete with all pre- and post-matter.
    Bonhams, Apr. 21-29: HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN RARE AUTOGRAPH QUOTATION SIGNED IN ENGLISH from "The Ugly Duckling," c.1860s.
    Bonhams, Apr. 21-29: HEINRICH LEFLER, ORIGINAL WATERCOLOR FOR ANDERSEN'S SNOW QUEEN, "Die Schneekönigin," 1910.
    Bonhams, Apr. 21-29: FIRST EDITION OF ANDERSEN'S FAIRY TALES IN ENGLISH. Wonderful Stories for Children. London, 1846.
    Bonhams, Apr. 21-29: ANDERSEN ON MEETING CHARLES DICKENS. Autograph Letter Signed ("H.C. Andersen") in English to William Jerdan, July 20, 1847.
    Bonhams, Apr. 21-29: PRESENTATION COPY FOR EDGAR COLLIN. Nye Eventyr og Historier. Anden Raekke. 1861.
    Bonhams, Apr. 21-29: DOLL HOUSE FURNITURE BY HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSON, DECORATED WITH FANTASTICAL CUT-OUTS, for the children of Jonna Stampe (née Drewsen), his godchildren.
    Bonhams, Apr. 21-29: PRESENTATION COPY FOR GEORG BRANDES. Dryaden. Et Eventyr fra Udstillingstiden i Paris 1867. 1868.
  • Sotheby's
    Sell Your Fine Books & Manuscripts
    Sotheby’s: The Shem Tov Bible, 1312 | A Masterpiece from the Golden Age of Spain. Sold: 6,960,000 USD
    Sotheby’s: Ten Commandments Tablet, 300-800 CE | One of humanity's earliest and most enduring moral codes. Sold: 5,040,000 USD
    Sotheby’s: William Blake | Songs of Innocence and of Experience. Sold: 4,320,000 USD
    Sotheby’s: The Declaration of Independence | The Holt printing, the only copy in private hands. Sold: 3,360,000 USD
    Sotheby's
    Sell Your Fine Books & Manuscripts
    Sotheby’s: Thomas Taylor | The original cover art for Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. Sold: 1,920,000 USD
    Sotheby’s: Machiavelli | Il Principe, a previously unrecorded copy of the book where modern political thought began. Sold: 576,000 GBP
    Sotheby’s: Leonardo da Vinci | Trattato della pittura, ca. 1639, a very fine pre-publication manuscript. Sold: 381,000 GBP
    Sotheby’s: Henri Matisse | Jazz, Paris 1947, the complete portfolio. Sold: 312,000 EUR
  • Fonsie Mealy’s
    Rare Books & Collectors’ Sale
    April 30th & May 1st
    Fonsie Mealy’s, Apr 30-May 1: Taylor (Geo.) & Skinner (A.) Maps of the Roads of Ireland, Surveyed 1777. Lond. & Dublin 1778. €500 to €750.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, Apr 30-May 1: Messingham (Thos.) Florilegium Insulae Sanctorum seu Vitae et Acta Sanctorum Hibernia, Paris 1624. €350 to €500.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, Apr 30-May 1: Heaney (Seamus). The Haw Lantern, L. (Faber & Faber) 1987, First Edn., Signed and dated. €225 to €350.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, Apr 30-May 1: Valencey (Lt. Col. Chas.) Collectanea de Rebus Hibernicis, Vols. I-IV, 4 vols. Dublin 1786. €400 to €600.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, Apr 30-May 1: Powerscourt (Viscount). A Description and History of Powerscourt, Lond. 1903. €350 to €500.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, Apr 30-May 1: Moryson (Fynes). An Itinerary ... Containing His Ten Yeeres Travel Through the Twelve Dominions of Germany, Bohermerland, Sweitzerland…, Lond. (John Beale) 1617. €700 to €1,000.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, Apr 30-May 1: After Buffon, Birds of Europe, c. 1820. Approx. 120 fine hd. cold. plts., mor. backed boards. €125 to €250.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, Apr 30-May 1: Dunlevy (Andrew). An Teagasg Criosduidhe De Reir Ceasda agus Freagartha... The Catechism or Christian Doctrine by Way of Question and Answer, Paris (James Guerin) 1742. €400 to €700.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, Apr 30-May 1: The Georgian Society Records of Eighteen-Century Domestic Architecture in Dublin, 5 vols. Complete, Dublin 1909-1913. €500 to €750.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, Apr 30-May 1: Scale (Bernard). An Hibernian Atlas or General Description of the Kingdom of Ireland, L. (Robert Sayer & John Bennet) 1776. €625 to €850.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, Apr 30-May 1: [Johnson (Rev. Samuel)]. Julian the Apostate Being a Short Account of his Life, together with a Comparison of Popery and Paganism,L. (Langley Curtis) 1682. €300 to €400.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, Apr 30-May 1: Nichlson (Wm.) Illustrator. An Almanac of Twelve Sports, Lond. 1898. €300 to €400.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, Apr 30-May 1: Heaney (Seamus) trans. The Light of the Leaves, 2 vols., Mexico (Imprenta de los Tropicos/Bunholt) 1999. €1,500 to €2,000.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, Apr 30-May 1: Fleming (Ian). Moonraker, L. (Jonathan Cape) 1955. €1,500 to €2,000.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, Apr 30-May 1: Heaney (Seamus) & Egan (Felim) artist. Squarings, Twelve Poems, D. (Hieroglyph Editions Ltd.) 1991. €1,750 to €2,250.

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