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...
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...
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...
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...
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 ...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 ...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Sotheby’s Livres et Manuscrits, de Galilée à Warhol 6-18 December 2024
Sotheby’s, Dec. 18: Proust, Marcel. À l’ombre des jeunes filles en fleurs, [1920]. 150,000 - 200,000 EUR
Sotheby’s, Dec. 18: Warhol, Andy ─ Sam Francis ─ Walasse Ting ─ Roy Lichtenstein ─ Robert Rauschenberg ─ Jean-Paul Riopelle ─ Pierre Alechinsky ─ etc. [1964]. 120,000 - 150,000 EUR
Sotheby’s, Dec. 18: [Mode] - Maison Goupy. 762 dessins de mode. [1924-1931]. 90,000 - 120,000 EUR
Sotheby’s, Dec. 18: Galilée. Dialogo di Galileo Galilei [1632]. 60,000 - 80,000 EUR
Sotheby’s, Dec. 18: Mongaigne, Michel de. Essais. Paris. [1587]. 32,000 - 45,000 EUR
Bonhams, Dec. 18: A Very Fine Composite Atlas Magnificently Illuminated and Heightened with Gold in a Fine Contemporary Hand Throughout. $300,000 - $500,000
Bonhams, Dec. 18: Saint-Exupéry's Revised Ending for Wind, Sand and Stars. $40,000 - $60,000
Bonhams, Dec. 18: Edith Wharton's Gold Medal from the National Institute of Arts and Letters, 1924. $20,000 - $30,000
Bonhams, Dec. 18: Salinger on the Glass Family and on Detachment. $10,000 - $15,000
Bonhams, Dec. 18: Fanny Burney's Groundbreaking First Novel. Evelina, Or a Young Lady's Entrance into the World. $10,000 - $15,000
Bonhams, Dec. 18: Kafka's Earliest Extant Piece of Writing. Autograph Note Signed ("Franz Kafka"). $10,000 - $15,000
Bonhams, Dec. 18: Wagner Signed "Ride of the Valkries." $6,000 - $9,000
Bonhams, Dec. 18: Dickens on the Death of Little Nell. $5,000 - $8,000
Bonhams, Dec. 18: Sylvia Plath's Copy of Joy of Cooking. $4,000 - $6,000
Bonhams, Dec. 18: Walt Whitman and Friends: Whitman to James Russell Lowell. $8,000 - $12,000
Bonhams, Dec. 18: Walt Whitman and Friends: The Genesis of his Lincoln Lectures. $6,000 - $9,000
![<b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 18:</b> Proust, Marcel. <i>À l’ombre des jeunes filles en fleurs,</i> [1920]. 150,000 - 200,000 EUR](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/6b9b602f-e3a8-460d-8256-3cd5b58b2993.png "<b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 18:</b> Proust, Marcel. <i>À l’ombre des jeunes filles en fleurs,</i> [1920]. 150,000 - 200,000 EUR")
![<b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 18:</b> Warhol, Andy ─ Sam Francis ─ Walasse Ting ─ Roy Lichtenstein ─ Robert Rauschenberg ─ Jean-Paul Riopelle ─ Pierre Alechinsky ─ etc. [1964]. 120,000 - 150,000 EUR](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/c6d05207-4c34-4e62-b66b-fa23228ac686.png "<b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 18:</b> Warhol, Andy ─ Sam Francis ─ Walasse Ting ─ Roy Lichtenstein ─ Robert Rauschenberg ─ Jean-Paul Riopelle ─ Pierre Alechinsky ─ etc. [1964]. 120,000 - 150,000 EUR")
![<b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 18:</b> [Mode] - Maison Goupy. 762 dessins de mode. [1924-1931]. 90,000 - 120,000 EUR](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/2f3e987f-6266-444c-ace5-df0445f43333.png "<b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 18:</b> [Mode] - Maison Goupy. 762 dessins de mode. [1924-1931]. 90,000 - 120,000 EUR")
![<b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 18:</b> Galilée. Dialogo di Galileo Galilei [1632]. 60,000 - 80,000 EUR](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/e01a21b6-dffc-4f75-a590-17a5bfbbaf26.png "<b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 18:</b> Galilée. Dialogo di Galileo Galilei [1632]. 60,000 - 80,000 EUR")
![<b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 18:</b> Mongaigne, Michel de. <i>Essais.</i> Paris. [1587]. 32,000 - 45,000 EUR](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/c86bdba5-2961-4805-919c-d361a3df1f41.png "<b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 18:</b> Mongaigne, Michel de. <i>Essais.</i> Paris. [1587]. 32,000 - 45,000 EUR")
