- [Paperback collectibles] as always, we will have a good collection of vintage paperback collectibles. We point out a collection of 26 volumes from the Dell Map series, all with a map of the book’s action on the rear cover. Largely mysteries, with an occasional western or adventure. Dell numbers range from 5 (George Harmon Coxe, Four Frightened Women) to 310 (Walker A Thompkins, West of Texas Law); all are in very good or better condition. Details on request. $100.00 the collection.
- Pitman, Charles R S. A Guide to the Snakes of Uganda. Kampala, Uganda: Uganda Society, 1938. VG. $250.00.
- Plath, Sylvia. Lyonnesse. L: Rainbow Pr, 1971. #383 of 400 copies, printed at the Rampant Lions Press, bound in quarter leather by Davis & Hodges. Teg, untrimmed fore and lower edge. Fine in fine slipcase. $75.00.
- Pope, Clifford H. The Reptiles of China. NY: Museum of Natural History, 1935. Natural history of Central Asia vol X. VG. $75.00.
- Power. John Carroll, editor. History of an Attempt to Steal the Body of Abraham Lincoln Including a History of the Lincoln Guard of Honor. Springfield, IL: Rokker, 1890. Gilt decorated covers, original ad for book tipped to ffep. Backstrip faded. $95.00.
- Rackham, Arthur, illus. Arthur Rackham’s Book of Pictures. NY: Century, nd(1913). Introduction by Arthur Quiller-Couch. 44 tipped in illustrations, all with original guards. Early owner’s signature dated 1915. Gilt stamped cloth, very good. $250.00.
- _____. Fouque, de La Motte. L: Heinemann, 1909. 15 tipped in plates, all with original guards. Early owner’s bookplate. Pictorial paper covered boards. Backstrip slightly darkened, otherwise very good. $200.00.
- Reed, Myrtle. (Collection). Nine Reed books, all with Margaret Armstrong covers. Old Rose and Silver has been tied with white ribbon, attaching an artificial rose and a small sterling silver salt or mustard spoon, by Roger Williams & Co, patent dated 1898. All in very good condition. A charming collection with no doubt an interesting back story. $125.00.
- Rutherford, E. Radio-Activity. Cambridge: CUP, 1904. Ownership inscription of Arthur A Blanchard, longtime professor of chemistry at MIT. Very good. $100.00.
- Samivel.Samovar et Baculot dans les Blaguers de Bagdad. Paris: Hartmann, nd(c1935). Slight wear at edges, very good. $400.00.
- Scarameli, Jose. As Cobras. Sao Paulo: Editora Piratininga, 1932. 85 pp. B&W illus. Pictorial front cover. Ownership inscription, N L Johnson U.S.S Davis. No record in Worldcat. Backstrip chipped. $35.00.
- Scharf, J Thomas. History of Westchester County, New York. Phila: Preston, 1888. Two volumes. Rebound. VG. $95.00.
- [Sheridan, Philip]. Annual Report of the Adjutant general of the State of New York. Volume II. Albany: Comstock & Cassidy, printers, 1864. Inscribed by Sheridan on the flyleaf: “Compliments of Phil Sheridan in memory of our bloody fun at Bull Run.” Front free end paper excised, spine slightly darkened. $750.00.
- Steineger, Leonhard. Herpetology of Japan and Adjacent Territory. Washington: GPO: 1907. 35 plates, 409 figures in text. Paper wraps, worn; largely unopened. $20.00.
- Stewart, C. Elements of the Natural History of the Animal Kingdom. Edinburgh: Bell Bradfute et al, 1817. 2nd edition, two volumes. 12 folding plates, Full calf, gilt and blind tooling, black leather spine labels. Very good. $200.00.
- Tenngren, Gustaf, illus. D’Aulnoy’s Fairy Tales. Phila: McKay, 1923. 8 color illustrations. Pictorial cover. Slight wear, overall very good. $45.00.
- Thompson, Hunter S. Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas. NY: Random, nd(1971). Stated first edition. $5.95 price on DJ. Very good in very good jacket. $450.00.
- Thoreau, Henry David. On the Duty of Civil Disobedience. New Haven: Sign of the Chorobates, nd (1928). Tp decoration by Rockwell Kent. 300 copies “printed in November, 1928, the type set up by Carl Purington Rollins”. “The present issue, the first separate edition to appear in America” (Bibliographical Note by Rollins). Signed on limitation page by Rollins. Backstrip lightly faded. $35.00.
