Rare Book Monthly Reviews - April - 2013 Issue

The 300th Catalogue from Americana Dealer William Reese Co.

The 300th Catalogue from Americana Dealer William Reese Co.

The William Reese Company has reached a major milestone in the antiquarian book field – the printing of their 300th catalogue. That is as rare as most of the books they sell. The milestone is not easily achieved. Few have made it. Sure, there are a few English booksellers, such as Sotheran's and Maggs Bros., that have reached the thousands, but Henry Sotheran and the brothers Maggs have long since departed this planet (though Maggs is still in the family). William Reese, the person, as opposed to William Reese, the company, is still firmly in charge after all these years. All these years me...

Important Maps and Related Items from Daniel Crouch Rare Books

Important Maps and Related Items from Daniel Crouch Rare Books

Daniel Crouch Rare Books has issued their Catalogue V (as in 5), a spectacular, half-inch thick compilation containing just five-times-five items. These are 25 very special pieces, each playing a r...

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A Diamond Jubilee Catalogue from the Raab Collection

A Diamond Jubilee Catalogue from the Raab Collection

The Raab Collection has issued Catalog 75 Our Diamond Jubilee. The Diamond Jubilee, naturally enough, refers to the catalogue number, as while the Raabs are on to their second generation in the bus...

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Rare Americana From Between Two Wars from David Lesser Antiquarian Books

Rare Americana From Between Two Wars from David Lesser Antiquarian Books

David M. Lesser Fine Antiquarian Books has issued their catalogue No. 129 Rare Americana. Lesser describes these as “my latest and most interesting acquisitions.” There certainly is some fascinatin...

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Outlaws and Lawmen from Kenston Rare Books

Outlaws and Lawmen from Kenston Rare Books

Kenston Rare Books has issued a catalogue of Outlaws & Lawmen. Kenston is a specialist on Texas and the American West, the Old West to be specific. This one, as the title indicates, is not so much ...

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85 Antiquarian Books from Bruce McKittrick Rare Books

85 Antiquarian Books from Bruce McKittrick Rare Books

Bruce McKittrick Rare Books has published a catalogue of Eighty-Five Books. That describes the quantity, so we will have to add a note about the what. What we find is old books, very old books. Thi...

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Artistic Books and Important Literature from Thomas Goldwasser Rare Books

Artistic Books and Important Literature from Thomas Goldwasser Rare Books

Thomas A. Goldwasser Rare Books has released their Catalogue Twenty-Five. It comes with no title beyond that number, but we will try to sum up the types of material. For the most part, they fall in...

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New Arrivals from Between The Covers Rare Books

New Arrivals from Between The Covers Rare Books

Between The Covers Rare Books has issued Catalog 181 New Arrivals. New Arrivals is as good a name as one could ask for this catalogue. It is the one common thread. Otherwise, there is more of a lit...

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Bibliographies from Forest Books

Bibliographies from Forest Books

Forest Books has issued their Catalogue 112 Bibliography & Reference. It is filled with almost 700 primarily bibliographical titles. They cover innumerable authors and subjects. You will find the g...

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British and American Private Press Works from Sophie Schneideman Rare Books

British and American Private Press Works from Sophie Schneideman Rare Books

Sophie Schneideman Rare Books has issued a third volume in the ongoing series of The Hanson Collection of British and American Private Press Books. This one contains the subheading Including Works ...

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The Civil War – Part III of the George S. MacManus Co. Series

The Civil War – Part III of the George S. MacManus Co. Series

This month we have received the latest installment of the Civil War series from the George S. MacManus Company. This is actually a continuation of a catalogue issued in two parts last year. Those t...

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Books, Manuscripts and Ephemera from The Lawbook Exchange

Books, Manuscripts and Ephemera from The Lawbook Exchange

The Lawbook Exchange has issued Catalogue 73. Recently Acquired Books, Manuscripts and Ephemera. This one covers seven centuries of the law. Printed works range from five items of incunabula, mostl...

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Sixteenth and Seventeenth Century Works from Antiquates Rare Books

Sixteenth and Seventeenth Century Works from Antiquates Rare Books

Antiquates Fine & Rare Books recently issued their List B: Antiquarian Books, 16th & 17th Centuries. Antiquates is a British bookseller, which likewise is the origin of most of the titles in this c...

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Fine Illustrated Books from Shapero Rare Books

Fine Illustrated Books from Shapero Rare Books

Shapero Rare Books has released a catalogue of Fine Illustrated Books 2013. The catalogue is from 2013, but the illustrated books are mostly much older. There are 100 items offered. The first ten a...

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The C.E.S. Wood and Sara Bard Field Collection from Back of Beyond Books

The C.E.S. Wood and Sara Bard Field Collection from Back of Beyond Books

Charles Erskine Scott Wood was a very unusual individual – an Indian fighter whose radical politics would make him a great supporter of their cause. Wood graduated from West Point in 1874, and serv...

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Works from Both Americas and More from Kaaterskill Books

Works from Both Americas and More from Kaaterskill Books

Kaaterskill Books prepared a List for the 46th California International Antiquarian Book Fair. We were a bit late receiving this, but these books were very old already. While no specialty is listed...

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Japan Is the Subject for Gert Jan Bestebreurtje Rare Books

Japan Is the Subject for Gert Jan Bestebreurtje Rare Books

Gert Jan Bestebreurtje Rare Books has issued a new catalogue with the simple title, Japan. It covers works relating to the earliest European visits to Japan through 20th century expositions and oth...

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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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