• Sotheby's
    Fine Books, Manuscripts & More
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    Sotheby’s: J.R.R. Tolkien. The Lord of the Rings Trilogy. 11,135 USD
    Sotheby’s: Edgar Allan Poe. The Raven and Other Poems, 1845. 33,000 USD
    Sotheby’s: Leo Tolstoy, Clara Bow. War and Peace, 1886. 22,500 USD
    Sotheby’s: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, 1902. 7,500 USD
    Sotheby’s: F. Scott Fitzgerald. This Side of Paradise, The Great Gatsby, and Others, 1920-1941. 24,180 USD
  • Gonnelli:
    Auction 55
    Antique prints, paintings and maps
    November 26st 2024
    Gonnelli: Stefano Della Bella, 23 animal plances,1641. Starting price 480€
    Gonnelli: Stefano Della Bella, Boar Hunt, 1654. Starting price 180€
    Gonnelli: Crispijn Van de Passe, The seven Arts, 1637. Starting price 600€
    Gonnelli: Giuseppe Maria Mitelli, La Maschera è cagion di molti mali, 1688. Starting price 320€
    Gonnelli: Biribissor’s game, 1804-15. Starting price 2800€
    Gonnelli: Nicolas II de Larmessin, Habitats,1700. Starting price 320€
    Gonnelli: Miniature “O”, 1400. Starting price 1800€
    Gonnelli: Jan Van der Straet, Hunt scenes, 1596. Starting Price 140€
    Gonnelli: Massimino Baseggio, Costantinople, 1787. Starting price 480€
    Gonnelli: Kawanabe Kyosai, Erotic scene lighten up by a candle, 1860. Starting price 380€
    Gonnelli: Duck shaped dropper, 1670. Starting price 800€
  • Swann, Nov. 21: Lot 37: Archive of the pioneering woman artist Arrah Lee Gaul, most 1911-59. $3,000 to $4,000.
    Swann, Nov. 21: Lot 66: Letter describing the dropping water level at Owens Lake near Death Valley, long before it was drained, Keeler, CA, 26 July 1904. $3,000 to $4,000
    Swann, Nov. 21: Lot 102: To Horse, To Horse! My All for a Horse! The Washington Cavalry, illustrated Civil War broadside, Philadelphia, 1862. $4,000 to $6,000
    Swann, Nov. 21: Lot 135: Album of cyanotype views of the Florida panhandle and beyond, 224 photographs, 174 of them cyanotypes, Apalachicola, FL and elsewhere, circa 1895-1896. $1,200 to $1,800
    Swann, Nov. 21: Lot 154: Catalogue of the Library of the United States, as acquired from Thomas Jefferson, Washington, 1815. $15,000 to $25,000
    Swann, Nov. 21: Lot 173: New Englands First Fruits, featuring the first description of Harvard in print, London, 1643. $40,000 to $60,000
    Swann, Nov. 21: Lot 177: John P. Greene, Original manuscript diary of a mission to western New York with Joseph Smith, 1833. $60,000 to $90,000
    Swann, Nov. 21: Lot 243: P.E. Larson, photographer, Such is Life in the Far West: Early Morning Call in a Gambling Hall, Goldfield, NV, circa 1906. $2,500 to $3,500
    Swann, Nov. 21: Lot 261: Fred W. Sladen, Diaries of a WWII colonel commanding troops from Morocco to Italy to France, 1942-44. $3,000 to $4,000
    Swann, Nov. 21: Lot 309: Los mexicanos pintados por si mismos, por varios autores, a Mexican plate book. Mexico, 1854-1855. $2,000 to $3,000
    Swann, Nov. 21: Lot 8: Diaries of a prospector / trapper in the remote Alaska wilderness, 5 manuscript volumes. Alaska, 1917-64. $1,500 to $2,500.
