Herding Cats
- by Bruce E. McKinney
eCats: Interesting and Unpredictable
Anymore it seems like every aspect of the rare paper category is in flux. On line listings work but the responses are a little slower and the prices a bit more negotiable. Printed catalogues are holding their own but the numbers are down just a tad. eCatalogues are coming into their own and are perhaps, for the very minimal cost in time and money involved, showing worthwhile traction. Their success seems assured but the timing of it a function of collector and institutional recognition. So, hey guys! Wake Up. The flow of these catalogues is picking up and many compelling sellers are issuing them.
Here are the most recent 25 posted eCatalogues. If you haven’t started to issue them, today is the day to start.
William Reese Company |
Magicians & Theatricians |
93 items in Americana and Literature, illustrated |
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W. C. Baker Rare Books & Ephemera |
List Five : ALIVE! Sideshows & Human Oddities, 1839-2007 |
Books, photography, and ephemera |
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The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd |
A Selection of 30 Antiquarian Items: Canon, Civil, Common & Ecclesiastical Law |
E-List 30 Items |
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Richard C. Ramer Old & Rare Books |
Special List 327: Cartography |
34 items on cartography, with full-color illustrations |
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The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd |
Catalogue 93: Books, Manuscripts and Ephemera on Law and Related Fields, 15th to 20th Centuries |
Catalogue: 123 Items |
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Richard C. Ramer Old & Rare Books |
Special List 326: Voyages & Travels |
107 items on voyages & travels, with full-color illustrations |
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The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd |
Recent Acquisitions: Canon, Common, Roman and Scots Law, 30 Items |
E-List 30 Items |
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Patrick McGahern Books |
Catalogue 264 |
Canadiana & Arctica |
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The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd |
Part III: 50 Items on Display at the 2019 New York Antiquarian Book Fair |
E-List 50 Items |
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Rootenberg Rare Books & Manuscripts |
New York Antiquarian Book Fair 2019 |
A selection of items exhibited at the New York Antiquarian Book Fair |
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Modern First Editions Ltd |
Seventeenth Century Play Quartos and Much More |
March Miscellany of Rare Books & Manuscripts |
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Hordern House Rare Books |
New York Antiquarian Book Fair 2019 |
Offering of 57 items |
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The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd |
Part II: 50 Items on Display at the 2019 New York Antiquarian Book Fair |
E-List 50 Items |
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Asia Bookroom |
"Tweets" from 19th Century Japan |
A general catalogue of our inventory of 19th century Japanese Kawaraban. |
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Anniroc Rare Books |
Solitudinem: An apogee of lonely awe. |
Spanning medieval Jewish history to American classics - a meditation on loneliness |
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Asia Bookroom |
New York Antiquarian Book Fair 2019 |
In this catalogue we offer a small excerpt of our display at the 2019 New York Antiquarian Book Fair |
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Richard C. Ramer Old & Rare Books |
Special List 325: Three Portuguese Golden Age Prose Masters: D. Francisco Manuel de Mello, Duarte Ri |
34 items on, or authored by, three Portuguese Golden Age Prose Masters: D. Francisco Manuel de Mello |
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The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd |
Part I: 50 Items on Display at the 2019 New York Antiquarian Book Fair |
E-List 50 Items |
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William Reese Co. |
361 Western Americana |
Illustrated catalogue consisting of 143 items. |
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The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd |
A Selection of 30 Antiquarian Items: English and American, 1673-1986 |
E-List 30 Items |
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Richard C. Ramer Old & Rare Books |
Special List 324: Ten Recent Acquisitions |
Illustrated list with 10 recently acquired items. |
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Michael Laird Rare Books |
Florilegium issued on the occasion of the California Book Fair 2019 |
Antiquarian Bibliography, Art and Architecture, Fine and Historic Bookbindings, Manuscripts |
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The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd |
A Selection of 30 Antiquarian Items: Civil, Common & Roman Law |
E-List 30 Items |
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Hordern House Rare Books |
52nd California International Antiquarian Book Fair |
54 items |
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Richard C. Ramer Old & Rare Books |
Special List 323: Spanish & Portuguese Golden Age Literature |
Illustrated list with 33 items. |