Rare Book Monthly Reviews - November - 2007 Issue

William Reese Revisits The Streeter Sale

William Reese Revisits The Streeter Sale

By Michael Stillman

Catalogue number 257 from the William Reese Company is a must for all major collectors of Americana: The Streeter Sale Revisited. Thomas Streeter was likely the most important collector of printed Americana of the 20th century. Streeter was first a lawyer, then very successful businessman and financier. He began seriously collecting books in the 1920s, and evidently this became the love of his life. He retired in 1939, at the age of just 56, to devote the remainder of his life to book collecting. This he did virtually until its end in 1965.

Streeter collected a...

The Latest Acquisitions at John Michael Lang Fine Books

The Latest Acquisitions at John Michael Lang Fine Books

By Michael Stillman

John Michael Lang Fine Books has issued their latest catalogue, Recent Acquisitions List 23. Offered are 31 new-old items, around for a long time though not seen in a Lang c...

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Americana from James Cummins Bookseller

Americana from James Cummins Bookseller

By Michael Stillman

The latest catalogue from James Cummins Bookseller is one of Americana. It includes many books along with some manuscripts and ephemera. Items range from the Colonial period...

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France and America from Helen R. Kahn Rare Books

France and America from Helen R. Kahn Rare Books

By Michael Stillman

The 71st catalogue from Montreal bookseller Helen R. Kahn and Associates Rare Books, Maps and Manuscripts is entitled France and America Sixteenth to Twentieth Centuries. ...

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Travel 2007 from Bernard J. Shapero Rare Books

Travel 2007 from Bernard J. Shapero Rare Books

By Michael Stillman

The latest catalogue from Bernard J. Shapero Rare Books of London is entitled Travel 2007. The 2007 refers only to the catalogue, as these travels took place long ago, most...

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TEXAS From Maggie Lambeth Rare Books

TEXAS From Maggie Lambeth Rare Books

By Michael Stillman

Maggie Lambeth Rare Books, Maps & Prints has issued a new collection -- Catalogue 55: TEXAS. That is "TEXAS" in all caps, but how else would you spell a land that is big a...

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Unusual Manuscripts and Books from Thomas Cullen

Unusual Manuscripts and Books from Thomas Cullen

By Michael Stillman

Thomas Cullen Rockland Bookman has issued his Catalog #43 -- Manuscripts and Books. There are more manuscripts here, and while there are some very interesting books, we will...

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Books About Books and More from Oak Knoll

Books About Books and More from Oak Knoll

By Michael Stillman

Oak Knoll Books has released its Catalogue 284, featuring works from the Limited Editions Club, books about books, and bibliography. Oak Knoll specializes in books that are ...

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Law and Legal History from The Lawbook Exchange

Law and Legal History from The Lawbook Exchange

By Michael Stillman

The Lawbook Exchange has issued its Catalogue 51 of Law and Legal History -- Recent Acquisitions. The catalogue combines a small group of recent scholarly publications with ...

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Birds, Maps, and Landscapes from Arader Galleries

Birds, Maps, and Landscapes from Arader Galleries

By Michael Stillman

We have received the Arader Galleries' Directors Report for September-October 2007. Their Directors Reports offer a look at a few interesting items they are handling, along ...

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Recent Acquisitions at the Antiquariaat Forum

Recent Acquisitions at the Antiquariaat Forum

By Michael Stillman

The Antiquariaat Forum has issued a new Short Title List with recent acquisitions and a selection from our stock. These short catalogues are issued in conjunction with the n...

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Rare Book Monthly

  • Leland Little, Jan. 22: The First Issue of Robert Frost's A Boy's Will, In Extremely Scarce Binding.
    Leland Little, Jan. 22: Knight's An Account of the Remains of the Worship of Priapus.
    Leland Little, Jan. 22: First Edition of Locke's Important Treatise Some Thoughts Concerning Education.
    Leland Little, Jan. 22: The Richly Illustrated First French Edition of Voyages de Corneille Le Brun par la Moscovie, en Perse, et aux Indes Orientales.
    Leland Little, Jan. 22: Scarce First Issue of An Account of the Province of Carolina in America, Finely Bound and With Celebrated John Speed Map.
    Leland Little, Jan. 22: Humphrey's An Historical Account, Complete with Scarce Folding Maps.
    Leland Little, Jan. 22: First Edition of Chamberlain's Scarce Civil War Memoir The Passing of the Armies.
    Leland Little, Jan. 22: A Rare Photograph of David Bruce Brown and #48 Fiat.
    Leland Little, Jan. 22: George Cruikshank (England, 1792-1878), Archive of Sketches, Notes, and Letters.
    Leland Little, Jan. 22: Extremely Scarce Copy of Die Samländische Ode (The Samland Ode), Signed by Max Pechstein.
    Leland Little, Jan. 22: Andy Warhol's The Thirteen Most Wanted Men Exhibition Catalogue.
    Leland Little, Jan. 22: Edward Ruscha (American, b. 1937), Every Building on the Sunset Strip.
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