Rare Book Monthly Reviews - April - 2019 Issue

American Radicalism from Lorne Bair Rare Book

American Radicalism from Lorne Bair Rare Book

Lorne Bair Rare Books has issued their Catalog 30. Three Centuries of American Radicalism. This is not your typical Bair catalogue. It's a massive production, 500 items all fully described and illustrated. All the usual suspects for radical literature are to be found, Utopian societies, anarchism, the I.W.W., socialism, communism, counterculture, labor and unions, radical literature, crime and punishment, African Americana, Latino, women's movements, LGBTQ, pacifism, free thought, and the environment. As you might guess, these are predominantly radical movements of the left, but Bair provid...

Important American Historical Autographs from Joe Rubinfine

Important American Historical Autographs from Joe Rubinfine

Joe Rubinfine has issued his List 182 of American Historical Autographs. This is an outstanding collection of signed material from some of the best-known and most important names in American histor...

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A Variety of Antiquarian Books from Erasmushaus

A Variety of Antiquarian Books from Erasmushaus

Erasmushaus recently published their Rare Book List III. This one is hard to describe. It is like the bookseller's native Switzerland - a lot of languages are spoken here, no one dominating. There ...

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European Voyages to the Pacific and the Americas from Shapero Rare Books

European Voyages to the Pacific and the Americas from Shapero Rare Books

Shapero Rare Books has published a catalogue of New Worlds. European Voyages to the Pacific & Americas. This is quite a selection. There are 115 items and they include some of the most importan...

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Imagination and the Illustrated Book from Ursus Rare Books

Imagination and the Illustrated Book from Ursus Rare Books

Ursus Rare Books has released their Catalogue 343 Imagination & The Illustrated Book from Piranesi to Present. That is a date range, or more specifically, 1748-2017. These books are mostly arti...

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Sample Catalogues from Zephyr Used & Rare Books

Sample Catalogues from Zephyr Used & Rare Books

Zephyr Used & Rare Books has created a catalogue of catalogues - Sell! Sell! Sell! Catalogue of Sample Catalogues. Most of these are those thick folders of samples, photographs, literature and ...

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Rare Americana from the George S. MacManus Co.

Rare Americana from the George S. MacManus Co.

The George S. MacManus Co. has issued their Catalogue 421 of Rare Americana. There are 200 items and these are highly collectible. They are primarily quite old, ranging from early colonial times th...

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The American West from Old West Books

The American West from Old West Books

Old West Books has released their Catalog 47 of Rare, Out of Print Books on the American West. Old West describes their specialties as "the American West, Custer, the Fur Trade, Overland Travel, th...

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Works on Display at the New York Fair from the Lawbook Exchange

Works on Display at the New York Fair from the Lawbook Exchange

The Lawbook Exchange recently created a catalogue of Selected Items on Display at the 2019 New York Antiquarian Book Fair. The items are no longer on display as the fair has passed, but the materia...

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Rare Americana from David M. Lesser Antiquarian Books

Rare Americana from David M. Lesser Antiquarian Books

David M. Lesser Fine Antiquarian Books has published their Catalogue 166 of Significant and Unusual Imprints Relating to America. It is overwhelmingly filled with material from the 18th and 19th ce...

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Americana from the William Reese Company

Americana from the William Reese Company

This is not a typical William Reese Company catalogue, but a listing (with descriptions) of items under the title of Americana taken to the recent California International Antiquarian Book Fair. Re...

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San Francisco in 1850 from Neatline Antique Maps

San Francisco in 1850 from Neatline Antique Maps

Neatline Antique Maps has created a one-item catalogue, San Francisco. from actual Surveys. 1850. That also is the title of the map, and it is a depiction of a rapidly developing city thanks to the...

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