Letters to the Editor

19th Century Shop: Charles Darwin on sexuality and the transmission of hereditary characteristics: Autograph Letter Signed to Lawson Tait. Down, 17 January [1877].

19th Century Shop: MILTON, JOHN. Paradise Lost. A Poem written in ten books. London: 1667. A very rare example with the contemporary binding untouched and with a 1667 title page.

19th Century Shop: Hamilton secures the ratification of the Constitution: The Debates and Proceedings of the Convention of the State of New-York, assembled at Poughkeespsie, on the 17th June, 1788.

19th Century Shop: The social contract “Man is born free, and everywhere he is in chains”: ROUSSEAU, JEAN-JACQUES. Principes du Droit Politique [Du Contract Social]. Amsterdam: Michel Rey, 1762

19th Century Shop: “The first English textbook on geometrical land-measurement and surveying”: BENESE, RICHARD. This Boke Sheweth the Maner of Measurynge All Maner of Lande…
Bonhams New York: Fine Books and Manuscripts Including the World of Hilary Knight. December 5, 2018

Bonhams, Dec 5: KNIGHT, HILARY. The Original Portrait of Eloise that Hung at the Plaza Hotel. $100,000 to 150,000

Bonhams, Dec 5: WARHOL, ANDY. "Iced Lemon Delight," an Original Watercolor Presented to Hilary Knight's cat, Phoebe $8,000 to 12,000

Bonhams, Dec 5: SENDAK, MAURICE. Where the Wild Things Are. PRESENTATION COPY, INSCRIBED with drawing to Hilary Knight in the month following publication. $10,000 to 15,000

Bonhams New York: Fine Books and Manuscripts Including the World of Hilary Knight. December 5, 2018

Bonhams, Dec 5: NOLAND, KENNETH. Original circle painting, untitled, acrylic and ink on cloth, for cover of monograph $8,000 to 12,000

Bonhams, Dec 5: TOULOUSE-LAUTREC. Histoires Naturelles, 1899. With 22 original lithographs. $10,000 to 15,000

Bonhams, Dec 5: SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM. A Collection of Poems, [1711]. The first authoritative and complete collected Sonnets.$15,000 to 20,000

Bonhams New York: Fine Books and Manuscripts Including the World of Hilary Knight. December 5, 2018

Bonhams, Dec 5: LONDON, JACK. The Call of the Wild. 1903. First edition, first state jacket. $2,000 to 3,000

Bonhams, Dec 5: FROST, ROBERT. Autograph Manuscript of "Build Soil," 12 pp, 1932-1936. $15,000 to 20,000

Bonhams, Dec 5: GOULD, GLENN. Glenn Gould's extensively annotated copy of Bach's Goldberg Variations $100,000 to 150,000

Bonhams New York: Fine Books and Manuscripts Including the World of Hilary Knight. December 5, 2018

Bonhams, Dec 5: PLATH, SYLVIA. EARLY Autograph Letter Signed, about her beginnings as a writer, Northampton, MA, 1951. $7,000 to 10,000

Bonhams, Dec 5: HOUDINI, HARRY. A collection of 11 cast iron shackle and lock items from Houdini's personal collection. $20,000 to 30,000

Bonhams, Dec 5: M4 ENGIMA MACHINE, with very rare RARE HYDRA KEY ENVELOPE. $400,000 to 600,000
Arenberg Auctions: Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps, and Works on Paper. December 14 & 15, 2018

Arenberg Auctions, Dec 14-15: LÉOPOLD II of Belgium. Autograph letter signed to Ferdinand de Lesseps. (Brusselss, 30th of August 1881. € 500 / 600

Arenberg Auctions, Dec 14-15: Unique collection of c. 280 satirical postcards on Léopold II of Belgium. € 3.000 / 3.500

Arenberg Auctions, Dec 14-15: Horae, use of Rouen, c. 1475. € 22.000 / 30.000

Arenberg Auctions: Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps, and Works on Paper. December 14 & 15, 2018

Arenberg Auctions, Dec 14-15: Sensuyt la tresplaisante hystoire du preux et vaillant Guerin de Montglaue [...]. € 6.000 / 8.000

Arenberg Auctions, Dec 14-15: SCUTENAIRE, Louis. Mes inscriptions. 1945-1963. € 1.000 / 1.200

