The Eighteenth NorthTexasBookandPaperShow, held October 15th and 16th, was a great success. HeritageAuctions of Dallas and TheTexasBookseller’sAssociation teamed up to sponsor this show which was held at a new venue, the convention center in Garland, just minutes away from the Dallas Fort Worth Airport.
About 50 booksellers from as far as Pennsylvania and Arizona made up part of the exhibitors. There was good activity in the pre-show with dealers selling and trading among themselves. Many of the sellers indicated that this was the best show they have every attended. The range of material was very eclectic from top range sellers such as First Folio from Tennessee, Old West Books from Colorado and The Book Collector from Texas exhibiting items which were in the thousands of dollar range, to others who had available items as low as three and five dollars.
HeritageAuctions conducted an appraisal day on Sunday from noon to 3pm, allowing up to three items to be brought in for appraisal. Anyone who wanted to sell their item(s) was directed to a seller who specialized in that material. They had a waiting line throughout the day and many of the people who came for the appraisals purchased books.
Heritage did an email blast to their people of record in Oklahoma, Arizona, Louisiana and Texas, about 58,000 emails, and a second blast to those who have signed up for their Texana, rare books and manuscript sales, adding another 24,000 emails. In addition a quarter page ad ran in the local papers of both Fort Worth and Dallas as well as a continual ad which ran on WRR (a local classic radio station) for a week, which cost was shared by both sponsors. A mailing of 2000 pieces went to previous attendees.
This new arrangement of dual promotion will extend to the next fair in Texas which will be the AustinBookandPaperShow in Austin on the 14th and 15th of January in 2012. TheTexasBooksSeller’sAssociation and Heritage hope to continue this partnership for a three year period and expand the number of shows available to the reading and collecting public and booksellers by adding at least one or more fairs in the coming years.
Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("Martinus Luther") to His Friend the Theologian Gerhard Wiskamp ("Gerardo Xantho Lampadario"). $100,000 - $150,000.
Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: An Exceptionally Fine Copy of Austenís Emma: A Novel in Three Volumes. $40,000 - $60,000.
Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Presentation Copy of Ernest Hemmingwayís A Farewell to Arms for Edward Titus of the Black Mankin Press. $30,000 - $50,000.
Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Manuscript Signed Integrally for "The Songs of Pooh," by Alan Alexander. $30,000 - $50,000.
Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Manuscript of "Three Fragments from Gˆtterd‰mmerung" by Richard Wagner. $30,000 - $50,000.
Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Original Preliminary Artwork, for the First Edition of Snow Crash. $20,000 - $30,000.
Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("T.R. Malthus") to Economist Nassau Senior on Wealth, Labor and Adam Smith. $20,000 - $30,000.
Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides Finely Bound by Michael Wilcox. $20,000 - $30,000.
Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: First Edition of Lewis and Clark: Travels to the Source of the Missouri River and Across the American Continent to the Pacific Ocean. $8,000 - $12,000.
Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Original Artwork for the First Edition of Neal Stephenson's Groundbreaking Novel Snow Crash. $100,000 - $150,000.
Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: A Complete Set Signed Deluxe Editions of King's The Dark Tower Series by Stephen King. $8,000 - $12,000.
Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("John Adams") to James Le Ray de Chaumont During the Crucial Years of the Revolutionary War. $8,000 - $12,000.
Sotheby’s Book Week December 9-17, 2025
Sotheby’s, Dec. 12: Hooke, Robert. Micrographia: or some Physiological Descriptions of Minute Bodies made by Magnifying Glasses. London: James Allestry for the Royal Society, 1667. $12,000 to $15,000.
Sotheby’s, Dec. 12: Chappuzeau, Samuel. The history of jewels, first edition in English. London: T.N. for Hobart Kemp, 1671. $12,000 to $18,000.
Sotheby’s, Dec. 12: Sowerby, James. Exotic Mineralogy, containing his most realistic mineral depictions, London: Benjamin Meredith, 1811, Arding and Merrett, 1817. $5,000 to $7,000.
Heritage Auctions Rare Books Signature Auction December 15, 2025
Heritage, Dec. 15: John Donne. Poems, By J. D. With Elegies on the Author's Death. London: M[iles]. F[lesher]. for John Marriot, 1633.
Heritage, Dec. 15: Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
Heritage, Dec. 15: F. Scott Fitzgerald. Tender is the Night. A Romance.
Heritage, Dec. 15: Jerry Thomas. How to Mix Drinks, or the Bon-Vivant's Companion, Containing Clear and Reliable Directions for Mixing All the Beverages Used in the United States…
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