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Richard B. Arkway, Inc. 59 E. 54th Street, Ste. 62 New York, NY 10022 Summer Hours: Mon.-Fri. 9:30-5, Appointments Preferred Telephone: (212) 751-8153 Fax: (212) 832-5389 Email: arkway@mindspring.com Website: www.arkway.com Name of proprietor(s): Richard Arkway |
Maps & Atlases, Globes, Voyages, Cartography & Nautical Science |
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J.N. Bartfield 30 W. 57th Street, 3rd Floor New York, NY 10019 Summer Hours: Mon.-Fri. 10-5, Saturdays by Appointment Telephone: (212) 245-8890 Fax: (212) 541-4860 Email: bartfield@aol.com Website:www.bartfield.com Name of proprietor(s): George Bartfield (Michael Frost, Kevin F. Kelly) |
Rare Books, Fine Leatherbound Sets & Singles, First Editions, Exhibition Bindings, Colorplate Books, Americana, Original 19th & 10th Century Western & Sporting Paintings & Bronzes Additional Details: According to a staff person who declined to give his name, “We [J. N. Bartfield] have been dealing in rare and fine books since 1937, for 65 years. We specialize in Western Art – we also have a gallery alongside of us -- 19th Century Art, Hunting & Fishing – you know, gentleman’s subjects.” |
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Bauman Rare Books (2 NY Shops) 535 Madison Ave. (54th & 55th Streets) New York, NY 10022 Summer Hours: Mon.-Sat., 10-6 Telephone: (212) 751-0011 Fax: (212) 751-9014 Email: brb@baumanrarebooks.com Website: baumanrarebooks.com Name of proprietor(s): David Bauman, Natalie Bauman |
Rare Books, Autographs, Signed Books, First Editions, Fine Sets, Literature, Americana, Law, Travel, History, Economics, Children’s Books Additional Details: Bauman Rare Books is a virtual industry: they have 2 shops in New York, this “main gallery”consisting of two stories of elegantly displayed books on all subjects at Madison Avenue and 54th Street, and the one listed down below, located in the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel. They also have another shop in Philadelphia. |
Rare Book Monthly
Walking Tour Of New York’s Antiquarian Book Sellers-Part One: Midtown Manhattan
Book Store in New York City
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ALDE, Apr. 8: GUEVARA (ANTONIO DE). Histoire de Marc-Aurèle, Empereur Romain, vray miroir et horloge des Princes. Paris, Pierre et Galliot du Pré, frères, 1565. €3,000 to €4,000.ALDE, Apr. 8: HEURES DE LA VIERGE. Horæ in laudem beatissimæ virginis Mariæ ad usum Romanum. Paris, Charles L'Angelier, 1556. €4,000 to €5,000.ALDE, Apr. 8: MONTAIGNE (MICHEL DE). Les Essais. Édition nouvelle, trouvée après le deceds de l'autheur… Paris, Abel L'Angelier, 1595. €6,000 to €8,000.ALDE, Apr. 8: [ROJAS (FERNANDO DE)]. Celestina, tragicomedia di Calisto et Melibea, tradotta de lingua castigliana in italiano idioma… Venise, 1531. €2,000 to €3,000.ALDE, Apr. 8: CAMÕES (LUÍS DE). Os Lusiadas. Lisbonne, Pedro Crasbeeck, 1613. €2,000 to €3,000.ALDE, Apr. 8: CERVANTES (MIGUEL DE). El Ingenioso hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha. Bruxelles, Roger Velpius & Huberto Antonio, 1611. €6,000 to €8,000.ALDE, Apr. 8: LA FONTAINE (JEAN DE). Fables choisies, mises en vers. Paris, Denys Thierry et Claude Barbin, 1678-1694. €6,000 to €8,000.ALDE, Apr. 8: CERVANTES (MIGUEL DE). El Ingenioso hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha. Madrid, Joaquin Ibarra, 1780. €3,000 to €4,000.ALDE, Apr. 8: DIDEROT (DENIS) ET JEAN LE ROND D'ALEMBERT. Encyclopédie, ou dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers. Paris, 1751-1765. €15,000 to €20,000.ALDE, Apr. 8: [LIVRE TISSÉ]. LAMARTINE (Alphonse de). Les Laboureurs. Poème tiré de Jocelyn… Lyon, J. A. Henry, 1883. €8,000 to €10,000.ALDE, Apr. 8: [LIVRE TISSÉ]. Livre de prières tissé d'après les enluminures des manuscrits du XIVe au XVIe siècle. Lyon, [A. Roux], 1886. €5,000 to €6,000. -
Sotheby’s
Books, Manuscripts & Objects from Three Important Collections
Open for Bidding 2-17 AprilSotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: [Guillaume de Lorris and Jean de Meun]. Le Roman de la Rose, [Geneva or Lyons, c.1481], first printed edition of the most important medieval French vernacular poem. £200,000 to £300,000.Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: Castiglione. Il libro del cortegiano. [Venice], April 1528, first edition, in a magnificent binding by Jean Picard for Jean Grolier. £100,000 to £150,000.Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: Jacobus de Cessolis. Schachzabelbuch, Strasbourg, 1483, von der Lasa copy. £50,000 to £70,000.Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: World Championship, 1972. A collection of 84 press photographs of the famed match between Spassky and Fischer. £2,000 to £3,000.Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: Ben Franklin. Autograph letter signed, to Lord Shelburne, British Prime Minister, during peace negotiations, November 1782. £15,000 to £20,000.