Arenberg Auctions, Dec 14-15: Études Gèographiques [puzzle]. € 70 / 100

Arenberg Auctions: Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps, and Works on Paper. December 14 & 15, 2018

Arenberg Auctions, Dec 14-15: Unique series of fifty 19th-c. Persian miniatures. € 1.500 / 2.500

Arenberg Auctions, Dec 14-15: SIXTUS IV. De sanguine Christi et De potentia Dei, 1474. € 4.500 / 6.000

Arenberg Auctions, Dec 14-15: Joan Miró, lithographies. € 200 / 300

Arenberg Auctions, Dec 14-15: MERIAN, Anna Maria Sibylla. [Metamorphosis of a brown butterfly]. € 4.000 / 5.000
<center>Doyle: Angling Books from the Collection of Arnold "Jake” Johnson Online Only Auction ending Dec. 18

Doyle, Arnold “Jake” Johnson Online-Only Auction, ending Dec 18: WETZEL, CHARLES M. American Fishing Books. $400 to $600

Doyle, Arnold “Jake” Johnson Online-Only Auction, ending Dec 18: BISSELL, ALFRED E., In Pursuit of Salar. $400 to $600

Doyle, Arnold “Jake” Johnson Online-Only Auction, ending Dec 18: The Settler and Sportsman in Anticosti. $400 to $600

<center>Doyle: Angling Books from the Collection of Arnold "Jake” Johnson Online Only Auction ending Dec. 18

Doyle, Arnold “Jake” Johnson Online-Only Auction, ending Dec 18: CARLETON, HENRY GUY, Advice to Young Anglers. $300 to $500

Doyle, Arnold “Jake” Johnson Online-Only Auction, ending Dec 18: ROBINSON, ROLAND EVANS, Forest and Stream Fables. By Awahsoose the Bear. $300 to $500

Doyle, Arnold “Jake” Johnson Online-Only Auction, ending Dec 18: SAWADA, KEN, The Art of the Classic Salmon Fly. $300 to $500

<center>Doyle: Angling Books from the Collection of Arnold "Jake” Johnson Online Only Auction ending Dec. 18

Doyle, Arnold “Jake” Johnson Online-Only Auction, ending Dec 18: SOUTHARD, CHARLES ZIBEON, The Evolution of Trout and Trout Fishing in America. $400 to $600

Doyle, Arnold “Jake” Johnson Online-Only Auction, ending Dec 18: SOUTHARD, CHARLES ZIBEON, Trout Fly-Fishing in America. $400 to $600

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hhurt December 03, 2002

To: catchall@americanaexchange.com

Date: Sun, 1 Dec 2002 09:56:40 -0800

Subject:

Dear Ms. Tallmer--

Thank you for the article on e-Bay. Let me add an experience that I've
had that surely is not unique. On three occasions that I have documented,
I have received what appeared to be good-faith queries from individuals
asking me to provide scans of high-end books. I have done so. Then
normal back-and-forth discussions have ensued about possible discounts,
questions about the books' condition, shipping, etc. In the cases noted,
I have then seen the scans of my items (absolutely identified by small
mars on the books in the scans) appear for sale on e-Bay at starting
prices far above my asking price. Clearly, the e-Bay seller was offering
my books and then, if he had a successful buyer, he would then consummate
the purchase from me. (The e-Bay seller's name in each case was seemingly
unrelated to the person I thought I was dealing with.) At first, this
angered me as simply wrong. In each case, I ceased negotiations with the
fake buyer. My complaints to e-Bay were received indifferently. I did
begin to watch the patterns of what appeared to be similar sales (always
very high-end books) and realized that the practice was certainly not
isolated.

In any case, as a bookseller I find e-Bay a good place to buy certain
books, but I've never tried to sell anything--except through these
operators I've just described.

Thanks again for your article.

Henry Hurt.

Shadetree Rare Books

Al November 15, 2002

Good Day,

Please sign me up for a year. The temporary trail period has already produced Lewis and Clark books at upcoming auctions that I would have not found otherwise.

Happy Trails,

Al

George December 01, 2014

I look forward every month to reading AE Monthly. Why lessen the enjoyment by including leftist political orthodoxy into otherwise delightful articles.

