Rare Book Monthly Reviews - November - 2005 Issue

The Civil War Still Rages at Chapel Hill Rare Books

The Civil War Still Rages at Chapel Hill Rare Books

By Michael Stillman

This month we review our first catalogue from Chapel Hill Rare Books, of, naturally, Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Chapel Hill Rare Books specializes in Americana and 19th and 20th century American and English literary first editions. However, they note that they also carry material from other fields, so there's no need to feel constrained when searching their inventory. The Carolina bookseller has been in business for close to three decades and maintains memberships in both the ABAA (Antiquarian Booksellers' Association of America) and ILAB (International League of An...

Intriguing And Unusual Americana From David Lesser

Intriguing And Unusual Americana From David Lesser

By Michael Stillman

David M. Lessor Fine Antiquarian Books is offering their 86th catalogue of "Significant and Unusual Imprints Relating to America." Lesser regularly presents collections of A...

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The American West and Frontier From Arthur H. Clark

The American West and Frontier From Arthur H. Clark

By Michael Stillman

The Arthur H. Clark Company has issued its Catalogue 922 of material on the American Frontier and West. Generally speaking, if it occurred west of the Mississippi during the ...

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Famous Signatures And Documents From The Raab Collection

Famous Signatures And Documents From The Raab Collection

By Michael Stillman

Catalogue number 50 is now available from The Raab Collection. Raab specializes in signed documents and autographs. You won't find any obscure signatures in this collection. ...

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Oak Knoll Offers The Inventory Of Questor Rare Books

Oak Knoll Offers The Inventory Of Questor Rare Books

By Michael Stillman

Oak Knoll Books has issued its catalogue number 266, but in a way, this is someone else's catalogue. You see, Oak Knoll has purchased the inventory and reference books of its...

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Travels and Voyages from William Reese

Travels and Voyages from William Reese

'By Michael Stillman

The William Reese Company's 240th catalogue is titled Travels and Voyages. Reese specializes in the

very top level of books, manuscripts and ephemera. You will find con...

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Gardens and Landscapes from Charles Wood

Gardens and Landscapes from Charles Wood

By Michael Stillman

We recently received the latest catalogue, number 124, from Charles Wood Antiquarian Booksellers of Cambridge, Massachusetts. Wood specializes in buildings and grounds, so to...

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    Sotheby’s: Ian Fleming. Casino Royale, London, 1953. First edition, first printing. $58,610.
    Sotheby’s: A.A. Milne, Ernest Howard Shepard. Winnie The Pooh, United Kingdom, 1926. First UK edition. $17,580.
    Sotheby’s: Ernest Hemingway. Three Stories And Ten Poems, [Paris], (1923). First edition of Hemingway’s first published book. $75,000.
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    Sotheby’s: L. Frank Baum. The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, Chicago, 1900. First edition. $27,500.
    Sotheby’s: Man Ray. Photographs By Man Ray 1920 Paris 1934, Hartford, 1934. $7,860.
    Sotheby’s: Thomas Pennant. Zoologia Britannica, Augsburg, 1771. $49,125.
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