Rare Book Monthly

Articles - April - 2021 Issue

Tough News at ILAB

- by Bruce E. McKinney

A hundred years ago fire was the grim reaper for bookstores and libraries. Both common and rare books were always at risk because heat was often provided by stoves and furnaces that employed open flames. These days such fires are rare but when they occur at the data center an organization relies on, such fires can temporarily shut down online access.

ILAB posted a notice on Wednesday, 10 March 2021 stating “The ILAB website is currently unavailable due to a fire that occurred at the OVH data center in Strasbourg on Wednesday, 10 March 2021.” As of 3/28/21 the site is still down.

If we can help we will.

The norm today is to maintain online presences on multiple servers thousands of miles apart. The delay implies their servers have been located at a single site.

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<center>Forum Auctions Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper 30th March 2023

Forum, Mar. 30: Roman binding.- Pindar. Olympia, Pythia, Nemea, Isthmia, translated by Johannes Lonicer, contemporary Roman binding by Niccolo Franzese, Basel, 1535. £40,000 to £60,000.

Forum, Mar. 30: Raverat (Gwen). Comprehensive album of 530 wood engravings, circa 1909-1950. £40,000 to £60,000.

Forum, Mar. 30: Hemingway (Ernest). Fiesta, first English edition, first impression dust-jacket, 1927. £15,000 to £20,000.

<center>Forum Auctions Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper 30th March 2023

Forum, Mar. 30: Fleming (Ian). Casino Royale, first edition, first impression, 1953. £12,000 to £18,000.

Forum, Mar. 30: Dickens (Charles). Great Expectations, 3 vol., first edition, first impression, Chapman and Hall, 1861. £10,000 to £15,000.

Forum, Mar. 30: Campbell (Colen) & others. Vitruvius Britannicus, or The British Architect..., 5 vol., vol.1-3 later editions, vol.4 & 5 first editions, [?1731]-31-67-71. £10,000 to £15,000.

<center>Forum Auctions Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper 30th March 2023

Forum, Mar. 30: Geography.- Mela (Pomponius). Cosmographia, sive De situ orbis, Venice, Franciscus Renner de Heilbronn, 1478. £8,000 to £12,000.

Forum, Mar. 30: America.- [?Espinosa y Tello (José)]. Relacion del Viage hecho por las Goletas Sutil y Mexicana en el Año de 1792, 2 vol. including Atlas, first edition, Madrid, 1802. £8,000 to £12,000.

Forum, Mar. 30: Australasia.- Péron (Francois) and Louis-Claude de Saulces de Freycinet. Voyage de Découvertes aux Terres Australes, 5 vol. including Atlas, second edition, Paris, 1824. £8,000 to £12,000.

<center>Forum Auctions Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper 30th March 2023

Forum, Mar. 30: Botany.- Curtis (William). The Botanical Magazine; or, Flower-Garden Displayed, 83 vol. in 62, 1794-1956. £8,000 to £12,000.

Forum, Mar. 30: Darwin (Charles).- Lecky (W.E.H.) The Rise and Influence of Rationalism in Europe, 2 vol., Darwin's copy with inscription "Charles Darwin 1865", pencil marginalia and pencil notes, 1865. £7,000 to £10,000.
<center>Swann Auction Galleries Printed & Manuscript African Americana: March 30, 2023

Swann March 30: Victor H. Green, The Negro Motorist Green Book, New York, 1949. $10,000 to $15,000.

Swann March 30: Papers of pianist-composer Lawrence Brown relating to Paul Robeson & more, various places, 1925-54. $5,000 to $7,500.

Swann March 30: Freedom Summer archive of civil rights activist Karen Haberman Trusty, Atlanta & elsewhere, 1963-64. $5,000 to $7,500.

Swann March 30: E. Simms Campbell, A Night-Club Map of Harlem, New York, 1933. $8,000 to $12,000.