  • Finarte, Nov 20-21: Alighieri, Dante - La Commedia, [col commento di Jacopo della Lana e Martino Paolo Nidobeato, curata da Martino Paolo Nidobeato e Guido da Terzago. Aggiunto Il Credo], 1478
    Finarte, Nov 20-21: Alighieri, Dante - La Commedia [Commento di Christophorus Landinus, edita da Piero da Figino. Aggiunte le Rime diverse; Marsilius Ficinius, Ad Dantem gratulatio], 1491
    Finarte, Nov 20-21: Lactantius, Lucius Coelius Firmianus - Opera, 1465
    Finarte, Nov 20-21: Alighieri, Dante - Le terze rime di Dante, 1502
    Finarte, Nov 20-21: Boccaccio, Giovanni - Il Decamerone. Di messer Giouanni Boccaccio, 1516
    Finarte, Nov 20-21: Giordano Bruno - Candelaio comedia del Bruno nolano achademico di nulla achademia; detto il fastidito. In tristitia hilaris: in hilaritate tristis, 1582
    Finarte, Nov 20-21: Petrarca, Francesco - Le cose volgari di Messer Francesco Petrarcha, 1504
    Finarte, Nov 20-21: Legatura - Manoscritto - Medici - Cosimo III de' Medici / Solari, Giuseppe - I Ritratti Medicei overo Glorie e Grandezze della sempre sereniss. Casa Medici..., 1678
    Finarte, Nov 20-21: Alighieri, Dante - La Divina Commedia di Dante Alighieri con varie annotazioni, e copiosi Rami adornata, 1757
    Finarte, Nov 20-21: Lot containing 80 printed guides and publications dedicated to travel and itineraries in Italy

Rare Book Monthly

Articles - January - 2018 Issue

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1 The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd 30 Antiquarian Items: Canon, Civil, Common, Ecclesiastical, Rabbinical and Roman Law E-List 30 Items Catalogue Link
2 The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd 30 Antiquarian Items: Canon, Civil, Common, Ecclesiastical and Roman Law E-List 30 Items Catalogue Link
3 Richard C. Ramer Old & Rare Books Special List 288: Women Authors 39 items by women authors, with full-color illustrations Catalogue Link
4 Abby Schoolman Books UNIQUE Drowning in the deluge of “Unique Gift Guides” of all sorts pouring in on us in recent weeks, we are Catalogue Link
5 Anniroc Rare Books For Madmen Only Potential critical failure, yet to be determined commercial success, but a cathartic moment Catalogue Link
6 Antiquariat Michael Banzhaf Catalogue part I of a series of four fully illustrated e-catalogues 25 books, covering art, architecture, history of the arts and material culture. Catalogue Link
7 Yesterday's Muse Books, ABAA Best of 2017 A miscellany of our favorite 207 items from this year's acquisitions. Catalogue Link
8 Richard C. Ramer Old & Rare Books Special List 287: The Augustinian Order 26 items about the Augustinians or by Augustinians, with color illustrations. Catalogue Link
9 The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd 30 Antiquarian Items: Canon, Civil, Common, Ecclesiastical and Roman Law E-List 30 Items Catalogue Link
10 Patrick McGahern Books Catalogue 262 Canada, Arctic, Travel, Illustrated, Bindings, Antiquarian Catalogue Link
11 M. A. Stroh Patents 285 patents Catalogue Link
12 Antiquariaat Fragmenta Selecta Antiquity & Humanism: Books from 1501 to 1804 60 Old & Rare Books Catalogue Link
13 J & J LUBRANO MUSIC ANTIQUARIANS LLC A Miscellany of 40 Musical Items In Celebration of Our 40th Anniversary Catalogue Link
14 Richard C. Ramer Old & Rare Books Special List 286: Fourteen Recent Acquisitions Recent acquisitions, with full-color illustrations. Catalogue Link
15 The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd 30 Antiquarian Items: Canon, Civil, Common, Ecclesiastical and Roman Law E-List 30 Items Catalogue Link
16 Abby Schoolman Books Boston Book Fair 2017 Contemporary Art Bookbindings, Artists' Books, and Original Art Catalogue Link
