Some Advice for Booksellers, Russian Bookselling, Abe's Latest Top 10
- by Michael Stillman
USA Today offers some advice to booksellers.
10. Sefer Tehilim by Sebastian Münster, a Basel printing of this 16th century
work by the German Hebrew scholar. $3,464.
9. The Bible, an edition limited to 75 copies, printed by the Nonesuch Press
of London in 1927. $3,750.
8. Histoire de la mesure du temps par les horloges by Ferdinand Berthoud, a
book on time measurement by the Swiss watchmaker, published in 1802. $4,340.
7. Don Juan by Lord Byron, six volumes of Byron's masterpiece published from
1819-1824. $4,500.
6. Beskrivelse over Eylandet St. Croix I America I Vest-Indien by Reimert
Haagensen, an early look at St. Croix, Virgin Islands, published in Copenhagen in
1798. $4,500.
5. Du Côte De Chez Swann by Marcel Proust, 1913 first edition of the first
installment of the seven-volume "In Search of Lost Time." $5,000.
4. A Touch of Frost, Frost at Christmas, Night Frost, Hard Frost and
Winter Frost by R.D. Wingfield, a collection of first editions of Wingfield's
English detective set. $5,609.
3. Hieronymi Cardani Mediolanensis Medici De Rerum Varietate Libri XVII by
Gerolamo Cardano, a 1557 edition of Da Vinci's friend's work on natural phenomena.
$7,017.
2. The Origin of Species, first American printing from 1860 of Charles
Darwin's [r]evolutionary classic. $11,000.
1. Libellus ysagogicus Abdilasi Id est servi gloriosi dei: qui dicitur
Alchabitius ad magisterium iuditiorum astrorum by Alchabitius, an incunabulum
(1485) printing of the 10th century Arabian astrologer's work. $12,000.
High Bids Win Rare Books, Catalogs, Magazines and Machine Manuals December 24 to January 9
High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: Ellis Smith Prints unsigned. 20” by 16”.
High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: United typothetae of America presidents. Pictures of 37 UTA presidents 46th annual convention United typothetae of America Cincinnati 1932.
High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec signed Paper Impressionism Art Prints. MayMilton 9 1/2” by 13” Reine de Joie 9 1/2” by 13”.
High Bids Win Rare Books, Catalogs, Magazines and Machine Manuals December 24 to January 9
High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: Aberle’ Ballet editions. 108th triumph, American season spring and summer 1944.
High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: Puss ‘n Boots. 1994 Charles Perrult All four are signed by Andreas Deja
High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: Specimen book of type faces. Job composition department, Philadelphia gazette publishing company .
High Bids Win Rare Books, Catalogs, Magazines and Machine Manuals December 24 to January 9
High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: An exhibit of printed books, Bridwell library.
High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur Court By Mark Twain 1889.
High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: 1963 Philadelphia Eagles official program.
High Bids Win Rare Books, Catalogs, Magazines and Machine Manuals December 24 to January 9
High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: 8 - Esquire the magazine for men 1954.
High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: The American printer, July 1910.
High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: Leaves of grass 1855 by Walt Whitman.
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