Swann March 30: Archive of letters from the sculptor Richmond Barthé to a close Jamaican friend, various places, 1966-85. $25,000 to $35,000.
<center>Koller Auctions Books & Autographs 29 March 2023

Koller, Mar. 29: DADA - Cabaret Voltaire. A collection of artistic and literary contributions. Edited by Hugo Ball. CHF 5,000 to 8,000.

Koller, Mar. 29: EXPRESSIONISM - Der Sturm. Weekly magazine for culture and the arts. Almost complete suite from the years 1910 to 1932. CHF 20,000 to 30,000.

Koller, Mar. 29: LISBON EARTHQUAKE - Augsburg collection of copper engravings of Lisbon. CHF 40,000 to 60,000.

Koller, Mar. 29: Hamilton, William. Campi Phlegraei. Observations on the Volcanos of the Two Sicilies as they have been communicated to the Royal Society of London. Naples, 1776-1779. CHF 50,000 to 70,000.

<center>Koller Auctions Books & Autographs 29 March 2023

Koller, Mar. 29: Leonardi, Domenico Felice. Le Delizie della villa di Castellazzo descritte in verso dall'abbate Domenico Felice Leonardi lucchese fra gli Arcadi Ildosio Foloetico. Milan, 1743. CHF 12,000 to 18,000.

Koller, Mar. 29: Zwingli, Huldrych. Von erkiesen und freyhait der speisen. Von ergernusz und Verbößerung. Ob man gewalt hab die speyß zu etlichen zeyten verbieten [...]. CHF 2,500 to 4,000.

Koller, Mar. 29: HENDRIK VAN VULLENHOE, UMKREIS. Benedictional and other texts for Johannes von Venningen, Bishop of Basel. Latin manuscript on parchment. CHF 50,000 to 80,000.

Koller, Mar. 29: Gujer, Hans Rudolf. Master typist's book by Hans Rudolf Gujer from Wermetschweil (Wermatswil). German manuscript on paper. CHF 3,000 to 5,000.
<center>Stargardt Autographenhandlung Autographs: Literature, Music, Art, Science, History, Theatre & Film March 28, 2023

Stargardt Autographenhandlung, Mar. 28: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe: Autograph album leaf signed, 1826. €9,000 to €12,000.

Stargardt Autographenhandlung, Mar. 28: Franz Kafka: Autograph letter unsigned, 1924. €15,000 to €20,000.

Stargardt Autographenhandlung, Mar. 28: Torquato Tasso: Autograph poem signed, no date. €12,000 to €16,000.

<center>Stargardt Autographenhandlung Autographs: Literature, Music, Art, Science, History, Theatre & Film March 28, 2023

Stargardt Autographenhandlung, Mar. 28: Charles Darwin: Autograph letter signed, 1866. €4,500 to €6,000.

Stargardt Autographenhandlung, Mar. 28: Albert Einstein: Autograph letter signed, 1933. €6,000 to €8,000.

Stargardt Autographenhandlung, Mar. 28: Heinrich Hertz: Autograph manuscript signed, 1889. €18,000 to €24,000.

<center>Stargardt Autographenhandlung Autographs: Literature, Music, Art, Science, History, Theatre & Film March 28, 2023

Stargardt Autographenhandlung, Mar. 28: Giambattista Bodoni: Autograph letter signed, 1787. €900 to €1,200.

Stargardt Autographenhandlung, Mar. 28: Francisco de Goya: Autograph letter signed, 1789. €18,750 to €25,000.

Stargardt Autographenhandlung, Mar. 28: Martin Luther: Notes from his desk, no date. €30,000 to €40,000.

<center>Stargardt Autographenhandlung Autographs: Literature, Music, Art, Science, History, Theatre & Film March 28, 2023

Stargardt Autographenhandlung, Mar. 28: Ludwig van Beethoven: Autograph letter signed, 1816. €22,500 to €30,000.

Stargardt Autographenhandlung, Mar. 28: Gustav Mahler: Foto portrait signed and annotated, 1907(?). €7,500 to €10,000.

Stargardt Autographenhandlung, Mar. 28: Bed?ich Smetana: Autograph letter signed, 1883. €4,500 to €6,000.

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