Rare Book Monthly Reviews - May - 2012 Issue

To the Far Left and Right from Lorne Bair Rare Books

To the Far Left and Right from Lorne Bair Rare Books

Lorne Bair Rare Books, Manuscripts & Ephemera has issued a new catalogue, and despite the image on the cover, which might lead you to believe its title is “Death to the Fascist Insect that Preys on the Life of the People,” it is actually simply called Catalog 14. That piece on the cover is not surprising for Bair, who generally specializes in material well to the left of center. However, the Winchester, Virginia, bookseller also frequently includes some items far to the other side of the spectrum (what you won't find here is much material from the center). This time, there is also a substan...

Maps, Broadsides and More from Boston Rare Maps

Maps, Broadsides and More from Boston Rare Maps

Boston Rare Maps recently published a collection of Highlights exhibited at the New York Antiquarian Book Fair. Boston Rare Maps, quite naturally, is a map specialist, that specialty being American...

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Travel Books and Photographs from The Wayfarer's Bookshop

Travel Books and Photographs from The Wayfarer's Bookshop

The Wayfarer's Bookshop recently printed a catalogue for the New York Antiquarian Book Fair 2012. It is filled primarily with travel material. This makes sense, since Wayfarer's had to make the lon...

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Spectacular Maps and Other Cartographic Items from Daniel Crouch Rare Books

Spectacular Maps and Other Cartographic Items from Daniel Crouch Rare Books

Daniel Crouch Rare Books, the London-based merchant of maps, atlases, and other high-end cartographic items, recently released their Catalogue IV. This is a thick, 127-page tall volume offering jus...

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World's Fairs from Mark Selvaggio Books & Ephemera

World's Fairs from Mark Selvaggio Books & Ephemera

Mark Selvaggio, Books & Ephemera, is offering a catalogue of shorter form material relating to a very specific type of event – World's Fairs & Expositions. These are mainly printed pieces you would...

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Twenty-Five Books and Other Important Works on Paper from Antiquariaat Forum and Asher Rare Books

Twenty-Five Books and Other Important Works on Paper from Antiquariaat Forum and Asher Rare Books

The Antiquariat Forum and Asher Rare Books have issued their Catalogue 111, Twenty-Five Autographs, Drawings, Manuscripts, Printed Books, and Views. It is always a tip off that the items will be sp...

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A New Miscellany from Kenneth Karmiole, Bookseller

A New Miscellany from Kenneth Karmiole, Bookseller

Kenneth Karmiole, Bookseller, has issued a New Miscellany #33. Karmiole’s catalogues truly are miscellanies, the material so varied it is hard to describe. There are ancient Latin treatises, often ...

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Important Historical Material from the Raab Collection

Important Historical Material from the Raab Collection

The Raab Collection recently issued a new selection of historical material, Catalog 71. These are, for the most part, signed historical documents, though there are a few not amenable to such a desc...

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Bible, Early Books, and Fine Bindings from James Cummins Bookseller

Bible, Early Books, and Fine Bindings from James Cummins Bookseller

In the Beginning... James Cummins Bookseller has issued Catalogue 111. Bible, Early Books, & Fine Bindings. These are works overwhelmingly with a theological bent. With a concentration on very earl...

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Antiquariats Banzhaf and Kuhn at the New York Book Fair

Antiquariats Banzhaf and Kuhn at the New York Book Fair

Antiquariat Banzhaf and Antiquariat Michael Kuhn created a pocket catalogue for the recent ABAA Antiquarian Book Fair in New York. These booksellers traveled from Germany to New York to display the...

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Science, Americana, Literature and More from B & L Rootenberg

Science, Americana, Literature and More from B & L Rootenberg

B & L Rootenberg Fine & Rare Books recently prepared A Selection of Books Exhibited at the International Antiquarian Book Fair New York. Their catalogue is divided into four sections, (1) Science, ...

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Spectacular Books for the Fair from Peter Harrington

Spectacular Books for the Fair from Peter Harrington

Peter Harrington published a catalogue of Books Exhibited at New York Antiquarian Book Fair 2012. One hopes the London bookseller heavily insured this collection, as it is filled with some of the m...

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Western Books from Gene W. Baade

Western Books from Gene W. Baade

Gene W. Baade Books on the West has put together a new catalogue of works on the American West. It is a mix of books old and recent, some collectible, some for reading, on a variety of subjects rel...

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The Civil War from the George S. MacManus Company

The Civil War from the George S. MacManus Company

The George S. MacManus Company has begun publishing a new series of catalogues on America’s Civil War. The Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, bookseller issued a series of catalogues on America’s epic strugg...

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Africa from Gert Jan Bestebreurtje Rare Books

Africa from Gert Jan Bestebreurtje Rare Books

Gert Jan Bestebreurtje Rare Books has issued a new collection, titled List 54: Africa. This is Africa primarily from the 18th and 19th centuries, and Africa as seen through the eyes of Europeans. T...

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The United States Navy from the William Reese Company

The United States Navy from the William Reese Company

The William Reese Company has now issued their 291st catalogue, this one entitled The United States Navy. Most items do pertain to the nation's seagoing military forces, though a few items stray to...

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Highly Important American Maps and Atlases from Donald Heald Rare Books

Highly Important American Maps and Atlases from Donald Heald Rare Books

Donald Heald Rare Books has published a catalogue of Highly Important Maps and Atlases. These are, as the title says, highly important, almost all either focused on, or containing significant mater...

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Rare Book Monthly

  • Sotheby's
    Fine Books, Manuscripts & More
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    Sotheby’s: William Shakespeare.
    The Poems and Sonnets of William Shakespeare, 1960. 7,210 USD
    Sotheby’s: Charles Dickens.
    A Christmas Carol, First Edition, 1843. 17,500 USD
    Sotheby’s: William Golding.
    Lord of the Flies, First Edition, 1954. 5,400 USD
    Sotheby's
    Fine Books, Manuscripts & More
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    Sotheby’s: Lewis Carroll.
    Through the Looking Glass and What Alice Found There, Inscribed First Edition, 1872. 25,000 USD
    Sotheby’s: J.R.R. Tolkien.
    The Hobbit, First Edition, 1937. 12,000 USD
    Sotheby’s: John Milton.
    Paradise Lost, 1759. 5,400 USD

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