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Articles - January - 2024 Issue

56th California Book Fair in San Francisco: Feb. 9-11

Collectible Paper: great dealers and examples!

The California International Antiquarian Book Fair returns to San Francisco in 2024! This three-day event features fine and rare materials from around the globe, including manuscripts, first editions, illustrated books, ephemera, maps, and autographs, as well as antiquarian books on a vast array of topics.

Friday, Friday, February 9, 2024 • 5pm to 8pm 
Saturday, February 10, 2024 • noon to 7pm
Sunday, February 11, 2024 • noon to 5pm 

FREE admission for students with current valid student ID. Children 12 and under are free.

FREE admission for librarians, curators, and related non-profit cultural institution workers who register in advance with a valid organizational email address (e.g. email@institution.edu or email@institution.org). 

 

Where to find the show? In San Francisco, at Pier 27, downtown on the Embarquedero.

 

Here are a 122+ reasons to plan to join this exceptional fair!

 

Here’s an (Alphabetical by Exhibitor) list:

 

210     Abraham Lincoln Book Shop, Inc.
107     Libreria de Antaño
108     Appledore Books
234     Argonaut Book Shop
241     Athena Rare Books
142     Auger Down Books
132     B & B Rare Books
157     B Street Books
160     Antiquariat Michael Banzhaf
215     Bauman Rare Books
253     Simon Beattie Ltd
127     Stuart Bennett Rare Books
240     Antiquariat Reinhold Berg eK
120     David Bergman
225     Between the Covers Rare Books
226     Biblioctopus
209     Blackwell's Rare Books
207     Blank Verso Books 
246     Carl Blomgren Fine Books
247     Bolerium Books
228     The Book Bin
155     Bookleggers Fine Books
113     Books of Wonder
127     Brick Row Book Shop
125     Bromer Booksellers, Inc.
214     Edmund Brumfitt Rare Books Ltd
251     Buckingham Books
120     Pablo Butcher
148     Captain Ahab's Rare Books
152     Caroliniana Rare Books
242     Carpe Diem Fine Books
218     Jeffrey D. Carr
260     Cavendish Rare Books
227     Librairie Rodolphe Chamonal
117     Librairie Clavreuil
116     Stéphane Clavreuil Rare Books Ltd
137     Deborah Coltham Rare Books
254     Justin Croft Antiquarian Books Limited
116     Daniel Crouch Rare Books Limited
105     James Cummins Bookseller
141     Daniel / Oliver Gallery
129     Dark Parks Books & Collectibles
145     Nat DesMarais Rare Books
213     Wilfrid M. de Freitas - Bookseller
104     Discovery Bay Old Books
208     Dungeness Books
149     Editio Altera 
140     Christopher Edwards
258     Scott Emerson Books
123     The First Edition Rare Books, LLC
100     Antiquariaat Forum BV
245     Robert Frew Ltd
237     mark funke, bookseller
119     Elena Gallego Rare Books
118     Garcia-Garst, Booksellers ABAA
248     Geographicus Rare Antique Maps
106     Globus Rare Books & Archives
130     Hackenberg Booksellers
138     Amanda Hall Rare Books
156     David A. Hamilton Americana Books
212     Peter Harrington
154     Heritage Book Shop, LLC
147     Jeff Hirsch Books
200     John Howell for Books
102     HS Rare Books
209     Hyraxia Books
203     Inlibris Gilhofer
239     Jarndyce Books
151     johnson rare books & archives
201     Jonkers Rare Books
217     Ben Kinmont Bookseller
222     Eric Chaim Kline Bookseller
203     Kotte Autographs
206     Michael Laird Rare Books & Manuscripts 
144     Langdon Manor Books, LLC
146     JF Letenneur Livres Rares
205     Liber Antiquus, Early Books & Manuscripts
233     Locus Solus Rare Books
114     Lucius Books
109     Maggs Bros Ltd
126     Bruce Marshall Rare Books
131     McBride Rare Books
252     Bruce McKittrick Rare Books
135     Kate Mitas, Bookseller
250     Kunsthandel Mitmannsgruber
236     J.B. Muns, Fine Arts Books & Musical Autographs
249     Munster & Company, LLC
128     Neatline Antique Maps
224     Jeremy Norman & Co., Inc.
216     Phillip J. Pirages Fine Books & Manuscripts
259     Bud Plant & Hutchison Books
133     John Price Antiquarian Books
219     Bernard Quaritch Ltd
158     Janette Ray Booksellers
110     William Reese Company LLC
223     Antiquariaat De Roo
220     Rootenberg Rare Books & Manuscripts
204     Barry Lawrence Ruderman
121     Ken Sanders Rare Books
112     Antiquariaat Schierenberg
256     Sophie Schneideman Rare Books
139     Susanne Schulz-Falster
136     Marc Selvaggio, Books & Ephemera
238     Shapero Rare Books
221     Sokol Books Ltd
202     Sophia Rare Books
255     Benjamin Spademan Rare Books
111     David Spilman Fine Books
122     Michael Steinbach Rare Books
257     Stellar Books & Ephemera
232     Douglas Stewart Fine Books
243     Swan's Fine Books
261     Symonds Rare Books
262     Ten Pound Island Book Co.
134     Michael Thompson Rare Books
235     Triolet Rare Books
150     Tschanz Rare Books
211     Voewood Rare Books
153     Whitmore Rare Books, Inc.
231     John Windle Antiquarian Bookseller
115     lizzyoung bookseller
143     Zephyr Used & Rare Books

