Rare Book Monthly

Articles - April - 2009 Issue

20 Bookseller Catalogues Reviewed

20 catalogues for April.

20 catalogues for April.


There are 20 catalogues up for review this month. Raymond Sutton offers books on natural history. James Cummins Bookseller offers sporting books. From Antiquariat Banhaf we find books from the Continent, while Librairie Thomas-Scheler has primarily French works. Forest Books has mostly British antiquarian books. Plaza Books and Libreria de Antano are mainly focused on Latin American items.

Randall House presents a collection of over 1,000 items pertaining to women and feminism. The Lawbook Exchange focuses on pre-1800 English and Scottish law. There is literature, film and mystery from James Pepper Rare Books and Waverly Books. McLean Arts and Books and The Veatchs Arts of the Book offer works of fine presses and other artistic book offerings.

Profiles in History and David Schulson Autographs offer autographs and signed documents. The American West is the focus of catalogues from Clark Rare Books, William Reese Company, David Lesser Antiquarian Books, and Gene W. Baade. Marc Selvaggio Bookseller has a wonderful collection of odd and obscure pamphlets.

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Rare Book Monthly

  • Sotheby's
    Fine Books, Manuscripts & More
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    Sotheby’s: William Shakespeare.
    The Poems and Sonnets of William Shakespeare, 1960. 7,210 USD
    Sotheby’s: Charles Dickens.
    A Christmas Carol, First Edition, 1843. 17,500 USD
    Sotheby’s: William Golding.
    Lord of the Flies, First Edition, 1954. 5,400 USD
    Sotheby's
    Fine Books, Manuscripts & More
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    Sotheby’s: Lewis Carroll.
    Through the Looking Glass and What Alice Found There, Inscribed First Edition, 1872. 25,000 USD
    Sotheby’s: J.R.R. Tolkien.
    The Hobbit, First Edition, 1937. 12,000 USD
    Sotheby’s: John Milton.
    Paradise Lost, 1759. 5,400 USD

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