Rare Book Monthly Book Catalogue Reviews October - 2026 Issue

Automobiles & More from Zephyr Used & Rare Books

Automobiles & More from Zephyr Used & Rare Books

The open road is calling. Zephyr Used & Rare Books takes us on a journey through a century of auto travel. The catalogue is "On the Road Again" - Automobiles & More 2026. You will learn about automobile production, design, and journeys people took in what we would now consider primitive cars. You will also find much in the way of promotional materials for classic cars before they became classics. They were just what everyone (who could afford a car) drove at the time. Here are a few samples.
 
The Peerless Motor Car Company began production in the early days of automotive travel. ...

Japanese Books, Illustrated Manuscripts & Scrolls from Jonathan A. Hill

Japanese Books, Illustrated Manuscripts & Scrolls from Jonathan A. Hill

Jonathan A. Hill Bookseller has issued their Catalogue 253 Japanese Books, Illustrated Manuscripts & Scrolls. Many of these items go far back, to days before they were printing anything in Amer...

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Rare Americana #221 from David M. Lesser

Rare Americana #221 from David M. Lesser

David M. Lesser Fine Antiquarian Books has released a new catalogue of Rare Americana. This is Catalogue 221. They have been publishing these for a long time, but the material itself goes back even...

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  • Heritage, Nov. 18: Orson Welles. Signed Third Revised Final Draft for Citizen Kane (RKO, 1941). July 16, 1940.
    Heritage, Nov. 18: Bob Dylan. Autograph manuscript working lyrics to "Man on the Street."
    Heritage, Nov. 18: Ernest Hemingway. Death in the Afternoon. Inscribed by the author to the daughter of the Spanish Ambassador.
    Heritage, Nov. 18: Jack London. The Call of the Wild. Inscribed by the author.
    Heritage, Nov. 18: John Steinbeck. East of Eden. Inscribed by 27 members of the movie cast and crew, including James Dean and Elia Kazan.

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