Rare Book Monthly Reviews - September - 2024 Issue

Voyages to the East, the David Parsons Collection, Offered by Four Booksellers

Voyages to the East, the David Parsons Collection, Offered by Four Booksellers

Four major booksellers, Peter Harrington, the William Reese Company, James Cummins Bookseller, and Hordern House, have combined to present a catalogue of Voyages to the East, the Parsons Collection. This the final sale of the Parsons collection, and as one can gather by the talent involved in the sale, Parsons collected at a very high level. He was an Englishman, Oxford M.A., who migrated to Atlanta where he was a highly regarded actuary. Late in life, he became a book collector, developing his exceptional collection. He died in 2014. These are some selections from his collection of voyages...

Fine Press from Underground Books

Fine Press from Underground Books

Underground Books has issued a catalogue of Fine Press. These are books that may or may not have important textual content, but their feature is the quality of press work. They are more like works ...

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LGBTQ+ & Women from Langdon Manor Books

LGBTQ+ & Women from Langdon Manor Books

Langdon Manor Books has released their Catalog 20. LGBTQ+ & Women. While a few books appear, this is primarily a selection of ephemeral material. Flyers, pamphlets, posters, documents, photogra...

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Rare Americana from David M. Lesser Fine Antiquarian Books

Rare Americana from David M. Lesser Fine Antiquarian Books

David M. Lesser Fine Antiquarian Books has issued their Catalogue 204 of Rare Americana. Lesser's catalogues feature primarily 18th and 19th century printed and manuscript Americana, a few items bl...

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The Old American West from Old West Books

The Old American West from Old West Books

Old West Books has just released a new catalogue of books about the American West. This one is Catalog 66 September 2024. Every month, the Old West gets a little older, with few if any survivors le...

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Rare Book Monthly

  • High Bids Win
    Rare Books, Catalogs, Magazines
    and Machine Manuals
    December 24 to January 9
    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: Ellis Smith Prints unsigned. 20” by 16”.
    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: United typothetae of America presidents. Pictures of 37 UTA presidents 46th annual convention United typothetae of America Cincinnati 1932.
    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec signed Paper Impressionism Art Prints. MayMilton 9 1/2” by 13” Reine de Joie 9 1/2” by 13”.
    High Bids Win
    Rare Books, Catalogs, Magazines
    and Machine Manuals
    December 24 to January 9
    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: Aberle’ Ballet editions. 108th triumph, American season spring and summer 1944.
    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: Puss ‘n Boots. 1994 Charles Perrult All four are signed by Andreas Deja
    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: Specimen book of type faces. Job composition department, Philadelphia gazette publishing company .
    High Bids Win
    Rare Books, Catalogs, Magazines
    and Machine Manuals
    December 24 to January 9
    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: An exhibit of printed books, Bridwell library.
    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur Court By Mark Twain 1889.
    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: 1963 Philadelphia Eagles official program.
    High Bids Win
    Rare Books, Catalogs, Magazines
    and Machine Manuals
    December 24 to January 9
    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: 8 - Esquire the magazine for men 1954.
    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: The American printer, July 1910.
    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: Leaves of grass 1855 by Walt Whitman.
  • 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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