Rare Book Monthly

Articles - July - 2003 Issue

Walking Tour Of New York’s Antiquarian Book Sellers Part II: Manhattan’s Upper East Side

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Dealer Address & Contact Info.Dealer Specialties and Additional Details
Donald A. Heald Rare Books
124 E. 74th Street
New York, NY 10021
Summer Hours: Mon.-Fri., 9:30-6, or By Appointment
Telephone: (212) 744-3505
Fax: (212) 628-7847
Email: info@donaldheald.com
Website: www.donaldheald.com
Name of proprietor(s): Donald A. Heald
Specialties: Color Plate Books, Illustrated Book, Natural History, Americana, Voyages & Travels, Maps & Atlases, Decorative & Sporting Prints
Imperial Fine Books, Inc.
790 Madison Avenue (66th & 67th Streets),
Room 200
New York, NY 10021
Summer Hours: Mon.-Fri., 10:30-6:30, Sat. By Appointment
Telephone: (212) 861-6620
Email: imperialfinebook@aol.com
Web: imperialfinebooks.com
Name of proprietor(s): Bibi Mohammed
Specialties: Sets, Fine Bindings, Fore-Edge Paintings, Children’s, Cosway Illustrated, Fine, Old, & Rare Books, Bookbindings & Restorations
Janet Lehr, Inc./19th & 20th Century Photography
891 Park Avenue
New York, NY 10021 or
P.O. Box 617
Gracie Station
New York, NY 10028
Summer Hours: By Appointment
Telephone: (212) 288-1802/ 288-6234
Fax: (212) 288-6234
Name of proprietor(s): Janet Lehr
Specialties: Vintage Photographs, Photographically Illustrated Books, Journals, World Wide Events, Notables, Scenes, Also Stereoviews, Daguerreotypes
Reed Orenstein Rare Books
19 East 95th Street (5th Ave.)
New York, NY 10021
Summer Hours: By Appointment
Telephone: (212) 369-0101
Fax: (212) 831-0298
Email: orders@reedrarebooks.com
Web: www.reedrarebooks.com
Name of proprietor(s): Reed Orenstein
Specialties: Art & Photography, Architecture, Children’s Illustrated, Science Fiction, Modern Firsts, Maurice Sendak Illustrated Books

Additional Details: My background in the rare book field began not as a retailer, but as the fourth generation of book collectors in my family,” says Reed Orenstein, Proprietor. “However, perhaps more importantly, I was involved for many, many years in the family art business, The Park Avenue Gallery which was located on Park Avenue in Manhattan dealing with high end American and European works of art and illustrated books. As a result, I think it appropriate to say that I have been engaged in buying rare books and fine art for over 30 years now.”

