Nineteen bookseller catalogues are reviewed in Section Two this month.
We begin the new year with 19 book catalogue reviews in Section Two. Dragon Books has issued their first catalogue. The Antiquariaat Forum offers books from Europe and the Far East, Libreria de Antano from Latin America and Spain, while David Ewens features Canadiana. Frits Knuf Antiquarian Books offers European books about books, while David Schulson has European and American autographs. Samuel Gedge presents primarily British books, but many from far off lands as well.
Panoramic photography is the subject of Bernard J. Shapero Rare Books this month. The Book Collector offers antiquarian chess literature. Ken Lopez has modern literature, James Cummins literature. There is literature, photography, letters, etc., from Waverly Books, literature, film, history and more from James Pepper Rare Books.
The Manhattan Rare Book Co. offers first editions, history, science and more. Hordern House is focused on 32 rare books and manuscripts, while John Michael Lang has 32 varied items. The Veatchs Arts of the Book concentrates on printing history and technique, while the Lawbook Exchange is focused on legal cases and the law. Finally, Forest Books presents a miscellany.
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Bonhams, Dec. 18: A Very Fine Composite Atlas Magnificently Illuminated and Heightened with Gold in a Fine Contemporary Hand Throughout. $300,000 - $500,000
Bonhams, Dec. 18: Saint-Exupéry's Revised Ending for Wind, Sand and Stars. $40,000 - $60,000
Bonhams, Dec. 18: Edith Wharton's Gold Medal from the National Institute of Arts and Letters, 1924. $20,000 - $30,000
Bonhams, Dec. 18: Salinger on the Glass Family and on Detachment. $10,000 - $15,000
Bonhams, Dec. 18: Fanny Burney's Groundbreaking First Novel. Evelina, Or a Young Lady's Entrance into the World. $10,000 - $15,000
Bonhams, Dec. 18: Kafka's Earliest Extant Piece of Writing. Autograph Note Signed ("Franz Kafka"). $10,000 - $15,000
Bonhams, Dec. 18: Wagner Signed "Ride of the Valkries." $6,000 - $9,000
Bonhams, Dec. 18: Dickens on the Death of Little Nell. $5,000 - $8,000
Bonhams, Dec. 18: Sylvia Plath's Copy of Joy of Cooking. $4,000 - $6,000
Bonhams, Dec. 18: Walt Whitman and Friends: Whitman to James Russell Lowell. $8,000 - $12,000
Bonhams, Dec. 18: Walt Whitman and Friends: The Genesis of his Lincoln Lectures. $6,000 - $9,000
