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Rare Book Monthly Reviews - January - 2022 Issue

Fine Books and Manuscripts from James Cummins Bookseller

Fine Books and Manuscripts from James Cummins Bookseller

James Cummins Bookseller has issued Catalogue 142 Fine Books & Manuscripts. There are many significant and important items, including personally written manuscripts by notable people. However, they don't fit within any particular category. There is a wide array of subjects and categories of material offered. Here are a few samples.
 
We will begin with an import piece of Americana by one of if not the greatest leader in the country's history. Abraham Lincoln was not a notable political figure when he ran for the senate in Illinois in 1858. He was but a one-term congressman, out o...

Catalog 18 from The Kelmscott Bookshop

Catalog 18 from The Kelmscott Bookshop

The Kelmscott Bookshop has issued their Catalog 18, long title Artists' Books & Private Press, Miniature Books, Movables, History, Literature, Art, Travel & Exploration, & More. That's ...

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The 10th Catalogue from Honey & Wax Booksellers

The 10th Catalogue from Honey & Wax Booksellers

Honey & Wax Booksellers has published their catalogue No. 10. Honey & Wax catalogues are always exciting and different if impossible to describe. There is a mix of material that defies desc...

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Not Fair from Bull's Head Rare Books

Not Fair from Bull's Head Rare Books

Bull's Head Rare Books has published their second catalogue, appropriately called Catalogue Two. Also, Not Fair. Why isn't it fair? Is it unfair? Or maybe the condition of the material is better th...

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Recent Acquisitions in the Law 16th-20th Centuries from The Lawbook Exchange

Recent Acquisitions in the Law 16th-20th Centuries from The Lawbook Exchange

The Lawbook Exchange has published a catalogue of Recently Acquired Rare Books and Manuscripts in Law and Related Fields – America, Great Britain and Europe, 16th to 20th Centuries. That cove...

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Baedeker & Other Travel Guides from Shapero Rare Books

Baedeker & Other Travel Guides from Shapero Rare Books

Shapero Rare Books has published a catalogue of Baedeker & General Travel Guides. This is the fourth catalogue of Baedeker-plus guides Shapero has created, which we assume means these guides mu...

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Artists' Books, Bindings, Calligraphy, and Typography from the Veatchs Arts of the Book

Artists' Books, Bindings, Calligraphy, and Typography from the Veatchs Arts of the Book

The Veatchs Arts of the Book has published their Catalogue 98 New Acquisitions, including Artists' Books, Bindings, Calligraphy, and Typography. That makes describing what's in this selection easy,...

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Digging Into the Past with Zephyr Used & Rare Books

Digging Into the Past with Zephyr Used & Rare Books

Zephyr Used and Rare Books has published a catalogue of Fall & Winter Excavations. It is filled with ephemeral items, numerous trade catalogues, photo albums, archives, some forgotten twentieth...

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Rare Americana from David M. Lesser Fine Antiquarian Books

Rare Americana from David M. Lesser Fine Antiquarian Books

David M. Lesser Fine Antiquarian Books has issued a new catalogue, no. 186, of Rare Americana. As always, these are filled with fascinating material relating to America (with an occasional exceptio...

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    Fine Books, Manuscripts & More
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    Fine Books, Manuscripts & More
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    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.
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    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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