17 The Wayfarer's Bookshop Exploration, Travels & Voyages. Books, Maps & Prints. Including Islamic and Russian Items Catalogue Link
18 Lord Durham Rare Books LDRB Offering DEC 2017 37 items : 11 Collections; 6 Books; 11 Manuscripts ; 2 Photos ; 6 Prints and 2 Ephemera Catalogue Link
19 Ken Sanders Rare Books E-Catalogue #8: Enlightened Times 18th-century books. Catalogue Link
20 Ken Sanders Rare Books E-Catalogue #7: A Musical Blend Books about music in a variety of genres. Catalogue Link
21 Raptis Rare Books Raptis Rare Books Holiday Catalog Browse exceptional gifts in this Holiday Catalog Catalogue Link
22 Raptis Rare Books Fall 2017 - From Dante to Dylan Raptis Rare Books Autumn 2017 Catalog of Fine and Rare Books Catalogue Link
23 W. C. Baker Rare Books & Ephemera List Two : New York City, 1961-1974 30 items relating to NYC counterculture and avant garde Catalogue Link
24 Primary Sources, Uncharted Americana Catalogue 1 Paper Americana Catalogue Link
25 Richard C. Ramer Old & Rare Books Special List 285: The Basque Country and Navarre 15 items related to the Basque Country and Navarre, with color illustrations. Catalogue Link
26 The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd 30 Antiquarian Items: Canon, Civil, Common, Ecclesiastical and Roman Law E-List 30 Items Catalogue Link
27 Stuart Lutz Historic Documents Historic Documents Including American presidential documents and more Catalogue Link
28 Antiquates Ltd List Ba - Books by, for and about Women 75 books written by, for and about Women Catalogue Link
29 Patrick McGahern Books Catalogue 261 Arctica Catalogue Link
30 Richard C. Ramer Old & Rare Books Special List 284: The Craesbeeck Printing Dynasty Fourteen items printed by the Craesbeecks, in Portugal Catalogue Link
31 The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd 30 Antiquarian Items: Civil, Common and Ecclesiastical Law E-List 30 Items Catalogue Link
32 Shelley and Son Books Inklings Catalog 8 Catalogue Link
33 Richard C. Ramer Old & Rare Books Special List 283: Catalunya Twenty-seven items on Catalunya, with color illustrations. Catalogue Link
34 J & J LUBRANO MUSIC ANTIQUARIANS LLC Catalogue 82 - Part 2: M-Z Opera Scores from the Collection of Jerome Holover Catalogue Link
35 The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd 30 Antiquarian Titles: Civil, Common, Ecclesiastical and Rabbinical Law E-List 30 Items Catalogue Link
36 Asia Bookroom China in Print 2017 Hong Kong Rare Book, Photograph, and Map Fair Catalogue Link
37 Richard C. Ramer Old & Rare Books Special List 282: The Carmelite Order Fifteen items on the Carmelites, with full-color illustrations. Catalogue Link
38 J & J LUBRANO MUSIC ANTIQUARIANS LLC Catalogue 82 - Part 1: A-L Opera Scores from the Collection of Jerome Holover Catalogue Link
39 The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd 30 Antiquarian Items: Canon, Civil, Common and Roman Law E-List 30 Items Catalogue Link
40 Hyraxia Books A Stephen King Collection Nearly 400 items by or related to Stephen King, including lettered editions, proofs and signed first Catalogue Link
41 Richard C. Ramer Old & Rare Books Special List 281: Thirty-Five Items Recently Catalogued Thirty-five items recently catalogued, with full-color illustrations. Catalogue Link
42 The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd 30 Antiquarian Items: Common, Civil and Canon Law E-List 30 Items Catalogue Link
43 Daniel Crouch Rare Books The World in the Palm of Your Hand A Collection of 18th Century Pocket Globes Catalogue Link
44 Hordern House Rare Books Australia The land Australia: imagined, invented, recounted, mapped, colonised, explored & settled Catalogue Link
