<center>Arader Galleries December Sale December 5, 2020

Arader Galleries, Dec. 5: SHERBURNE, BRANTZ, and WIRGMAN. The Original Drawings of the First Modern Scientific Survey of the Patapsco River and Chesapeake Bay. $350,000 to $500,000.

Arader Galleries, Dec. 5: LAFON, Barthelemy. The Earliest Comprehensive Survey of Louisiana and its Adjacent Regions. $350,000 to $450,000.

Arader Galleries, Dec. 5: Giacomo GASTALDI. The Most Important Renaissance Wall Map of Asia Published in the 16th Century – with all four sheets having full margins. $300,000 to $400,000.

<center>Arader Galleries December Sale December 5, 2020

Arader Galleries, Dec. 5: CAO, Junyi. The Most Important Map of China to Come to Market in 50 Years. One of only three known copies of the last Ming Dynasty world map. $325,000 to $375,000.

Arader Galleries, Dec. 5: ORTELIUS, Abraham. Ortelius Atlas Spanish 1588 Magnificently Rich Original Hand Color in Full. $225,000 to $350,000.

Arader Galleries, Dec. 5: An Exceptionally Fine and Historically Important Manuscript Map Showing the Origins of Texas in the 19th Century. $250,000 to $350,000.

<center>Arader Galleries December Sale December 5, 2020

Arader Galleries, Dec. 5: PRICE, William and BONNER, John. Map of Boston 1769. $225,000 to $325,000.

Arader Galleries, Dec. 5: John James AUDUBON. Audubon’s Brilliant Icon, That Has Never Been Equaled for Drama. $150,000 to $250,000.

Arader Galleries, Dec. 5: Pierre-Joseph REDOUTE. Original Watercolor, Red Lily. $175,000 to $250,000.

<center>Arader Galleries December Sale December 5, 2020

Arader Galleries, Dec. 5: John James AUDUBON. The Most Famous Image of a Bird in All of History. $150,000 to $200,000.

Arader Galleries, Dec. 5: Martin WALDSEEMULLER. The Finest Example in Existence of Martin Waldseemuller’s Map of the New World, with Spectacular Full Original Color. $150,000 to $200,000.

Arader Galleries, Dec. 5: GORDON, Peter. The First State of the First View of Savannah: The Template for American Urban Planning. $100,000 to $150,000.
Swann Auction Galleries: Oscar Wilde, “The secret of life is in Art,” autograph quotation dated and signed, 1882. Sold for $15,600.

Swann Auction Galleries: Manhattan Gay Scene Guide 1969, Summer Edition, Mattachine Book Service. Sold for $3,250.

Swann Auction Galleries: Toyen, pen & ink illustration from Marquis de Sade: Justina cili prokletí ctnosti, 1932. Sold for $26,000.

Swann Auction Galleries: Antonio Lopez, 9 men’s fashion studies, graphite, 1974. Sold for $6,500.

Swann Auction Galleries: Harvey Milk, 2 autograph letters signed, to Pat Mormon, during US Navy service, 1954. Sold for $2,210.

Swann Auction Galleries: Daniel Abraham, original art for Stonewall Romances, pen, ink & gouache, 1979. Sold for $3,000.

Swann Auction Galleries: David Wojnarowicz, Untitled (Genet with Dog), mixed media collage. Sold for $27,500.

Swann Auction Galleries: Susie Gaynes & Amy E. Bartell, March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights, 1987. Sold for $1,188.

Swann Auction Galleries: Paris is Burning, photo offset poster by Anne Dutlinger, signed by film director Jennie Livingston, 1991. Sold for $1,500.
<center>Fonsie Mealy Auctioneers Christmas Rare Books & Collectors’ Sale 9 December 2020

Fonsie Mealy, Dec. 9: Joyce (James), Ulysses, 4to, Paris: (Shakespeare & Co.) 1922, First Edn. €7,000 to €9,000.

Fonsie Mealy, Dec. 9: Of the Utmost Rarity with Swift Association. Harward (Michael). Philomath. A New Almanack for the Year of Our Lord, 1666. €6,000 to €9,000.

Fonsie Mealy, Dec. 9: With Full Complement of Hand Coloured & Other Plates. Rosellini (Ippolito). Monumenti dell Egitto e della Nubia, Vols. I, II, & III Plate Volumes only. €5,000 to €7,000.

<center>Fonsie Mealy Auctioneers Christmas Rare Books & Collectors’ Sale 9 December 2020

Fonsie Mealy, Dec. 9: With Magnificent Hand Coloured Plates. [Bivort, Debabay, & others] Annales de Pomologie, 8 vols., folio, Brussels, 1853-1861. €4,000 to €6,000.

Fonsie Mealy, Dec. 9: With Very Fine Coloured Plates & Illustrations. Barbier (George) Vogel (Lucien) & others, Gazette du Bon Ton - Arts-modes et frivolities, 1914 to 1922. €4,000 to €6,000.

