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Articles - January - 2018 Issue

eCatalogues

- by Bruce E. McKinney

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1 The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd 30 Antiquarian Items: Canon, Civil, Common, Ecclesiastical, Rabbinical and Roman Law E-List 30 Items Catalogue Link
2 The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd 30 Antiquarian Items: Canon, Civil, Common, Ecclesiastical and Roman Law E-List 30 Items Catalogue Link
3 Richard C. Ramer Old & Rare Books Special List 288: Women Authors 39 items by women authors, with full-color illustrations Catalogue Link
4 Abby Schoolman Books UNIQUE Drowning in the deluge of “Unique Gift Guides” of all sorts pouring in on us in recent weeks, we are Catalogue Link
5 Anniroc Rare Books For Madmen Only Potential critical failure, yet to be determined commercial success, but a cathartic moment Catalogue Link
6 Antiquariat Michael Banzhaf Catalogue part I of a series of four fully illustrated e-catalogues 25 books, covering art, architecture, history of the arts and material culture. Catalogue Link
7 Yesterday's Muse Books, ABAA Best of 2017 A miscellany of our favorite 207 items from this year's acquisitions. Catalogue Link
8 Richard C. Ramer Old & Rare Books Special List 287: The Augustinian Order 26 items about the Augustinians or by Augustinians, with color illustrations. Catalogue Link
9 The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd 30 Antiquarian Items: Canon, Civil, Common, Ecclesiastical and Roman Law E-List 30 Items Catalogue Link
10 Patrick McGahern Books Catalogue 262 Canada, Arctic, Travel, Illustrated, Bindings, Antiquarian Catalogue Link
11 M. A. Stroh Patents 285 patents Catalogue Link
12 Antiquariaat Fragmenta Selecta Antiquity & Humanism: Books from 1501 to 1804 60 Old & Rare Books Catalogue Link
13 J & J LUBRANO MUSIC ANTIQUARIANS LLC A Miscellany of 40 Musical Items In Celebration of Our 40th Anniversary Catalogue Link
14 Richard C. Ramer Old & Rare Books Special List 286: Fourteen Recent Acquisitions Recent acquisitions, with full-color illustrations. Catalogue Link
15 The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd 30 Antiquarian Items: Canon, Civil, Common, Ecclesiastical and Roman Law E-List 30 Items Catalogue Link
16 Abby Schoolman Books Boston Book Fair 2017 Contemporary Art Bookbindings, Artists' Books, and Original Art Catalogue Link
17 The Wayfarer's Bookshop Exploration, Travels & Voyages. Books, Maps & Prints. Including Islamic and Russian Items Catalogue Link
18 Lord Durham Rare Books LDRB Offering DEC 2017 37 items : 11 Collections; 6 Books; 11 Manuscripts ; 2 Photos ; 6 Prints and 2 Ephemera Catalogue Link
19 Ken Sanders Rare Books E-Catalogue #8: Enlightened Times 18th-century books. Catalogue Link
20 Ken Sanders Rare Books E-Catalogue #7: A Musical Blend Books about music in a variety of genres. Catalogue Link
21 Raptis Rare Books Raptis Rare Books Holiday Catalog Browse exceptional gifts in this Holiday Catalog Catalogue Link
22 Raptis Rare Books Fall 2017 - From Dante to Dylan Raptis Rare Books Autumn 2017 Catalog of Fine and Rare Books Catalogue Link
23 W. C. Baker Rare Books & Ephemera List Two : New York City, 1961-1974 30 items relating to NYC counterculture and avant garde Catalogue Link
24 Primary Sources, Uncharted Americana Catalogue 1 Paper Americana Catalogue Link
25 Richard C. Ramer Old & Rare Books Special List 285: The Basque Country and Navarre 15 items related to the Basque Country and Navarre, with color illustrations. Catalogue Link
26 The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd 30 Antiquarian Items: Canon, Civil, Common, Ecclesiastical and Roman Law E-List 30 Items Catalogue Link
27 Stuart Lutz Historic Documents Historic Documents Including American presidential documents and more Catalogue Link
