Rare Book Monthly Reviews - October - 2016 Issue

Ranching from Dorothy Sloan Rare Books

Ranching from Dorothy Sloan Rare Books

Dorothy Sloan Rare Books of Austin, Texas, has issued a massive catalogue entitled Ranching. It contains almost 1,000 books related to the field. Actually, this is hardly all in the collection, as it is Catalogue Ten, Part Four, Volume Three H-L. This is the third volume on ranching, covering only a small part of the alphabet, and it still manages to offer almost 1,000 items. This is a thorough collection.
 
It should be noted that the focus is ranching in the American West. Ranching takes place in the East and South and North, and in many other countries as well, but ranching plays ...

Natural History, Nations, History and Travel from Antiquariat Kainbacher

Natural History, Nations, History and Travel from Antiquariat Kainbacher

This month we received out first catalogue from Antiquariat Kainbacher of Baden, Austria. This is their Katalog VII. As you might suspect, the catalogue is written in German, so some familiarity wi...

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Eight Books by Timothy C. Ely from Abby Schoolman Books

Eight Books by Timothy C. Ely from Abby Schoolman Books

Once in a while, a catalogue comes across my desk that is very hard to describe. This time, one has arrived I find impossible to put into words. The title is Timothy C. Ely 8 Books, the bookseller ...

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American Maps and Prints from High Ridge Books

American Maps and Prints from High Ridge Books

High Ridge Books has issued a catalogue of American Maps and Prints, 18th-20th Centuries Including Wall Maps, Pocket Maps, Sea Charts and More. Most of the over 200 items are maps, but there are nu...

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Sophie Schneideman Rare Books Offers Part Three of the Hugh Auchincloss Fine Press Collection

Sophie Schneideman Rare Books Offers Part Three of the Hugh Auchincloss Fine Press Collection

Sophie Schneideman Rare Books has published a catalogue of The Hugh Auchincloss Collection of Fine Printing & Press Books, Catalogue Three – H-J. It contains over 150 items, and is the th...

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A Variety to be Found in Jeff Weber's Bookseller's Cabinet

A Variety to be Found in Jeff Weber's Bookseller's Cabinet

Jeff Weber Rare Books has issued their Catalogue 181 Bookseller's Cabinet. What's in the bookseller's cabinet? Turns out there are four types of not closely related material. Weber carries many oth...

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Canadiana, Americas, Travel and Antiquarian Books from Patrick McGahern Books

Canadiana, Americas, Travel and Antiquarian Books from Patrick McGahern Books

Patrick McGahern Books recently issued a new catalogue of Rare, Scarce and Interesting Books. Canadiana, Americas, North American Travel & Antiquarian Books. That places most books from or abou...

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Cartography from the William Reese Company

Cartography from the William Reese Company

The William Reese Company has prepared one of their bulletins, this #43, with the title Cartography. That one word describes it well. It is filled with maps, many separate, some in atlases. The map...

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American Books, Pamphlets, and Ephemera from David Lesser Antiquarian Books

American Books, Pamphlets, and Ephemera from David Lesser Antiquarian Books

David M. Lesser Fine Antiquarian Books has published their Catalogue 152 of Rare Americana. There are books, pamphlets, broadsides, manuscripts and ephemera, overwhelmingly American with a few Brit...

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Children's Books from Aleph-Bet Books

Children's Books from Aleph-Bet Books

Aleph-Bet Books has issued a new catalogue of Children's Books & Illustrated Books. This is Catalogue 114 in their series. While there may be one or two items that qualify just as children's bo...

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An End of Summer Catalogue from Peter Harrington

An End of Summer Catalogue from Peter Harrington

Peter Harrington of London has issued their Catalogue 123 – Summer 2016. Summer is winding down, but the material is just as hot as ever. Harrington offers a wide variety of it...

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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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