Rare Book Monthly Articles - October - 2025 Issue

Getting Control of your Emotions: Read some Books

Getting Control of your Emotions: Read some Books

It has long been understood that emotion and logic interact. You learn by observing and repeating and incorporating what you have observed. When your intelligence is tested, such tests capture how much you retained. While primary intelligence is important, every human being also has an alternative lens through which we use our intelligence, their emotional intelligence. In simple terms, your intuition is in constant interaction with the facts you observe.   I’ve always had deep access to my intuition. By experience, I’ve concluded my traditional and emotional intelligence exist in a 9 to ...

Chatbot Maker Anthropic and the Authors Whose Books They Used Reached a $1.5 Billion Settlement... and the Court Threw It Out!

Chatbot Maker Anthropic and the Authors Whose Books They Used Reached a $1.5 Billion Settlement... and the Court Threw It Out!

The AI Chatbot (think ChatGPT) has suddenly become the go-to source for inquiries on the internet. A year ago, if you searched Google for something you were content to get a bunch of links where yo...

$1.5 Billion Settlement Reached in Authors vs. Chatbots Case

$1.5 Billion Settlement Reached in Authors vs. Chatbots Case

A settlement has been reached in one of the major court cases where authors have sued AI program makers and their large language models and chatbots. In this case, a class action suit was brought o...

RBH Expands Auction Updates with Free Wednesday Highlight Feature

RBH Expands Auction Updates with Free Wednesday Highlight Feature

THE WEEK THAT WAS at the Auctions by Hammer Price is a new feature of the Rare Book Hub Monthly. In addition to our weekly auction statistics and links which many of you already receive as part of ...

Great Forgers and Fabulous Fakes by Charles Hamilton. Printed in 1980.

Great Forgers and Fabulous Fakes by Charles Hamilton. Printed in 1980.

Great Forgers and Fabulous Fakes by Charles Hamilton. Printed in 1980. Advice that’s still fresh today.   Collecting paper has long been complicated. There’s a lot of it, many ways to approach i...

Pearl Harbor Log Book from December 7, 1941, Obtained By National Archives and Now Available Online

Pearl Harbor Log Book from December 7, 1941, Obtained By National Archives and Now Available Online

“Yesterday, December 7, 1941—a date which will live in infamy—the United States of America was suddenly and deliberately attacked by the naval and air forces of the Empire of Japan.” That is one of...

The William Reese Company: Their offices are in Manhattan

The William Reese Company: Their offices are in Manhattan

  William Reese Company   Americana – Rare Books – Literature American Art – Photography _ _ _ _ _ _ _    William Reese Company Relocates to New York, Consolidating Its Leadership Position i...

Einstein's Violin Heads to Auction on October 8th

Einstein's Violin Heads to Auction on October 8th

Albert Einstein's violin is coming under the hammer at Dominic Winter's in South Cerney, Cirencester, on Wednesday 8 October, with an estimate of £200,000-300,000.    The 1894 violin, made by the...

The City of Portsmouth, an Antiquarian Bookshop Owner, and the Property Owner are in a Three-Way Tug of War. It Doesn't Look Great for the Bookshop Owner.

The City of Portsmouth, an Antiquarian Bookshop Owner, and the Property Owner are in a Three-Way Tug of War. It Doesn't Look Great for the Bookshop Owner.

Every community has its local eccentric. There's nothing terribly wrong with them, and they certainly aren't dangerous, they're just a little different. That could describe Walter Wakefield, propri...

Christies:  Opportunities on October 16th

Christies: Opportunities on October 16th

Christies:  Fine Printed Books and Manuscripts including Americana 2 OCT 10AM – 16 OCT 10AM EDT | ONLINE 23736     Christie’s Fine Printed Books Manuscripts including Americana auction will ta...

Exhibits, Talks and Symposium - Upcoming and Ongoing London, Austin, Philadelphia

Exhibits, Talks and Symposium - Upcoming and Ongoing London, Austin, Philadelphia

LONDON Royal College of Physicians Museum A BODY OF KNOWLEDGE - 500 Years of Book Collecting Through July 23, 2026 The Royal College of Physicians Museum, 11 St. Andrews Place, London hosts a...

Announcements: Fellowships, Book Collecting Contests, Call for Papers on Printing History

Announcements: Fellowships, Book Collecting Contests, Call for Papers on Printing History

Ransom Center at UT, Austin offers up to 50 Fellowships for 2026-2027. Two online info sessions with application details scheduled for Oct. 2 and Oct 7. Deadline for applications is Nov. 3, 2025, 5...

From Rampini to Bob Marley, Anancy’s words still deh ‘bout!

From Rampini to Bob Marley, Anancy’s words still deh ‘bout!

Old time people used to say, sweet nanny goat have a running belly! This Jamaican saying that Bob Marley used for his first hit song (Simmer Down, 1963) means: the grass is always greener on the ot...

The Newberry: An invitation to the magic

The Newberry: An invitation to the magic

Mapping from Mexico: New Narratives for the History of Cartography —The 22nd Nebenzahl Lecture Series The 22nd Nebenzahl Lecture Series at the Newberry Library Oct 16–Oct 18, 2025 Hybrid – Rug...

Library Book Returned... 82 Years Late

Library Book Returned... 82 Years Late

In the latest saga of the overdue library book, the San Antonio Public Library took its place near the top. They recently received a book in the mail that was being returned 82 years late. Either s...

Three New Catalogues Reviewed This Month

Three New Catalogues Reviewed This Month

This month we review three new bookseller catalogues. Old West Books takes us back to the days when the West was young with their 70th catalogue on the American West. The George S. MacManus Company...

