Rare Book Monthly Reviews - August - 2019 Issue

Magnificent Books and Photographs from the 19th Century Shop

Magnificent Books and Photographs from the 19th Century Shop

The 19th Century Rare Book & Photograph Shop has published a catalogue of Magnificent Books & Photographs. There's not much you can add to that. I will only say that "magnificent" is not an exaggeration. I imagine the unidentified man on the cover, who must be Walt Whitman, would probably agree, since a first edition of Leaves of Grass and other Whitman items are found in this catalogue. Here are a few other examples of what can be found in this selection.
 
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Law and Related Fields 15th-20th Centuries from the Lawbook Exchange

Law and Related Fields 15th-20th Centuries from the Lawbook Exchange

The Lawbook Exchange has published a new catalogue with the lengthy title Books, Manuscripts and Ephemera on Law and Related Fields, America, Great Britain and Europe, 15th to 20th Centuries. Or, t...

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Colonial and Revolutionary Americana from the George S. MacManus Company

Colonial and Revolutionary Americana from the George S. MacManus Company

The George S. MacManus Company has issued a catalogue of Colonial and Revolutionary America. This is the first of three planned catalogues on the subject. Even these encompass only a small part of ...

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"Oh, The Places We Will Go" with Zephyr Used & Rare Books

"Oh, The Places We Will Go" with Zephyr Used & Rare Books

Zephyr Used & Rare Books has published a catalogue titled "Oh, The Places We Will Go." This refers not just to physical places, in effect a travel catalogue, but to new technology, ideas, and s...

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Antiquarian and Rare Books from Erasmushaus

Antiquarian and Rare Books from Erasmushaus

Erasmushaus has published their Catalogue 930. The only other title is Rare Books, which these are. We might add to that antiquarian. Most of what is found is of a very aged vintage. The dates rang...

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Avant-Garde Book Design 1915-2000 from  Ursus Rare Books

Avant-Garde Book Design 1915-2000 from Ursus Rare Books

Ursus Rare Books has issued a catalogue of Avant-Garde Book Design 1915-2000. These are cutting edge designs, some ahead of their time, others, perhaps, short trips down a blind alley. Beauty is in...

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Rare Americana from David Lesser Antiquarian Books

Rare Americana from David Lesser Antiquarian Books

David M. Lesser Fine Antiquarian Books has issued their Catalogue 169 of Rare Americana. Primarily pamphlets, broadsides and various documents and manuscripts, there is something from the 17th thro...

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Catalogue XXVIII of Unusual Material from Samuel Gedge, Ltd.

Catalogue XXVIII of Unusual Material from Samuel Gedge, Ltd.

Samuel Gedge Ltd. has published their Catalogue XXVIII. Typical of a Gedge catalogue, it is filled with unusual items, most several centuries old. Few are book length. There are more documents, bot...

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South Carolina from L & T Respess Books

South Carolina from L & T Respess Books

L & T Respess Books has published a catalogue entitled South Carolina. This can reasonably be thought of as a companion to their recent catalogue on North Carolina. The books and documents in h...

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Rare and Antiquarian Canadiana from Patrick McGahern Books

Rare and Antiquarian Canadiana from Patrick McGahern Books

Patrick McGahern Books has released a new catalogue of Canadiana Rare and Antiquarian Books. This is their Catalogue 278, and while everything at least touches on Canada, there are some items that ...

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Other Places, Other Lives from Shapero Rare Books

Other Places, Other Lives from Shapero Rare Books

Shapero Rare Books has issued a catalogue entitled Other Places, Other Lives. Travel & Exploration. The travelers and explorers were mostly Europeans. The places they went were... everywhere! T...

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  • Sotheby's
    Fine Books, Manuscripts & More
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    Sotheby’s: Ian Fleming. Casino Royale, London, 1953. First edition, first printing. $58,610.
    Sotheby’s: A.A. Milne, Ernest Howard Shepard. Winnie The Pooh, United Kingdom, 1926. First UK edition. $17,580.
    Sotheby’s: Ernest Hemingway. Three Stories And Ten Poems, [Paris], (1923). First edition of Hemingway’s first published book. $75,000.
    Sotheby's
    Fine Books, Manuscripts & More
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    Sotheby’s: L. Frank Baum. The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, Chicago, 1900. First edition. $27,500.
    Sotheby’s: Man Ray. Photographs By Man Ray 1920 Paris 1934, Hartford, 1934. $7,860.
    Sotheby’s: Thomas Pennant. Zoologia Britannica, Augsburg, 1771. $49,125.
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