45 Patrick McGahern Books Catalogue 260 Canadiana, Angling & Sporting, and Antiquarian Books Catalogue Link
46 Henry Berry, books/ephemera Einstein-related letters, Jose Rodriquez Migueis manuscripts Letters about Einstein by friends, Portuguese writer manuscripts Catalogue Link
47 J & J LUBRANO MUSIC ANTIQUARIANS LLC Igor Stravinsky A Collection of Works by and about the Composer, Libretti, and Scores Catalogue Link
48 Daniel Crouch Rare Books The John W. Galiardo Collection of World Maps E-catalogue Catalogue Link
49 Antiquates Ltd Ink Fair London 2017 Highlights of our stock, exhibited at the INK Fair London Catalogue Link
50 Antiquates Ltd List Ay - Presentations & Associations 70 presentation and association copies Catalogue Link

Rare Book Monthly

  • Old World Auctions (Nov 6-20):
    Lot 51. Ortelius' Influential Map of the New World - Second Plate in Full Contemporary Color (1579) Est. $5,500 - $6,500
    Old World Auctions (Nov 6-20):
    Lot 165. Reduced-Size Edition of Jefferys/Mead Map with Revolutionary War Updates (1776) Est. $4,750 - $6,000
    Old World Auctions (Nov 6-20):
    Lot 688. Blaeu's Superb Carte-a-Figures Map of Africa (1634) Est. $3,000 - $3,750
    Old World Auctions (Nov 6-20):
    Lot 105. Striking Map of French Colonial Possessions (1720) Est. $2,750 - $3,500
    Old World Auctions (Nov 6-20):
    Lot 98. Rare First Edition of the First Published Plan of a Settlement in North America (1556) Est. $3,000 - $3,750
    Old World Auctions (Nov 6-20):
    Lot 181. Important Map of the Georgia Colony (1748) Est. $2,750 - $3,500
    Old World Auctions (Nov 6-20):
    Lot 547. Ortelius' Map of Russia with a Vignette of Ivan the Terrible in Full Contemporary Color (1579) Est. $1,400 - $1,700
    Old World Auctions (Nov 6-20):
    Lot 85. Homann's Decorative Map of Colonial America (1720) Est. $1,600 - $1,900
    Old World Auctions (Nov 6-20):
    Lot 642. Blaeu's Magnificent Carte-a-Figures Map of Asia (1634) Est. $3,000 - $3,750
    Old World Auctions (Nov 6-20):
    Lot 748. The Martyrdom of St. John in Contemporary Hand Color with Gilt Highlights (1520) Est. $1,000 - $1,300
    Old World Auctions (Nov 6-20):
    Lot 298. Scarce Early Map of Chester County (1822) Est. $2,750 - $3,500
  • Ketterer Rare Books
    Auction November 25th
    Ketterer Rare Books, Nov. 25:
    H. Schedel, Liber chronicarum, 1493. Est: € 25,000
    Ketterer Rare Books, Nov. 25:
    P. O. Runge, Farben-Kugel, 1810. Est: € 8,000
    Ketterer Rare Books, Nov. 25:
    W. Kandinsky, Klänge, 1913. Est: € 20,000
    Ketterer Rare Books
    Auction November 25th
    Ketterer Rare Books, Nov. 25:
    W. Burley, De vita et moribus philosophorum, 1473. Est: € 4,000
    Ketterer Rare Books, Nov. 25:
    M. B. Valentini, Viridarium reformatum seu regnum vegetabile, 1719. Est: € 12,000
    Ketterer Rare Books, Nov. 25:
    PAN, 10 volumes, 1895-1900. Est: € 15,000
    Ketterer Rare Books
    Auction November 25th
    Ketterer Rare Books, Nov. 25:
    J. de Gaddesden, Rosa anglica practica medicinae, 1492. Est: € 12,000
    Ketterer Rare Books, Nov. 25:
    M. Merian, Todten-Tanz, 1649. Est: € 5,000
    Ketterer Rare Books, Nov. 25:
    D. Hammett, Red harvest, 1929. Est: € 11,000
    Ketterer Rare Books
    Auction November 25th
    Ketterer Rare Books, Nov. 25:
    Book of hours, Horae B. M. V., 1503. Est: € 9,000
    Ketterer Rare Books, Nov. 25:
    J. Miller, Illustratio systematis sexualis Linneai, 1792. Est: € 8,000
    Ketterer Rare Books, Nov. 25:
    F. Hundertwasser, Regentag – Look at it on a rainy day, 1972. Est: € 8,000

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