Rare Book Monthly

Articles - May - 2010 Issue

17 New Catalogues Reviewed This Month

17 catalogues are reviewed this month.

17 catalogues are reviewed this month.


This month 17 new bookseller catalogues are reviewed in Section II of AE Monthly. The topics this month are as varied as the books themselves. Nineteenth century America is the focus of Seneca Books. Back of Beyond Books primarily targets the American Southwest. Moving south, the William Reese Company offers a catalogue on the Caribbean, while Libreria de Antano presents books on South and Central America, as well as Spain.

There are maritime books at the Ten Pound Island Book Company. Gem and jewelry books are offered by Twelfth Street Booksellers. Classical antiquity is the subject at Antiquariaat Fragmenta Selecta, while the history of ideas is the topic at Rudi Thoemmes Rare Books. Political texts from the left can be found at Lorne Bair Rare Books and Ephemera. Material relating to film, theater, and literature is available from James Pepper Rare Books.

The George S. MacManus Company presents a collection of atlases, almanacs, and city guides. Oak Knoll Books has books about books. Rare and antiquarian works are featured by Leo Cadogan Rare Books and Librarie Thomas-Scheler. James Cummins Bookseller offers a selection of fine books, Peter L. Masi Books covers a variety of fields, while the Antiquariaat Forum and Asher Rare Books present a selection displayed at the recent New York Antiquarian Book Fair.

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Rare Book Monthly

  • 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

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