The latest offender::

"He continued through life to support political candidates who were focused on helping the needy, rather than those who sought to reduce taxes on the wealthy…"

—The Greatest Book Collector Dies at 100

Had the collector's forebears been of like mind, the collection receiving accolades likely would never have been formed.

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<center>Sotheby’s New York Fine Autograph Letters and Manuscripts from a Distinguished Private Collection: Part II December 13, 2018

Sotheby’s NY, Dec 13: Sibelius, Jean. Autograph manuscript of “Spagnuolo” for piano, boldly signed “Jean Sibelius.” $20,000 to $30,000

Sotheby’s NY, Dec 13: Verdi, Giuseppe. Fourteen largely unpublished autograph letters signed to Alessandro Lanari, the “Napoleon of Impresarios.” $100,000 to $150,000

Sotheby’s NY, Dec 13: Jefferson, Thomas. Autograph letter signed ("Th: Jefferson") to William Lee, Monticello, 26 August 1816. $20,000 to $30,000

Sotheby’s NY, Dec 13: Whitman, Walt. Signed carte-de-visite photograph by Benjamin Gurney, 1875. $1,000 to $1,500

Sotheby’s NY, Dec 13: Wilde, Oscar. Autograph letter signed ("Oscar Wilde"). 8 pages on 2 bifolia of different sizes, with ink sketch on the first page. $25,000 to $30,000
<center>Sotheby’s New York Fine Books & Manuscripts Online Ending December 17

Sotheby’s Online, Now - Dec 17: SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM. Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, and Tragedies… The Second Impression. 1632. $100,000 to $150,000

Sotheby’s Online, Now - Dec 17: GEORGE CURZON, 1ST MARQUESS CURZON OF KEDLESTON. “Curzon Tiger Hunt.” [India: circa 1901]. 120 albumen photographs. $3,000 to $5,000

Sotheby’s Online, Now - Dec 17: (CASSADY, NEAL). Kerouac, Jack. On the Road. New York: Viking Press, 1957. Inscribed. $10,000 to $15,000

Sotheby’s Online, Now - Dec 17: VEGA, JOSEPH PENSO DE LA. Confusion de Confusiones. Dialogos curiosos entre un Philosopho agudo, un Mercader discrete... Amsterdam, 1688. $200,000 to $300,000

Sotheby’s Online, Now - Dec 17: RACKHAM, ARTHUR — [WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE]. "The Moon Like to a Silver Bow New-Bent in Heaven," original illustration for A Midsummer Night's Dream. $12,000 to $18,000
Swann Auction Galleries: Jean de Mandeville, Reysen und Wanderschafften durch das Gelobte Land, Strassburg, 1488. Sold for $106,250.

Swann Auction Galleries: José González Cabrera Bueno, Navegación Especulativa, y Práctica, Manila, 1734. Sold for $55,000.

Swann Auction Galleries: Francis W. Winton, manuscript on pow-wows with indigenous Canadians, 1881. Sold for $65,000.

Swann Auction Galleries: Louise Bourgeois, He Disappeared Into Complete Silence, portfolio with complete text & 9 engravings, 1947. Sold for $413,000.

Swann Auction Galleries: Erich Maria Remarque, All Quiet on the Western Front, first American edition, Boston, 1929. Sold for $9,375.

Swann Auction Galleries: Sir William Russell Flint, gouache & watercolor illustration for Homer's Odyssey, 1924. Sold for $22,500.

Swann Auction Galleries: Kurt Vonnegut, archive of 12 letters, signed to his family, 6 illustrated, 1930s-40s. Sold for $12,500.

Swann Auction Galleries: Oscar Wilde, Lady Windermere's Fan, first edition, presentation copy, signed & inscribed, London, 1893. Sold for $27,500.

Swann Auction Galleries: Emil Cardinaux, St. Moritz, 1918. Sold for $17,500.

Swann Auction Galleries: R.J. Waters, 3 panoramas of the San Francisco earthquake & fire, 1906. Sold for $21,250.

Swann Auction Galleries: Album with 200 cartes-de-visite, including images by Felice Beato, John Thompson & F.W. Sutton, Japan & China, 1863-69. Sold for $35,000.

Swann Auction Galleries: Thomas Paine, The American Crisis, Fishkill, NY, December 1776. Sold for $40,000.

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