28 Antiquates Ltd List Ba - Books by, for and about Women 75 books written by, for and about Women Catalogue Link
29 Patrick McGahern Books Catalogue 261 Arctica Catalogue Link
30 Richard C. Ramer Old & Rare Books Special List 284: The Craesbeeck Printing Dynasty Fourteen items printed by the Craesbeecks, in Portugal Catalogue Link
31 The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd 30 Antiquarian Items: Civil, Common and Ecclesiastical Law E-List 30 Items Catalogue Link
32 Shelley and Son Books Inklings Catalog 8 Catalogue Link
33 Richard C. Ramer Old & Rare Books Special List 283: Catalunya Twenty-seven items on Catalunya, with color illustrations. Catalogue Link
34 J & J LUBRANO MUSIC ANTIQUARIANS LLC Catalogue 82 - Part 2: M-Z Opera Scores from the Collection of Jerome Holover Catalogue Link
35 The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd 30 Antiquarian Titles: Civil, Common, Ecclesiastical and Rabbinical Law E-List 30 Items Catalogue Link
36 Asia Bookroom China in Print 2017 Hong Kong Rare Book, Photograph, and Map Fair Catalogue Link
37 Richard C. Ramer Old & Rare Books Special List 282: The Carmelite Order Fifteen items on the Carmelites, with full-color illustrations. Catalogue Link
38 J & J LUBRANO MUSIC ANTIQUARIANS LLC Catalogue 82 - Part 1: A-L Opera Scores from the Collection of Jerome Holover Catalogue Link
39 The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd 30 Antiquarian Items: Canon, Civil, Common and Roman Law E-List 30 Items Catalogue Link
40 Hyraxia Books A Stephen King Collection Nearly 400 items by or related to Stephen King, including lettered editions, proofs and signed first Catalogue Link
41 Richard C. Ramer Old & Rare Books Special List 281: Thirty-Five Items Recently Catalogued Thirty-five items recently catalogued, with full-color illustrations. Catalogue Link
42 The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd 30 Antiquarian Items: Common, Civil and Canon Law E-List 30 Items Catalogue Link
43 Daniel Crouch Rare Books The World in the Palm of Your Hand A Collection of 18th Century Pocket Globes Catalogue Link
44 Hordern House Rare Books Australia The land Australia: imagined, invented, recounted, mapped, colonised, explored & settled Catalogue Link
45 Patrick McGahern Books Catalogue 260 Canadiana, Angling & Sporting, and Antiquarian Books Catalogue Link
46 Henry Berry, books/ephemera Einstein-related letters, Jose Rodriquez Migueis manuscripts Letters about Einstein by friends, Portuguese writer manuscripts Catalogue Link
47 J & J LUBRANO MUSIC ANTIQUARIANS LLC Igor Stravinsky A Collection of Works by and about the Composer, Libretti, and Scores Catalogue Link
48 Daniel Crouch Rare Books The John W. Galiardo Collection of World Maps E-catalogue Catalogue Link
49 Antiquates Ltd Ink Fair London 2017 Highlights of our stock, exhibited at the INK Fair London Catalogue Link
50 Antiquates Ltd List Ay - Presentations & Associations 70 presentation and association copies Catalogue Link

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  • Sotheby's Fine Books & ManuscriptsAvailable for Immediate Purchase Sotheby’s: Balthus, Emily Brontë. Wuthering Heights, New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1993. 6,600 USD. Sotheby’s: Charles Dickens. Complete Works, Philadelphia & London: J.B. Lippincott Company & Chapman & Hall, LD, 1850. Limited Edition set of 30 volumes. 7,500 USD. Sotheby’s: John Lennon, Yoko Ono. Handwritten Letter from John Lennon and Yoko Ono to their Chauffer. 1971. 32,500 USD. Sotheby’s: Winston Churchill. First edition of War Speeches, Cassell and Company, Ltd., 1941. Set of 7 volumes. 5,500 USD. Sotheby’s: Andy Warhol, Julia Warhola. Holy Cats First Edition, Signed by Andy Warhol. 1954. 30,000 USD.