Rare Book Monthly

  • Swann, June 12: Lot 3:
    Thomas McKenney and James Hall, History of the Indian Tribes of North America, 1848-1854. Estimate $3,000 to $4,000.
    Swann, June 12: Lot 8:
    Invoice to the Town of Boston for advertising pre-revolutionary content in the Boston Post Boy, manuscript document, Boston, July 1768. Estimate $5,000 to $7,500.
    Swann, June 12: Lot 13:
    Clairac and Nicola, L'Ingenieur de Campagne; or, Field
    Swann, June 12: Lot 81:
    Journals of Major Robert Rogers . . . of the Several Excursions he Made . . . upon the Continent of North America, London, 1765. Estimate $4,000 to $6,000.
    Swann, June 12: Lot 99:
    Photograph albums and papers from the family of W.G. Fargo, photo albums containing 442 photographs, 1865-88. Estimate $3,000 to $4,000.
    Swann, June 12: Lot 112:
    Isaac Leeser, Discourses on the Jewish Religion, 10 volumes, Philadelphia: Sherman & Co., 1866-1868. Estimate $6,000 to $9,000.
    Swann, June 12: Lot 176:
    Frederick Douglass, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave, Boston, 1845. Estimate $4,000 to $6,000.
    Swann, June 12: Lot 190:
    Thomas Hariot, Admiranda narratio fida tamen, de commodis et incolarum ritibus Virginiae, 1590. Estimate $25,000 to $35,000.
    Swann, June 12: Lot 200:
    Correspondence of a regimental cavalry commander in Wyoming and Utah, July 1865 to February 1866. Estimate $4,000 to $6,000.
    Swann, June 12: Lot 226:
    Maturino Gilberti, Vocabulario en lengua de Mechuacan / Aqui comienca el vocabulario en la lengua Castellana y Mechuacana, 1559. Estimate $8,000 to $12,000.
  • Sotheby's
    Bibliothèque Jacques Dauchez - Autour de Dubuffet
    5-19 June
    Sotheby’s, June 5-19: Bissière, Roger. Cantique à notre frère soleil de saint François. 1954. 1,000 - 1,500 EUR
    Sotheby’s, June 5-19: Céline, Louis-Ferdinand. La vie & l’œuvre de Philippe Ignace Semmelweis. 1924. Rare édition originale, avec envoi. Joint : La Quinine en thérapeutique, 1925. 4,000 - 6,000 EUR
    Sotheby’s, June 5-19: Céline, Louis-Ferdinand. Mort à crédit. 1936. Édition originale. Bel exemplaire sur Hollande. 2,500 - 3,500 EUR
    Sotheby's
    Bibliothèque Jacques Dauchez - Autour de Dubuffet
    5-19 June
    Sotheby’s, June 5-19: Chillida, Eduardo ─ Emil Cioran. Face aux instants. 1985. Un des 100 exemplaires sur Arches. Eau-forte signée. 600 - 800 EUR
    Sotheby’s, June 5-19: Dubuffet, Jean. Ler dla canpane. L’Art Brut, 1948. Édition originale. 3,000 - 5,000 EUR
    Sotheby’s, June 5-19: Dubuffet, Jean. L'Herne Jean Dubuffet. 1973. Un des 100 exemplaires du tirage de luxe avec une sérigraphie originale en couleurs. 1,000 - 1,500 EUR
  • Gros & Delettrez
    Livres & Manuscrits Arméniens
    Jeudi 12 juin 2025
    Paris, Francis
    Gros & Delettrez, June 12: BIBLE, Venise 1733, reliure arménienne
    Gros & Delettrez, June 12: CHARAKNOTS, manuscrit XVIIe-XVIIIe siècle
    Gros & Delettrez, June 12: CHARAKNOTS, manuscrit daté 1606, reliure arménienne
    Gros & Delettrez, June 12: CHARAKNOTS, manuscrit début XVIIIe siècle, reliure arménienne
    Gros & Delettrez, June 12: CHARAKNOTS, Amsterdam 1664
    Gros & Delettrez, June 12: CHARAKNOTS, Amsterdam 1702, reliure arménienne
    Gros & Delettrez, June 12: DICTIONNAIRE arménien, manuscrit XVIIe-XVIIIe siècle.
    Gros & Delettrez, June 12: EVANGILE, manuscrit 1735-1737, reliure arménienne
    Gros & Delettrez, June 12: LIVRE DE PRIERES, Grégoire de Narek, manuscrit
    Gros & Delettrez, June 12: GEOGRAPHIE, Ghoukas INDJIDJIAN, Venise 1802-1806
    Gros & Delettrez, June 12: MANUSCRIT THEOLOGIQUE, XVIe-XVIIe siècle
    Gros & Delettrez, June 12: MASHTOTS, manuscrit XVIIIe-XIXe siècle, reliure arménienne
    Gros & Delettrez, June 12: LETTRE ENCYCLIQUE, manuscrit XIXe siècle
    Gros & Delettrez, June 12: NOUVEAU TESTAMENT, Amsterdam 1668, reliure arménienne
  • Rose City Book & Paper Fair
    June 14-15, 2025
    1000 NE Multnomah, Portland
    ROSECITYBOOKFAIR.COM

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