Rare Book Monthly

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  • Doyle, Nov. 5: The Director's copy of the first edition of Samuel Beckett's Waiting for Godot, inscribed by Beckett. $7,000 to $10,000.
    Doyle, Nov. 5: Don McLean's personal test pressing of American Pie before mass production, gifted in 1971. $8,000 to $12,000.
    Doyle, Nov. 5: The important and extensive archive of original fashion photographs of model Dorothy Rice, 1945-58. $20,000 to $30,000.
    Doyle, Nov. 5: A Charles Adams theater advertisement. $8,000 to $12,000.
    Doyle, Nov. 5: A Small Patinated Bronze Bust of Marlene Dietrich. $800 to $1,200.
    Doyle, Nov. 5: Marlene Dietrich Studio Photograph. $100 to $200.
    Doyle, Nov. 5: The very large and uncommon British Quad for Hitchcock's The Birds. $500 to $800.
    Doyle, Nov. 5: An Original Crystal "Sputnik" from the 1966 Met Opera Chandelier. $3,000 to $5,000.
    Doyle, Nov. 5: The rare poster from the first American performances of Endgame, 1958. $1,000 to $1,500.
    Doyle, Nov. 5: The original Coconut Grove Playhouse poster for Waiting for Godot, possibly unique. $3,000 to $5,000.
  • Sotheby's
    Fine Books, Manuscripts & More
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    Sotheby’s: William Shakespeare. The Temple Shakespeare. Housed in Custom Bookcase. $6,365.
    Sotheby’s: Frederick Douglass. Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, Boston: Anti-Slavery Office, 1845. $14,000.
    Sotheby’s: Charles Dickens. A Christmas Carol. London: William Heinemann, 1915. $2,900.
    Sotheby’s: F. Scott Fitzgerald. First Edition Set, Including This Side of Paradise, The Great Gatsby, and others. Charles Scribner's Sons. 1920 – 1941. $24,180.
    Sotheby’s: Lewis Carroll [Charles Lutwidge Dodgson], John Tenniel. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland First Edition. Macmillan & Co., 1866. $15,000.
  • Swann
    Autographs
    November 6, 2025
    Swann, Nov. 6: Lot 93: Autograph album containing 29 autograph letters signed by each president from Washington to Coolidge, 1785-1945.
    Swann, Nov. 6: Lot 166: Franz Schubert, Autograph Musical Manuscript, fragment from Die Taucher, 1813.
    Swann, Nov. 6: Lot 111: Thomas Jefferson, holograph plat drawing: map of field near Monticello, 1790s.
    Swann
    Autographs
    November 6, 2025
    Swann, Nov. 6: Lot 208: George Sand, Autograph Manuscript Signed, draft of her one-act play, Francia, ca. 1872.
    Swann, Nov. 6: Lot 218: Walt Whitman, Manuscript Signed, draft of three complete poems from Leaves of Grass, 1891.
    Swann, Nov. 6: Lot 8: James Dean, Photograph Signed and Inscribed, still from Giant, 1955.
    Swann
    Autographs
    November 6, 2025
    Swann, Nov. 6: Lot 20: John Lennon, Typescript Signed, interview discussing Paul, Linda, and Yoko, 1971.
    Swann, Nov. 6: Lot 215: Mark Twain, engraved portrait Signed, "Mark Twain / SL. Clemens," 1890s.
    Swann, Nov. 6: Lot 81: Vaslav Nijinsky, reproduction of an artwork by Léon Bakst Inscribed and Signed, 1916.
    Swann
    Autographs
    November 6, 2025
    Swann, Nov. 6: Lot 73: Malcolm X, The Harvard Crimson Signed and Inscribed: his street address and phone number, 1961.
    Swann, Nov. 6: Lot 11: Lou Gehrig, Photograph Signed and Inscribed, ca. 1939.
    Swann, Nov. 6: Lot 153: George Gershwin, Photograph Signed and Inscribed, portrait by Renato Toppo.
  • Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
    Lot 75. The Second Printed Map of the North American Continent - Full Contemporary Color (1593) Est. $35,000 - $40,000
    Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
    Lot 37. Schedel's Ancient World Map with Fantastic Humanoid Creatures (1493) Est. $16,000 - $18,000
    Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
    Lot 104. Important Revolutionary War Plan of Battle of Quebec in Contemporary Color (1776) Est. $4,000 - $4,750
    Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
    Lot 43. Mercator's Map of the North Pole - the First Printed Map Devoted to the Arctic (1606) Est. $2,750 - $3,500
    Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
    Lot 237. Rare and Striking Bird's-Eye View of Lawrence, Kansas (1880) Est. $2,000 - $2,500
    Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
    Lot 10. Rare Map from Atlas Maior with Representations of the Seasons in Contemporary Color (1662) Est. $14,000 - $17,000
    Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
    Lot 374. Bunting's Map of Europe Depicted as the Queen of the World (1589) Est. $2,000 - $2,400
    Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
    Lot 590. Willem Blaeu's Magnificent Carte-a-Figures Map of Asia (1634) Est. $2,750 - $3,500
    Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
    Lot 647. The Earliest and Most Decorative Map of the East Coast of Africa (1596) Est. $3,000 - $3,750
    Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
    Lot 710. Ruscelli's Complete, Third Edition Atlas with 65 Maps (1574) Est. $9,500 - $11,000
    Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
    Lot 696. Superb Hand-Colored Image of the Adoration of the Shepherds (1502) Est. $800 - $950

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