Rare Book Monthly Reviews - December - 2023 Issue

French Literature of the 18th-20th century from Librairie Clavreuil

Librairie Clavreuil has published their second catalogue of literature, Littérature Seconde Partie 1701-1944. It follows from the first part, which we reviewed in October. This one covers milestones in French literature from the 18th - 20th century, works displayed in chronological order. It is a thick, well-illustrated and thoroughly described collection of French works, populated with many of the most notable authors, Voltaire, Chateaubriand, La Fontaine, Baudelaire, Dumas, Montesquieu, Balzac, Hugo, Racine, Proust, Stendhal, Diderot, Gide, and many more. The books are in the French langu...

Rare, Obscure and Lost Americana from Primary Sources

Primary Sources has published their Catalog 7 Winter 2023 of Uncharted Americana. They specialize in unknown and obscure sources of information about America in earlier times. These are often perso...

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A Mix of Subjects and Types of Items in McBride Rare Books Third Catalogue

McBride Rare Books has issued their Catalogue Three. It does not have a more detailed title or description, but we can give a brief overview. In keeping with the trends these days of rare book deal...

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Book Arts, Early and Rare Books, Literature and More from Kelmscott Bookshop Rare Books

Kelmscott Bookshop Rare Books has issued their Catalog 20, Artists' Books and Private Press, Early Printed Books, William Morris, Literature, History, Plus More! As the title of the catalogue and t...

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Rare Americana from David M. Lesser Fine Antiquarian Books

David M. Lesser Fine Antiquarian Books has issued their Catalogue 199 of Rare Americana. It contains mostly pamphlets, broadsides, documents and ephemeral material from 18th and 19th century Americ...

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An Autumn Miscellany from L & T Respess Books

L & T Respess Books has released their List 356: An Autumn Miscellany, Books, Manuscripts, and Ephemera. This truly is a miscellany as there are not any common threads I can discern. Both the t...

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  • Fonsie Mealy’s
    Summer Rare Book
    & Collectors’ Sale
    July 30-31, 2024
    Fonsie Mealy’s, July 30-31: U.S. / European Shipping Archive 1800-1814. The Widow Bermingham & Sons Collection. €7,000 to €10,000.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, July 30-31: Bunreacht na hÉireann. Constitution of Ireland. An important copy of the First Printing of De Valera’s new Constitution, approved in 1938. Signed by the Constitution Cabinet. €7,000 to €9,000.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, July 30-31: A Rare Complete Run of the Cuala Press Broadsides. €7,000 to €9,000.
    Fonsie Mealy’s
    Summer Rare Book
    & Collectors’ Sale
    July 30-31, 2024
    Fonsie Mealy’s, July 30-31: Grose (Francis). The Antiquities of Ireland, 2vols. folio London (for S. Hooper) 1791. Magnificent Hand-Coloured Copy - Only 25 Copies. €3,000 to €5,000.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, July 30-31: Cantillon (Richard). Essai sur la Nature du Commerce en General, Traduit de l'Anglois, Sm. 8vo London (Fletcher Gyles) 1756. €3,000 to €4,000.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, July 30-31: Gregory, (Lady Augusta). Spreading the News: The Rising of the Moon: The Poorhouse (with Douglas Hyde). Being Vol. IX of the Abbey Theatre Series. €3,000 to €4,000.
    Fonsie Mealy’s
    Summer Rare Book
    & Collectors’ Sale
    July 30-31, 2024
    Fonsie Mealy’s, July 30-31: Lavery (Lady Hazel). A moving series of three A.L.S. and a Telegram to Gen. Eoin O'Duffy, July-August 1927, expressing her grief at the death of Kevin O'Higgins. €3,000 to €4,000.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, July 30-31: Dampier (Wm.) Nouveau Voyage Autour du Monde, ou l'on descrit en particulier l'Isthme de l'Amerique…, 2 vols. in one, Amsterdam, 1698. €800 to €1,200.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, July 30-31: Howell (James). Instructions for Forreine Travel Shewing by what Cours, and in what Compasse of Time…, London, 1642. €800 to €1,200.
    Fonsie Mealy’s
    Summer Rare Book
    & Collectors’ Sale
    July 30-31, 2024
    Fonsie Mealy’s, July 30-31: Rowling (J.K.) Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, 8vo, L. (Bloomsbury) 1999, First Edn., First Printing of Deluxe Collectors Edn. Signed. €800 to €1,200.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, July 30-31: James (Wm.) A Full and Correct Account of the Military Occurrences of The Late War Between Great Britain and The United States of America. 2 vols. Lond. 1818. €650 to €900.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, July 30-31: The Laws of the United States, Published by Authority, 3 vols. Philadelphia (Richard Folwell) 1796. €600 to €800.

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