    Sotheby's Fine Books & Manuscripts
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    Sotheby’s: Balthus, Emily Brontë. Wuthering Heights, New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1993. 6,600 USD.
    Sotheby’s: Charles Dickens. Complete Works, Philadelphia & London: J.B. Lippincott Company & Chapman & Hall, LD, 1850. Limited Edition set of 30 volumes. 7,500 USD.
    Sotheby’s: John Lennon, Yoko Ono. Handwritten Letter from John Lennon and Yoko Ono to their Chauffer. 1971. 32,500 USD.
    Sotheby’s: Winston Churchill. First edition of War Speeches, Cassell and Company, Ltd., 1941. Set of 7 volumes. 5,500 USD.
    Sotheby’s: Andy Warhol, Julia Warhola. Holy Cats First Edition, Signed by Andy Warhol. 1954. 30,000 USD.
  • Forum AuctionsOnline: IndiaEnds 19th February 2026 Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 40Ramasvami (Kavali Venkata). A Digest of the Different Castes of India, 83 charming hand-coloured lithographed plates, Madras, 1837. £5,000-7,000 Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 50Watson (John Forbes) & John William Kaye. The People of India: A Series of Photographic Illustrations...of the Races and Tribes of Hindustan, 8 vol., 480 mounted albumen prints, 1868-75. £4,000-6,000 Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 53Afghanistan.- Elphinstone (Hon. Mountstuart). An Account of the Kingdom of Caubul, first edition, hand-coloured aquatint plates, a fine copy, 1815. £2,000-3,000 Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 57[Album and Treatise on Hinduism], manuscript treatise on Hinduism in French, 31 watercolours of Hindu deities, Pondicherry, 1865. £3,000-4,000 Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 62 Allan (Capt. Alexander). Views in the Mysore Country, [1794]. £2,000-3,000 Forum AuctionsOnline: IndiaEnds 19th February 2026 Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 76Bird (James). Historical Researches on the Origin and Principles of the Bauddha and Jaina Religions..., first edition, lithographed plates, Bombay, American Mission Press, 1847. £3,000-4,000 Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 100Ceylon.- Daniell (Samuel). A Picturesque Illustration of the scenery, animals, and native inhabitants, of the Island of Ceylon: in twelve plates, 1808. £5,000-7,000 Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 123D'Oyly (Charles). Behar Amateur Lithographic Scrap Book, lithographed throughout with title and 55 plates mounted on 43 paper leaves, [Patna], [1828]. £3,000-5,000 Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 139Gandhi (known as Mahatma Gandhi,) Fine Autograph Letter signed to Jawaharlal Nehru, Sevagram, Wardha, 1942, emphasising the importance of education in rural communities. £10,000-15,000 Forum AuctionsOnline: IndiaEnds 19th February 2026 Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 140Gantz (John). Indian Microcosm, first edition, Madras, John Gantz & Son, 1827. £10,000-15,000 Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 146Grierson (Sir George Abraham). Linguistic Survey of India, 11 vol. in 20, folding maps, original cloth, Calcutta, Superintendent Government Printing, 1903-28. £2,000-3,000 Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 195Madras.- Fort St. George Gazette (The), No.276-331, pp.493-936 and Index to all of 1834 at end, modern half calf, Madras, 2nd July - 31st December 1834. £2,000-3,000 Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 205Marshall (Sir John) and Alfred Foucher. The Monuments of Sanchi, 3 vol., first edition, 141 plates, most photogravure, [Calcutta], [1940]. £3,000-4,000
    Forum Auctions
    Online: India
    Ends 19th February 2026
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 40
    Ramasvami (Kavali Venkata). A Digest of the Different Castes of India, 83 charming hand-coloured lithographed plates, Madras, 1837. £5,000-7,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 50
    Watson (John Forbes) & John William Kaye. The People of India: A Series of Photographic Illustrations...of the Races and Tribes of Hindustan, 8 vol., 480 mounted albumen prints, 1868-75. £4,000-6,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 53
