Rare Book Monthly Reviews - July - 2004 Issue

Just &#147;Catalogue 89&#148; From <br>James Cummins, Bookseller

Just &#147;Catalogue 89&#148; From <br>James Cummins, Bookseller

By Michael Stillman

James Cummins Bookseller has released their latest catalogue and it comes with the appropriate name “Catalogue 89.” The name is appropriate as it’s hard to be much more descriptive than that. A James Cummins catalogue tends to offer a wide variety of books and manuscripts, making it hard to pigeonhole. The same applies to Catalogue 89. So here are a few samples of what’s inside.

Collectors of automobilia will be interested in item 5. It is a British title by J.H. Knight called Notes on Motor Carriages. The date is what is notable: 1896. Cummins describes it as “t...

Literary Firsts and More from<br>James S. Jaffe Rare Books

Literary Firsts and More from<br>James S. Jaffe Rare Books

By Michael Stillman

James S. Jaffe Rare Books has issued a catalogue focused on literary first editions, illustrated books, fine printing, and poetry. This is their 74th catalogue, though it is...

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Western Americana From William Reese

Western Americana From William Reese

By Michael Stillman

William Reese Company’s 232nd catalogue is a collection of “Western Americana.” The West was conquered a long time ago. You can cross from the Mississippi to the Pacific in...

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Women, Country Houses, and Perspective<br>From Charles Wood

Women, Country Houses, and Perspective<br>From Charles Wood

By Michael Stillman

What do women, country houses and perspective have in common? For one, they are all topics of Charles Wood's latest catalogue (I must admit that I'm stumped as to what the ...

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A Fascinating Collection of Antique Maps<br>From Jonathan Potter

A Fascinating Collection of Antique Maps<br>From Jonathan Potter

By Michael Stillman

We recently received a new catalogue of maps from Jonathan Potter Limited, called, logically enough, "A selection of Antique Maps from Jonathan Potter." While the catalogue ...

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Interesting and Unusual Americana from<br>David M. Lesser Antiquarian Books

Interesting and Unusual Americana from<br>David M. Lesser Antiquarian Books

By Michael Stillman

David M. Lesser Fine Antiquarian Books has released a new offering entitled "Rare Americana--A Catalogue of Significant and Unusual Imprints Relating to America (No. 80)". A...

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Some Summer Reading

Some Summer Reading

By Bruce McKinney

One of the great pleasures of summer is the opportunity to gorge on books. In the year between our last great business, which we sold in 1988 and the current great challenge,...

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