Rare Book Monthly Reviews - June - 2024 Issue

The Parsons Collection of the Discovery of America from Four Booksellers

The Parsons Collection of the Discovery of America from Four Booksellers

A group of booksellers joined together to purchase the collection of the late R. David Parsons of Atlanta. Parsons, an actuary, was well-along in life when he began serious book collecting. He focused on voyages and travel, and put together a magnificent collection of early explorations. The travels covered in this part of his collection were those that went from Europe west. We know that what they found there was America, but in the earliest voyages, they didn't know what the would find, let alone calling it “America.” The land's namesake, Amerigo Vespucci, is found in the catalogue, as ar...

Continental Law 15th to 20th Centuries

Continental Law 15th to 20th Centuries

The Lawbook Exchange has issued a catalogue of Continental Law 15th to 20th Centuries. That covers the entire history of printing up until the beginning of the current century. However, many of the...

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David M. Lesser Fine Antiquarian Books Issues Their Catalogue 202 of Rare Americana

David M. Lesser Fine Antiquarian Books Issues Their Catalogue 202 of Rare Americana

David M. Lesser Fine Antiquarian Books has published their Catalogue 202 of Rare Americana. This latest catalogue of Americana includes numerous items from the old country, also known as Great Brit...

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Ephemera from Zephyr Used & Rare Books

Ephemera from Zephyr Used & Rare Books

Zephyr Used & Rare Books has issued a catalogue of Winter & Spring Plans: Ephemera Society 2024. They exhibited at the spring Ephemera Society show for which this catalogue was prepared. It...

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Rare Book Monthly

  • Sotheby's
    Fine Books, Manuscripts & More
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    Sotheby’s: William Shakespeare.
    The Poems and Sonnets of William Shakespeare, 1960. 7,210 USD
    Sotheby’s: Charles Dickens.
    A Christmas Carol, First Edition, 1843. 17,500 USD
    Sotheby’s: William Golding.
    Lord of the Flies, First Edition, 1954. 5,400 USD
    Sotheby's
    Fine Books, Manuscripts & More
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    Sotheby’s: Lewis Carroll.
    Through the Looking Glass and What Alice Found There, Inscribed First Edition, 1872. 25,000 USD
    Sotheby’s: J.R.R. Tolkien.
    The Hobbit, First Edition, 1937. 12,000 USD
    Sotheby’s: John Milton.
    Paradise Lost, 1759. 5,400 USD

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