Rare Book Monthly Reviews - February - 2014 Issue

Book Arts from RoYoung Bookseller

Book Arts from RoYoung Bookseller

This month we received our first catalogue from Royoung Bookseller, of Ardsley, New York (just north of the big city). First, an aside about the name, which can be Royoung or RoYoung, but nothing we can do in textual type does the name justice. The logo has the “Ro” on a top line and the “oung” on a slightly lower line, with a larger “Y” in between. The result is your eye reads the name “Roy Young” without even realizing only one “Y” is present. So, think of the name as “Roy Young,” but only use one “y” when...

Aleph-Bet Books Offers 500 Books and a Top 100 List

Aleph-Bet Books Offers 500 Books and a Top 100 List

Aleph-Bet Books recently released their Catalogue 106 of Children's Books & Illustrated Books. With few exceptions, most books offered are both. This catalogue is slightly different from the ty...

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American Natural History from the William Reese Company

American Natural History from the William Reese Company

The William Reese Company has issued their Bulletin 33: American Natural History. This bulletin offers 34 works pertaining to the natural history of North America (and the Caribbean), with most rel...

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American Autographed Documents from Joe Rubinfine

American Autographed Documents from Joe Rubinfine

Joe Rubinfine has issued List 174 of American Historical Autographs. This is a collection of documents, occasionally a small form but mostly larger papers, including handwritten letters, from impor...

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Americana from Walkabout Books

Americana from Walkabout Books

Walkabout Books of Laguna Niguel, California, has issued their second catalogue, appropriately enough titled Catalogue Two. Americana. Offered is a great selection of modestly priced items relating...

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Arts, Architecture, Fine Press, and More from Marilyn Braiterman Rare Books

Arts, Architecture, Fine Press, and More from Marilyn Braiterman Rare Books

This month we have our first catalogue from Marilyn Braiterman Rare Books. This is Catalogue 33. Braiterman describes their specialties as decorative arts and design, architecture and landscape, pr...

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Modern Literature and Its Authors from Ken Lopez Bookseller

Modern Literature and Its Authors from Ken Lopez Bookseller

Ken Lopez Bookseller of Hadley, Massachusetts, has issued Catalog 162. Their specialty is modern literary first editions. That is not an exclusive. This catalogue contains many related items, such ...

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Sotheran's Issues Their Latest Piccadilly Notes

Sotheran's Issues Their Latest Piccadilly Notes

Sotheran's has issued the latest in a long-running catalogue series entitled Piccadilly Notes 59 Winter 2013. They have been issuing Piccadilly Notes for almost a century, but that is a recent deve...

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A 25th Anniversary for David M. Lesser Fine Antiquarian Books

A 25th Anniversary for David M. Lesser Fine Antiquarian Books

David M. Lesser Fine Antiquarian Books has reached a milestone - the bookseller's 25th anniversary in the business. The event is celebrated with the firm's catalogue No. 135 Rare Americana, almost ...

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Antiquarian Books from the Continent from Librairie Thomas-Scheler

Antiquarian Books from the Continent from Librairie Thomas-Scheler

Librairie Thomas-Scheler has issued a catalogue of Livres Anciens, Première partie A à K. That is Antiquarian Books, First part A-K. A couple of things are clear from this title &ndas...

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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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