Fonsie Mealy, Dec. 9: “I have seen War... I hate War," Signed Presentation Copy to William C. Bullitt, Roosevelt (Franklin D.) August 14, 1936. €3,000 to €4,000.

<center>Fonsie Mealy Auctioneers Christmas Rare Books & Collectors’ Sale 9 December 2020

Fonsie Mealy, Dec. 9: Victorian Hostess & Horticulturist. An Important Collection Relating to Lady Dorothy Nevill (1826-1913). €2,500 to €3,200.

Fonsie Mealy, Dec. 9: Fine Original Portrait Photos of The O'Brien Ladies by Margaret Cameron. Two black and white Photos, each 8" x 10". €1,200 to €1,800.

Fonsie Mealy, Dec. 9: James Hume Nesbitt Illustrations: A collection of twelve pen and ink Drawings and Etchings intended for publication as book of illustrations for his thriller novels. €800 to €1,200.

<center>Fonsie Mealy Auctioneers Christmas Rare Books & Collectors’ Sale 9 December 2020

Fonsie Mealy, Dec. 9: Attributed to Kitagawa Utamavo (1753-1806). A pair of attractive colourful woodblock prints, of Court Ladies in decorative robes with numerous stamps and script. €800 to €1,000.

Fonsie Mealy, Dec. 9: Contemporaneous Notes from Captain Cook's Voyage Travel: [Anon] Voyage to the South Sea by Mr. Banks, Mr. Parkinson and Dr. Solender, with Capt. Cooke, a 7 page m/ss document. €700 to €1,000.

Fonsie Mealy, Dec. 9: Very Rare First U.K. Edition with Yellow Paper Band. Herbert (Frank). Dune, 8vo London (Victor Gollancz Ltd.) 1966. €500 to €700.
<center>Chiswick Auctions Books & Works on Paper Live Online 2 December 2020

Chiswick Auctions, Dec. 2: Rackham (Arthur). 'The Skein', original pen, ink and watercolour drawing. £4,000 to £6,000.

Chiswick Auctions, Dec. 2: Vico (Giambattista). Principj di una scienza nuova, FIRST EDITION, Felice Mosca, Naples,1725. £8,000 to £12,000.

Chiswick Auctions, Dec. 2: Bauerkeller's New Embossed Plan of London, first edition, Ackermann & Co., 1841. £1,800 to £2,200.

<center>Chiswick Auctions Books & Works on Paper Live Online 2 December 2020

Chiswick Auctions, Dec. 2: Bible, English, Coverdale's Version, J. Nycolson, Southwark, [1535]. £6,000 to £8,000.

Chiswick Auctions, Dec. 2: Johnson (Samuel). A Dictionary of the English Langauge, 2 vol., fourth edition revised by the author, folio, 1773. £800 to £1,200.

Chiswick Auctions, Dec. 2: Orwell (George). The Road to Wigan Pier, first public edition, 8vo., Victor Gollancz, 1937. £1,500 to £2,000.

Chiswick Auctions, Dec. 2: Rowling (J. K.) Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, FIRST EDITION, first printing 1997. £6,000 to £8,000.

Rare Book Monthly

Articles - October - 2017 Issue

Against the Current: opening in St. Paul

- by Bruce E. McKinney

Hal. W. Johnson, opening in St. Paul

On Grand Avenue just down the street from Macalester College, in St. Paul Minnesota, the Against the Current used and rare Book Shop is busy preparing to open its doors to readers and bibliophiles. The address is 1658 Grand Avenue in person and the soon to be live website: www.booksagainstthecurrent.com. Bibliopolis is busy building a website for the firm that Hal Johnson, the proprietor, expects to be a vital component of the shop’s sales and marketing.

The inventory will run from rare to scholarly, the focus on appealing content and collectible copies.

The hours have yet to be determined.

Most people involved with old books dream of having a shop that provides a nexus for authors, buyers and sellers. In St. Paul that hope lives on and is expected to come to fruition sometime this month.

Contact Information

Hal W. Johnson, Proprietor

halwjohnson@gmail.com

612.245.0292

Rare Book Monthly

<center>Ketterer Rare Books Auction on November 30th

Ketterer Rare Books, Nov. 30: Latin and French Book of Hours, around 1490. Est: € 20,000

Ketterer Rare Books, Nov. 30: P. Goos, Le Grand Miroir de la Mer, 1669. Est: € 25,000

Ketterer Rare Books, Nov. 30: L. Feininger, Letter with woodcuts, 1920. Est: € 25,000

<center>Ketterer Rare Books Auction on November 30th

Ketterer Rare Books, Nov. 30: Latin Bible manuscript, 12th century. Est: € 20,000

Ketterer Rare Books, Nov. 30: M. E. Bloch, Naturgeschichte der Fische, 1782-95. Est: € 40,000

