Swann Rare & Important Travel Posters November 25, 2025
Swann, Nov. 25: James Northfield. Australia / Koala. 1931. $800 to $1,200.
Swann, Nov. 25: Mitsuharu Horiuchi. The North China Railway Co. Circa 1939. $3,000 to $4,000.
Swann, Nov. 25: Cunard [Slavonia] / New York Mediterranean. Circa 1905. $3,000 to $4,000.
Swann Rare & Important Travel Posters November 25, 2025
Swann, Nov. 25: White Star Line / Types of World Famous Liners. Circa 1927. $2,500 to $3,500.
Swann, Nov. 25: Visit the USSR. 1958. $1,000 to $1,500.
Swann, Nov. 25: Stefan Norblin. Wilno. Circa 1930. $800 to $1,200.
Swann Rare & Important Travel Posters November 25, 2025
Swann, Nov. 25: Samuel Henchoz. Villars Chesières Suisse. 1948. $800 to $1,200.
Swann, Nov. 25: Roger Broders. Marseille / Porte de l'Afrique du Nord. 1929. $5,000 to $7,500.
Swann, Nov. 25: Arthur Vivian Farrar. Time is Money / Underground. Gouache maquette. 1930. $1,000 to $1,500.
Swann Rare & Important Travel Posters November 25, 2025
Swann, Nov. 25: Hawaii / Paradise of the Pacific. 1908. $800 to $1,200.
Swann, Nov. 25: David Klein. New York / Fly TWA. 1956. $7,000 to $10,000.
Swann, Nov. 25: Leslie Ragan. The New 20th Century Limited / New York Central System. 1939. $15,000 to $20,000.
Sotheby’s A Worldwide Grand Tour: The Sven A. Behrendt Collection 2 December 2025
Sotheby’s, Dec. 2: Isaac Newton. The mathematical principles of natural philosophy..., London, 1729, first edition in English, 2 volumes, contemporary calf. £35,000 to £40,000.
Sotheby’s, Dec. 2: Henri Abraham Chatelain. Atlas historique, Amsterdam, 1719-1721, 7 volumes, contemporary calf gilt. £7,000 to £9,000.
Sotheby’s, Dec. 2: Sir Marc Aurel Stein. Serindia. Detailed Report of Explorations in Central Asia and Westernmost China, Oxford, 1921, 6 volumes, original cloth. £7,000 to £10,000.
Sotheby’s, Dec. 2: Joseph Stöcklein. Allerhand... Reis-Beschreibungen, 1726-55, 32 parts in 5 volumes, contemporary pigskin. £5,000 to £6,000.
Sotheby’s, Dec. 2: Rudyard Kipling. The Complete Works in Prose and Verse, 1937-39, 35 volumes, publisher's tan morocco gilt, first volume signed by the author. £4,000 to £6,000.
ALDE, Dec. 3:Les Chants de Maldoror, Paris, Albert Skira, 1934. €30,000 to €40,000.
ALDE, Dec. 3:Braque le Patron, Paris, Fernand Mourlot, 1945. €8,000 to €10,000.
ALDE, Dec. 3:Le Soleil des eaux, Paris, Matarasso, 1949. €3,000 to €4,000.
ALDE, Dec. 3:Des Hirondelles et de quelques oiseaux connus, méconnus, ou inconnus décrits par le Comte de Buffon et Dado, Fontfroide, 1988. €3,000 to €4,000.
ALDE, Dec. 3:
ALDE, Dec. 3:Ne coupez pas mademoiselle ou les erreurs des P.T.T., Paris, Galerie Simon, 1921. €5,000 to €6,000.
Four Book Collectors and Sellers Share Their Passion for Collecting
- by Michael Stillman
Everyone is a Collector.
The world is filled with readers who love books and who are sort-of collectors in that they place the books they have read on their shelves and keep them there, perhaps forever. Still, they may not think of themselves as book collectors despite the love that makes it hard to part with those treasures. Maybe it's time to become a true collector rather than a de facto one. This is a field where there are knowledgeable people willing to help you share their passion.
In celebration of the 75th anniversary of the American Antiquarian Booksellers Association (ABAA), AbeBooks, the world's largest online book selling website, has put together a group of four short interviews with book people. They will give you a feel for the excitement of intentionally collecting books rather than just accidentally so. One of the great things about book collecting is that everyone can pick their own particular niche in the field. There is no one size fits all. In fact, it isn't limited to official “books,” as many people collect other forms of paper as well, documents, manuscripts, letters, posters, maps, etc.
The four booksellers and collectors who share their stories are Lisbet Tellefsen, Rebecca Romney, Obediah Baird, and Walter Reuben. Lisbet Tellefsen is an Oakland-based collector and community archivist. She has been collecting virtually her whole life, with the focus shifting from pop culture to posters, Afro-Cuban culture, and black LGBTQ culture. Rebecca Romney has been involved in the book trade most of her adult life, now as a co-founder of Type Punch Matrix. You may have seen her as the book expert on TV's Pawn Stars. Obadiah Baird is one of the co-owners of The Book Bin. His specialty is science fiction, fantasy, and horror. Walter Reuben, logically, is the proprietor of Walter Reuben, Inc. His specialty is films and old Hollywood ephemera.
You can hear their messages and better experience the excitement of book and paper collecting for yourself by visiting AbeBooks.com. Click here.