Rare Book Monthly

  • Australian Book Auctions
    Books, Maps, Modern Literature
    May 14 (US) / May 15 (Australia)
    Australian Book Auctions, May 14/15: ORWELL, George. ANIMAL FARM. London, Secker & Warburg, 1945. $8,000 to $12,000 AUD.
    Australian Book Auctions, May 14/15: MILNE, A.A. THE HOUSE AT POOH CORNER With decorations by Ernest H. Shepard. London, Methuen, 1928. Deluxe limited edition. $3,000 to $4,000 AUD.
    Australian Book Auctions, May 14/15: TWAIN, Mark. THE ADVENTURES OF HUCKLEBERRY FINN, (Tom Sawyer’s Comrade). New York, 1885. $1,000 to $1,500 AUD.
    Australian Book Auctions
    Books, Maps, Modern Literature
    May 14 (US) / May 15 (Australia)
    Australian Book Auctions, May 14/15: RAND, Ayn. ATLAS SHRUGGED. Random House, New York, 1957. First edition. $800 to $1,200 AUD.
    Australian Book Auctions, May 14/15: [BAUM, L. Frank]. PICTURES FROM THE WONDERFUL WIZARD OF OZ By W.W. Denslow… Chicago, [1903]. $400 to $800 AUD.
    Australian Book Auctions, May 14/15: HELLER, Joseph. CATCH-22. London, Jonathan Cape, 1962. $400 to $600 AUD.
  • Bonhams, Apr. 28 – May 7: Isaac Newton on chemistry and matter, and alchemy, Autograph Manuscript, "A Key to Snyders," 3 pp, after 1674. $100,000 - $150,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 28 – May 7: Exceptionally rare first printing of Plato's Timaeus. Florence, 1484. $50,000 - $80,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 28 – May 7: On the Philosophy of Self-Interest: Adam Smith's copy of Helvetius's De l'homme, Paris, 1773. $40,000 - $60,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 28 – May 7: "Magical Calendar of Tycho Brahe" - very rare hermetic broadside. Engraved by Merian for De Bry. c.1618. $30,000 - $50,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 28 – May 7: Author's presentation issue of Einstein's proof of Relativity, "Erklärung der Perihelbewegung des Merkur aus der allgemeinen Relativitätstheorie." 1915. $30,000 - $50,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 28 – May 7: First Latin edition of Maimonides' Guide for the Perplexed. Paris, 1520. $20,000 - $30,000.
    Bonhams, Apr. 28 – May 7: De Broglie manuscript on the nature of matter in quantum physics, 3 pp, 1954. $20,000 - $30,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 28 – May 7: Tesla autograph letter signed on electricty and electromagnetic theory. 1894. $20,000 - $30,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 28 – May 7: Heinrich Hertz scientific manuscript on his mentor Hermann Von Helmholtz, 1891. $20,000 - $30,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 28 – May 7: The greatest illustrated work in Alchemy: Micheal Maier's Atalanta Fugiens. Oppenheim, 1618. $30,000 - $50,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 28 – May 7: Illustrated Alchemical manuscript, a Mysterium Magnum of the Rosicurcians, 18th-century. $30,000 - $50,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 28 – May 7: Rare Largest Paper Presentation Copy of Newton's Principia, London, 1726. The third and most influential edition. $60,000 - $90,000
  • Gonnelli
    Auction 51
    Antique prints, paintings and maps
    May 14st 2024
    Gonnelli: Leonard Bramer, The descent from the cross, 1634. Starting price 3200€
    Gonnelli: Gustav Hjalmar de Morner Karel, Rome’s Carnival, 1820. Starting price 1000€
    Gonnelli: Various Authors, Mater Dolorosa, 1700. Starting price 200€
    Gonnelli: Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Carcere Oscura, 1790. Starting price 180€
    Gonnelli: Jan Brueghel, Marine fauna view, 1620 ca. Starting price 28000€
    Gonnelli: Ippolito Scarsella, Mary and Christ with Sant Rocco and Arch-Angel Michele,1615. Starting price 8000€
    Gonnelli: Hans Sebald Beham, Adam and Eve, 1543. Starting price 600€
    Gonnelli: Francesco Burani, Baccanale, 1630. Starting Price 280€
    Gonnelli: Giuseppe Maria Mitelli, Plance from Ventiquattr’ore, 1675. Starting price 800€
    Gonnelli: Giuseppe Angeli, Livorno’s Plan, 1793. Starting price 240€
    Gonnelli: XIV Century Artist, Capital “N” letter, 1350 ca. Starting price 340€
  • Sotheby’s
    Modern First Editions
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Winston Churchill. The Second World War. Set of First-Edition Volumes. 6,000 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: A.A. Milne, Ernest H. Shepard. A Collection of The Pooh Books. Set of First-Editions. 18,600 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Salvador Dalí, Lewis Carroll. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. Finely Bound and Signed Limited Edition. 15,000 USD
    Sotheby’s
    Modern First Editions
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Ian Fleming. Live and Let Die. First Edition. 9,500 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: J.K. Rowling. Harry Potter Series. Finely Bound First Printing Set of Complete Series. 5,650 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell to Arms. First Edition, First Printing. 4,200 USD

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