- [Westport, CT] Penny Magazine. L: Knight, 1832-33. Filled with woodcut illustrations. With the bookseller’s ticket of J W Taylor, Westport, CT. Ownership inscription on ffep, John W Taylor, Westport. Later signature of Granville C Washington. Marbled boards, half leather, wear to exterior. $40.00.
- Wheeler, George Augustus, and Henry Warren Wheeler. History of Brunswick, Topsham and Harpswell, Maine. Boston: Mudge & Son for the authors?, 1878. Hinges cracked, front free end paper present but separated, one gathering started. $75.00.
- Zoological Society of London. Proceedings for the Year 1883. London, the Society, 1883. Many color and B&W plates. Marbled boards, half leather. VG. $125.00.
Rare Book Monthly
Forty Years Going: The Newtown Book Sale
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Sotheby’s Geek Week
14-15 JulySotheby’s, July 14: Henry De La Beche. "Awful Changes," 1830. $6,000 to $9,000.Sotheby’s, July 15: [Apollo 11]. Flight Plan, Complete Original Printing Signed by Buzz Aldrin. $5,000 to $8,000.Sotheby’s, July 15: Thomas Alva Edison. Documents Establishing and Ending the Edison Electric Railway Company. $20,000 to $30,000.Sotheby’s, July 15: Richard P. Feynman. Feynman's Lectures on Gravitation 1-16, Including the Original Transcriptions of Lectures 12-16 by Morinigo and Wagner, With Richard Feynman's Manuscript Notations, 1971. $12,000 to $18,000.Sotheby’s, July 15: [Apollo 9]. A Group of Manuals and Mission Documents used by Stuart Roosa as a member of the Astronaut Support Crew. $5,000 to $8,000.Sotheby’s, July 15: [BYTE: The Small Systems Journal]. A collection of early foundational issues of Byte: The Small Systems Journal, with rare hardcover editions. $5,000 to $8,000. -
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Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
July 16, 2026Forum, July 16: Inundation papyrus. P.Michael 4, the ‘Inundation papyrus’, a geographical account of the Nile near Canopus, in Greek, remains of two columns from a manuscript scroll on papyrus, Egypt, second century CE. £12,000-18,000Forum, July 16: Book of Hours, use of Sarum, manuscript on vellum, 6 full-page miniatures, with famous Middle English inscriptions, Southern Netherlands for the English market, [c.1430]. £30,000-50,000Forum, July 16: Qu'ran, Arabic manuscript on burnished, stencilled, and gold-flecked paper, 447ff., Sultanate Gujarat, Ahmadabad, [after 1411 but no later than 1442]. £15,000-20,000Forum Auctions
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July 16, 2026Forum, July 16: Turner (William). A New boke of the natures and properties of all wines that are commonly vsed here in England, rare first edition of the first English book on wine, By William Seres, 1568. £20,000-£30,000Forum, July 16: Spenser (Edmund). The Faerie Queene. first edition, Printed [by John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, 1590. £30,000-40,000Forum, July 16: Shakespeare (William). The Comedie of Errors, extracted from the first folio, Isaac Jaggard and Edward Blount, 1623. £15,000-20,000Forum Auctions
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July 16, 2026Forum, July 16: Fleming (Ian). Casino Royale, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author, 1953. £40,000-60,000Forum, July 16: d'Agoty (Jacques-Fabien Gautier). Anatomie de la Tête, first edition, Paris, chez le Sieur Gautier, 1748. £10,000-15,000Forum, July 16: Martial Arts.- Lee (Bruce). 'Praying Mantis style' Kung Fu book, containing numerous annotations, diagrams and graphs in Bruce Lee's hand, c. 1960. £50,000-70,000Forum Auctions
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July 16, 2026Forum, July 16: Warre (Capt. Henry James). Sketches in North America and the Oregon Territory, first edition, rare hand-coloured issue, 1848. £30,000-40,000Forum, July 16: Norie (John William). The Marine Atlas, or Seaman's Complete Pilot for all the principal places in the known world..., 1826. £30,000-50,000Forum, July 16: Mao Tse-tung.- Kim Il-sung.-[Note book for visitors from China to Korea], signed by Mao and Kim, [Beijing, 1954]. £10,000-15,000