Rare Book Monthly Reviews - January - 2024 Issue

New Harmony “A New View of Society” from Harald Hultqvist Rare Books

We recently received a catalogue from Harald Hultqvist Rare Books, their Catalogue IV. Hultqvist is located in Stockholm, Sweden. That is somewhat surprising considering what is found in this catalogue. This is not a typical catalogue. It has but one item in it. That one book is far removed from Sweden. It comes from America, though perhaps it is better connected in terms of the positions it advocates. It relates to a socialistic community, and socialism is more popular in Sweden than America.
 
The book is A New View of Society, or, Essays on the Formation of the Human Character Preparat...

A New Catalogue of Many Things from Rulon-Miller Books

Rulon Miller Books has published their Catalogue 169. There is no further title, but if there were, a miscellany would have been appropriate. There is a mix of all sorts of material, different subj...

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Modern Graphic Design from Ursus Rare Books

Ursus Rare Books has issued a catalogue of Modern Graphic Design. Art, Architecture, Infographics, & Propaganda. One of these words is not like the others. There are many art and design works, ...

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Present Indicative from Shapero Rare Books

Shapero Rare Books latest catalogue is entitled Present Indicative 2023. While I'm still not sure of its meaning in the current context, I can say what type of material it contains because there is...

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English Law 16th-20th Centuries from The Lawbook Exchange

The Lawbook Exchange has issued a catalogue entitled English Law, 16th-20th Centuries. This refers to laws of England, rather than law books written in English. There are some books of English law ...

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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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