    Afghanistan.- Elphinstone (Hon. Mountstuart). An Account of the Kingdom of Caubul, first edition, hand-coloured aquatint plates, a fine copy, 1815. £2,000-3,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 57
    [Album and Treatise on Hinduism], manuscript treatise on Hinduism in French, 31 watercolours of Hindu deities, Pondicherry, 1865. £3,000-4,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 62 Allan (Capt. Alexander). Views in the Mysore Country, [1794]. £2,000-3,000
    Forum Auctions
    Online: India
    Ends 19th February 2026
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 76
    Bird (James). Historical Researches on the Origin and Principles of the Bauddha and Jaina Religions..., first edition, lithographed plates, Bombay, American Mission Press, 1847. £3,000-4,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 100
    Ceylon.- Daniell (Samuel). A Picturesque Illustration of the scenery, animals, and native inhabitants, of the Island of Ceylon: in twelve plates, 1808. £5,000-7,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 123
    D'Oyly (Charles). Behar Amateur Lithographic Scrap Book, lithographed throughout with title and 55 plates mounted on 43 paper leaves, [Patna], [1828]. £3,000-5,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 139
    Gandhi (known as Mahatma Gandhi,) Fine Autograph Letter signed to Jawaharlal Nehru, Sevagram, Wardha, 1942, emphasising the importance of education in rural communities. £10,000-15,000
    Forum Auctions
    Online: India
    Ends 19th February 2026
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 140
    Gantz (John). Indian Microcosm, first edition, Madras, John Gantz & Son, 1827. £10,000-15,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 146
    Grierson (Sir George Abraham). Linguistic Survey of India, 11 vol. in 20, folding maps, original cloth, Calcutta, Superintendent Government Printing, 1903-28. £2,000-3,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 195
    Madras.- Fort St. George Gazette (The), No.276-331, pp.493-936 and Index to all of 1834 at end, modern half calf, Madras, 2nd July - 31st December 1834. £2,000-3,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 205
    Marshall (Sir John) and Alfred Foucher. The Monuments of Sanchi, 3 vol., first edition, 141 plates, most photogravure, [Calcutta], [1940]. £3,000-4,000
  • Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26: HAMILTON, Sir William (1730-1803) - Campi Phlegraei. Napoli: [Pietro Fabris], 1776, 1779. € 30.000 - 50.000 Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26: [MORTIER] - BLAEU, Joannes (1596-1673) - Het Nieuw Stede Boek van Italie. Amsterdam: Pieter Mortier, 1704-1705. € 15.000 - 25.000 Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26: TULLIO D'ALBISOLA (1899-1971) - Bruno MUNARI (1907-1998) - L'Anguria lirica (lungo poema passionale). Roma e Savona: Edizioni Futuriste di Poesia, senza data [ma 1933?]. € 20.000 - 30.000 Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26: IL MANOSCRITTO RITROVATO DI IPPOLITA MARIA SFORZA. TITO LIVIO - Ab Urbe Condita. Prima Decade. Manoscritto miniato su pergamena, metà XV secolo. € 280.000 - 350.000
    Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26: HAMILTON, Sir William (1730-1803) - Campi Phlegraei. Napoli: [Pietro Fabris], 1776, 1779. € 30.000 - 50.000
    Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26: [MORTIER] - BLAEU, Joannes (1596-1673) - Het Nieuw Stede Boek van Italie. Amsterdam: Pieter Mortier, 1704-1705. € 15.000 - 25.000
    Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26: TULLIO D'ALBISOLA (1899-1971) - Bruno MUNARI (1907-1998) - L'Anguria lirica (lungo poema passionale). Roma e Savona: Edizioni Futuriste di Poesia, senza data [ma 1933?]. € 20.000 - 30.000
    Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26: IL MANOSCRITTO RITROVATO DI IPPOLITA MARIA SFORZA. TITO LIVIO - Ab Urbe Condita. Prima Decade. Manoscritto miniato su pergamena, metà XV secolo. € 280.000 - 350.000

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