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Articles - February - 2013 Issue

Electronic Catalogues:  The Future Arrives

- by Bruce E. McKinney

Electronic Catalogues: part of the future

Electronic Catalogues: part of the future

This past year saw a remarkable shift to electronic catalogues as the field of collectible books, manuscripts, maps and ephemera continued to migrate from the printed catalogue that had been the workhorse of the field for most of 200 years to its electronic cousin, the eCatalogues that is rapidly proliferating.

If you find something of interest all links are live.
Sno User Catalogue Name Description URL Link Date Created View Items
1 Vic Zoschak, Jr. A Collective Catalogue from various dealers The Collective Returns Catalog Link Jan 29, 2013
2 Guy Heilenman Timothy Hughes Rare & Early Newspapers Catalogue 6: Fresh Materials Catalog Link Jan 29, 2013
3 Guy Heilenman b b Catalog Link Jan 29, 2013
4 Michael Buehler Boston Rare Maps Recent Acquisitions Catalog Link Jan 29, 2013
5 Jonathan Potter Jonathan Potter Recent Additions Catalog Link Jan 29, 2013
6 Michael Dawson Michael Dawson Collectible Photographs Catalog Link Jan 29, 2013
7 Laurens Hesselink Antiquariaat Forum Recent Acquisitions Catalog Link Jan 29, 2013
8 Seth Kaller Seth Kaller Collecting Lincoln and the Gettysburg Address Catalog Link Jan 29, 2013
9 Julian MacKenzie Shapero Rare Books The Winter Decorative Fair 2013 Catalog Link Jan 29, 2013
10 Eric Waschke The Wayfarers Bookshop 2013 Exploration, Travel and Voyages: Maps Catalog Link Jan 29, 2013
11 Simon Beattie Simon Beattie Selections for the California Book Fair Catalog Link Jan 29, 2013
12 Nick Trimming Daniel Crouch - Miami Map Fair 2013 A fair selection Catalog Link Jan 29, 2013
13 Fran Durako The Kelmscott Bookshop Books on Sale Catalog Link Jan 02, 2013
14 Thomas Goldwasser Thomas A. Goldwasser Catalogue 25 143 items, mostly literature, artist books, and association copies Catalog Link Dec 22, 2012
15 Joseph Baillargeon Restoration Books Special List 29 November Catalog Link Dec 13, 2012
16 Eric Waschke The Wayfarer's Bookshop Winter 2012 Exploration, Travel & Voyage Books - Part II Catalog Link Dec 12, 2012
17 Laurens Hesselink Antiquariaat Forum Recent Acquisitions Catalog Link Dec 10, 2012
18 Nick Trimming Daniel Crouch Rare Books Curiosities Catalog Link Dec 07, 2012
19 Seth Kaller Seth Kaller, Inc Great Gifts ... just in time for the holidays Catalog Link Dec 06, 2012
20 Jonathan Potter Jonathan Potter Limited Gift Maps under BPS 250.- Catalog Link Dec 06, 2012
21 Lorne Bair Lorne Bair Rare Books Catalog 15: Graphic, Posters & Original Artworks Catalog Link Dec 04, 2012
22 Bernhard Lauser Voyager Press Travel Manuscripts with Travel Photographs Catalog Link Dec 04, 2012
23 Guy Heilenman Timothy Hughes Rare & Early Newspapers - Catalog 205 300+ Historic Newspapers... 1500's - Present... Abraham Lincoln, Nathan Hale, George Washington... Catalog Link Dec 03, 2012
24 Gabriel Boyers Schubertiade Music & Arts Holiday 2012 Catalogue Catalog Link Dec 02, 2012
25 Fran Durako Kelmscott Bookshop In the News [all links are live!] Catalog Link Dec 01, 2012
26 John Windle John Windle Antiquarian Bookseller: Catalogue 50 Selections for the Discerning Catalog Link Dec 01, 2012

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  • <b><center>Heritage Auctions<br>Rare Books Signature Auction<br>December 15, 2025</center></b> <b>Heritage, Dec. 15:</b> John Donne. <i>Poems, By J. D. With Elegies on the Author's Death.</i> London: M[iles]. F[lesher]. for John Marriot, 1633. <b>Heritage, Dec. 15:</b> Edgar Rice Burroughs. <i>Tarzan of the Apes.</i> <b>Heritage, Dec. 15:</b> F. Scott Fitzgerald. <i>Tender is the Night. A Romance.</i> <b>Heritage, Dec. 15:</b> Bram Stoker. <i>Dracula.</i> Westminster: Archibald Constable & Co., 1897. <b>Heritage, Dec. 15:</b> Jerry Thomas. <i>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…</i>
    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: Bram Stoker. Dracula. Westminster: Archibald Constable & Co., 1897.
    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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  • <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Letter Signed ("Martinus Luther") to His Friend the Theologian Gerhard Wiskamp ("Gerardo Xantho Lampadario"). $100,000 - $150,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> An Exceptionally Fine Copy of Austenís Emma: A Novel in Three Volumes. $40,000 - $60,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Presentation Copy of Ernest Hemmingwayís A Farewell to Arms for Edward Titus of the Black Mankin Press. $30,000 - $50,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Manuscript Signed Integrally for "The Songs of Pooh," by Alan Alexander. $30,000 - $50,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Manuscript of "Three Fragments from Gˆtterd‰mmerung" by Richard Wagner. $30,000 - $50,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Original Preliminary Artwork, for the First Edition of Snow Crash. $20,000 - $30,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Letter Signed ("T.R. Malthus") to Economist Nassau Senior on Wealth, Labor and Adam Smith. $20,000 - $30,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides Finely Bound by Michael Wilcox. $20,000 - $30,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> 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. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Original Artwork for the First Edition of Neal Stephenson's Groundbreaking Novel Snow Crash. $100,000 - $150,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> A Complete Set Signed Deluxe Editions of King's The Dark Tower Series by Stephen King. $8,000 - $12,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Letter Signed ("John Adams") to James Le Ray de Chaumont During the Crucial Years of the Revolutionary War. $8,000 - $12,000.
    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.
  • <center><b>Sotheby’s<br>Book Week<br>December 9-17, 2025</b></center> <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 12:</b> Hooke, Robert. <i>Micrographia: or some Physiological Descriptions of Minute Bodies made by Magnifying Glasses.</i> London: James Allestry for the Royal Society, 1667. $12,000 to $15,000. <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 12:</b> Chappuzeau, Samuel. <i>The history of jewels,</i> first edition in English. London: T.N. for Hobart Kemp, 1671. $12,000 to $18,000. <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 12:</b> Sowerby, James. <i>Exotic Mineralogy, containing his most realistic mineral depictions,</i> London: Benjamin Meredith, 1811, Arding and Merrett, 1817. $5,000 to $7,000.
    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.

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