Rare Book Monthly Reviews - October - 2011 Issue

New Acquisitions at Peter Harrington

New Acquisitions at Peter Harrington


The bookselling firm of Peter Harrington has published their Catalogue 78. The common thread among items in this catalogue is not topic nor even that they are books (though most are). It is that they are recent acquisitions. Harrington offers a broad range of material, notable for its importance and condition. Subjects, however, can vary from novels to historical works to children's books, art and more. Here are a few samples from this latest issue.

We will start with the data. The interpretation came later. Item 43 is the Journal of researches into the Geology and Natural History of t...

Travel Books from Bestebreurtje Rare Books

Travel Books from Bestebreurtje Rare Books




Gert Jan Bestebreurtje Rare Books has issued List 48: New Acquisitions. One Hundred Interesting and Rare Books on Travel. Actually there is a bonus here as there are 104 items (unless four ar...

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Travel and Related Works from the Antiquariaat Forum and Asher Rare Books

Travel and Related Works from the Antiquariaat Forum and Asher Rare Books


We recently received the Summer List 2011 from the combined collections of the Antiquariaat Forum and Asher Rare Books of the Netherlands. The descriptive subtitle for this collection is Travel a...

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America's Past through its Signed Documents from Joe Rubinfine

America's Past through its Signed Documents from Joe Rubinfine




Recently arriving here was List 168 from Joe Rubinfine American Historical Autographs. This catalogue offers a selection of (naturally) one-of-a-kind documents from America's past, primarily ...

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Important Signed Documents from the Raab Collection

Important Signed Documents from the Raab Collection

The Raab Collection has issued Catalog 68 of important signed documents. Most emanate from America, although there are a few of European origin. They all pertain to important personalities or event...

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Yeoman's In The Fork's Second Catalogue Offers a Variety of Material

Yeoman's In The Fork's Second Catalogue Offers a Variety of Material

Yeoman's in the Fork, the Tennessee based bookseller, has just released their Catalog Two. This follows up, quite naturally, their first catalogue, released earlier this year. And, we are happy to ...

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Rare Americana from David Lesser Antiquarian Books

Rare Americana from David Lesser Antiquarian Books

David M. Lesser Fine Antiquarian Books has published their 120th catalogue of Rare Americana. What Lesser offers is primarily ephemeral type publications - pamphlets and broadsides - naturally pert...

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Uncommon and Unusual Items from Simon Beattie

Uncommon and Unusual Items from Simon Beattie

Simon Beattie Rare Books, Manuscripts, Music, Ephemera has published Short List 4, the fourth in his series of long short catalogues. These are the largest catalogues we receive in terms of dimensi...

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Children's and Illustrated Books from Aleph-Bet

Children's and Illustrated Books from Aleph-Bet

Aleph-Bet Books has issued its Catalogue 98 of Children's Books and Illustrated Books. These works are primarily both, children's and illustrated books, and though 600 items are offered, each has a...

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Evidence from the William Reese Company

Evidence from the William Reese Company

The William Reese Company has issued their Bulletin 22. Evidence. That title derives from the nature of the material offered. It provides written or pictorial evidence of some place or event. There...

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Antiquarian Catalogues from Bruce McKittrick Rare Books

Antiquarian Catalogues from Bruce McKittrick Rare Books

Here we have a new catalogue that is certainly atypical for the genre. It wouldn't quite qualify for status as a miniature book, but it is the smallest we have seen in eight years of reviewing book...

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