Ketterer Rare Books, Nov. 30: M. Chagall, Daphnis & Chloé, 1961. Est: € 90,000

<center>Ketterer Rare Books Auction on November 30th

Ketterer Rare Books, Nov. 30: L. J. Waghenaer, Speculum nauticum, 1586. Est: € 180,000

Ketterer Rare Books, Nov. 30: P. J. de Pannemaeker, Collection of orig. watercolors, 1878-1887. Est: € 25,000

Ketterer Rare Books, Nov. 30: G. Klimt, Das Werk, 1918. Est: € 15,000

<center>Ketterer Rare Books Auction on November 30th

Ketterer Rare Books, Nov. 30: Livro dos prestimonios, Manuscript, 1665. Est: € 25,000

Ketterer Rare Books, Nov. 30: W. Kandinsky, Klänge, 1913. Est: € 18,000

Ketterer Rare Books, Nov. 30: J. Miró in J. Cassou, Vingt-deux poémes, 1978. Est: € 8,000
<center>Sotheby’s Music, Continental Books and Medieval Manuscripts 24 Nov. – 1 Dec. 2020 Online

Sotheby’s, 24 Nov. – 1 Dec.: F. Schubert. Autograph letter to his brother Ferdinand, 4 pages, Zseliz, 1818. £80,000 to £120,000.

Sotheby’s, 24 Nov. – 1 Dec.: L. v. Beethoven. Fine autograph letter to his librettist Friedrich Treitschke, about their planned opera, 1815. £70,000 to £90,000.

Sotheby’s, 24 Nov. – 1 Dec.: Hermann Hesse, Highly important series of 62 letters and postcards to Stefan Zweig, 1903-1938. £60,000 to £80,000.

<center>Sotheby’s Music, Continental Books and Medieval Manuscripts 24 Nov. – 1 Dec. 2020 Online

Sotheby’s, 24 Nov. – 1 Dec.: Book of Hours, Use of Reims, illuminated manuscript on vellum [France, late 15th century]. £40,000 to £60,000.

Sotheby’s, 24 Nov. – 1 Dec.: Armenian gospel book, illuminated manuscript on vellum, seventeenth century, tooled calf binding. £7,000 to £10,000.

Sotheby’s, 24 Nov. – 1 Dec.: C. Goldoni. Ten autograph letters signed to the Genoese nobleman Cristoforo Spinola, Venice 1742-1743. £7,000 to £9,000.
<center>Cowan’s Auctions The Steve Turner Collection of African Americana, Part II December 3, 2020

Cowan’s, Dec 3: All-Negro Comics Issue #1, 1947. $4,000 to $6,000.

Cowan’s, Dec 3: Early Memoir of a Black Hairdresser, 1859. $3,000 to $4,000.

Cowan’s, Dec 3: First Edition Letters of the Late Ignatius Sancho, An African, 1782. $2,500 to $3,500.

<center>Cowan’s Auctions The Steve Turner Collection of African Americana, Part II December 3, 2020

Cowan’s, Dec 3: Bessie Coleman Aero News Vol. 1 Issue 1, May 1930, Signed by William J. Powell. $2,000 to $3,000.

Cowan’s, Dec 3: Book of Poetry and Music by Formerly Illiterate Author Thomas Young, 1897. $6,000 to $8,000.

Cowan’s, Dec 3: Cabinet Card of 24th Infantryman, Tombstone, Arizona Territory, circa 1882. $8,000 to $12,000.

<center>Cowan’s Auctions The Steve Turner Collection of African Americana, Part II December 3, 2020

Cowan’s, Dec 3: James Baldwin Portrait by Carl Van Vechten, 1955. $3,500 to $4,500.

Cowan’s, Dec 3: The Pacific Appeal Newspaper, San Francisco, 1877. $3,000 to $5,000.

Cowan’s, Dec 3: Only Known Copy Spreading Joy, Uplift History of African Americans in Los Angeles, 1937. $2,000 to $3,000.

<center>Cowan’s Auctions The Steve Turner Collection of African Americana, Part II December 3, 2020

Cowan’s, Dec 3: 1940 Los Angeles The Official Central Avenue District Directory. $2,000 to $3,000.

Cowan’s, Dec 3: GRÉGOIRE, Henri (French, 1750-1831). An Enquiry Concerning the Intellectual and Moral Faculties, and Literature of Negroes, First American Edition, 1810. $1,500 to $2,500.

Cowan’s, Dec 3: 1893 Indian Territory Album with Images of Tacky Grayson. $4,000 to $6,000.
<center>Gonnelli December 1st Antique and modern prints, drawings and paintings

<center>Gonnelli December 2nd Photographs, autographs, musical works and manuscripts

<center>Gonnelli December 3rd Books from XV to XX Century

<center>Gonnelli December 3rd Mathematics books

<center>Gonnelli December 3rd Art books from Salvador Dalí & others
<center>Firsts Online Rare Book Fair 27 November to 2 December Presented by the Antiquarian Booksellers’ Association

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