Rare Book Monthly Reviews - August - 2018 Issue

Catalogue One from Voewood Rare Books

Catalogue One from Voewood Rare Books

Voewood Rare Books has issued a first, their Catalogue One. They are located in Holt, County of Norfolk, England. While a first catalogue implies a new bookseller, and in a sense Voewood is, it is also a long established, well-respected firm. Voewood is the successor to Simon Finch Rare Books, now located in a spectacular English setting. In America, we would call Voewood (the estate) a castle, but perhaps they call them something else in Britain, like a cottage in the countryside. In England they understate, in America we overstate. The catalogue has no further title, but perhaps the secti...

Magnificent Books & Photographs from the 19th Century Shop

Magnificent Books & Photographs from the 19th Century Shop

The 19th Century Rare Book & Photograph Shop has released a catalogue of Magnificent Books & Photographs. That is no exaggeration. Any catalogue that features Washington, Lincoln, Shakespea...

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Rare Books and Valuable Documents from Librairie Métamorphoses

Rare Books and Valuable Documents from Librairie Métamorphoses

Librairie Métamorphoses of Paris has issued a catalogue of Livres Rares & Documents Précieux. In English, that is Rare Books and Valuable Documents. Inside, the title page states ...

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A Variety of Historic Material from L & T Respess Books

A Variety of Historic Material from L & T Respess Books

L & T Respess Books has published their List 313: Rare Books, Manuscripts & Ephemera. This is one of those catalogues where I am stumped to provide a description that sums up what is to be ...

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Unusual Material from Zephyr Used & Rare Books

Unusual Material from Zephyr Used & Rare Books

Zephyr Used & Rare Books recently published a Rose City Book Fair Catalogue A to Z. That was for the book fair in the Rose City, also known as Portland, Oregon. This is not the typical fair cat...

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A Variety of Books, Paper, and Ephemera from Samuel Gedge Ltd.

A Variety of Books, Paper, and Ephemera from Samuel Gedge Ltd.

Samuel Gedge Ltd. has released their Catalogue XXVI. Gedge provides us with a variety of material, some books, but many shorter form and ephemeral paper items. A few aren't even paper. It is old, g...

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A New Miscellany from Forest Books

A New Miscellany from Forest Books

Forest Books has issued their Miscellany Ten. A Catalogue of Rare and Curious Books, Pamphlets & Printed Ephemera on a wide variety of subjects. Naturally enough, it contains all sorts of mater...

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New Acquisitions from John Windle Antiquarian Bookseller

New Acquisitions from John Windle Antiquarian Bookseller

John Windle Antiquarian Bookseller has issued A Summer Miscellany - 27 Recent Acquisitions. It is always good to find something new. A miscellany this is, a healthy variety considering the limited ...

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Latest from Peter Grogan features 20th Century Literary Fiction, Poetry

Latest from Peter Grogan features 20th Century Literary Fiction, Poetry

Peter Grogan of London has issued his Catalogue Five. It is not otherwise described so we will have to wing it with the description. We are not 100% correct with all of these attributes, but we are...

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The Arctic from Patrick McGahern Books

The Arctic from Patrick McGahern Books

Patrick McGahern Books is offering a catalogue on the Arctic, subtitled Rare, Scarce & Interesting Antiquarian Books, Maps and Prints. McGahern is a Canadian bookseller, and most Arctic explora...

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The Struggle for North America from the William Reese Company

The Struggle for North America from the William Reese Company

The William Reese Company has released a catalogue of The Struggle for North America. Most of the material here ranges from the early 18th century to the days leading to the American Revolution. Th...

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A Variety of Important Material from Raptis Rare Books

A Variety of Important Material from Raptis Rare Books

Raptis Rare Books has issued a new, untitled catalogue, but with a table of contents to give us a look at what is inside. It is something of a miscellany. The topics covered are Americana; Science,...

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The World of Diaghilev from Shapero Rare Books

The World of Diaghilev from Shapero Rare Books

Shapero Rare Books has issued a catalogue featuring The World of Diaghilev. Serge Diaghilev was a Russian born and educated man who, in the early 20th century, became influential in various forms o...

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Rare Book Monthly

  • High Bids Win
    Rare Books, Catalogs, Magazines
    and Machine Manuals
    December 24 to January 9
    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: Ellis Smith Prints unsigned. 20” by 16”.
    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: United typothetae of America presidents. Pictures of 37 UTA presidents 46th annual convention United typothetae of America Cincinnati 1932.
    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec signed Paper Impressionism Art Prints. MayMilton 9 1/2” by 13” Reine de Joie 9 1/2” by 13”.
    High Bids Win
    Rare Books, Catalogs, Magazines
    and Machine Manuals
    December 24 to January 9
    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: Aberle’ Ballet editions. 108th triumph, American season spring and summer 1944.
    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: Puss ‘n Boots. 1994 Charles Perrult All four are signed by Andreas Deja
    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: Specimen book of type faces. Job composition department, Philadelphia gazette publishing company .
    High Bids Win
    Rare Books, Catalogs, Magazines
    and Machine Manuals
    December 24 to January 9
    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: An exhibit of printed books, Bridwell library.
    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur Court By Mark Twain 1889.
    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: 1963 Philadelphia Eagles official program.
    High Bids Win
    Rare Books, Catalogs, Magazines
    and Machine Manuals
    December 24 to January 9
    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: 8 - Esquire the magazine for men 1954.
    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: The American printer, July 1910.
    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: Leaves of grass 1855 by Walt Whitman.
  • 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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