Walking Tour Of New York’s Antiquarian Book Sellers-Part One: Midtown Manhattan
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Dealer Address & Contact Info.
Dealer Specialties and Additional Details
James E. Lowe Autographs, Ltd.
Telephone: (212) 759-0775
Email: jameslowe@covad.net
Autograph Letters & Manuscripts, Historical Literary & Musical, Signed Photographs, Inscribed Editions, 19th Century Photographs
Additional Details: “We are probably one of the oldest autograph firms in the city,
opened in 1969,” says proprietor James E. Lowe.
Martayan Lan 70 East 55th Street, 6th Floor
New York, NY 10022
Summer Hours: Mon.- Fri.., 9:30-5:30, & By Appointment
Telephone: (212) 308-0018
Fax: (212) 308-0074
Email: info@martayanlan.com
Website: www.martayanlan.com
Name of proprietor(s): Selma Martayan (Richard Lan)
15th – 18th Century Illustrated Books, Technology, Medicine, Architecture, Natural History, Americana, Atlases, Globes, Maps, & Prints
The Old Print Shop
150 Lexington Avenue (29th & 30th)
New York, NY 10016
Summer Hours: Mon.-Fri., 9-5
Telephone: (212) 683-3950
Fax: (212) 779-8040
Email: info@oldprintshop.com
Website: oldprintshop.com
Name of proprietor(s): Kenneth M. Newman
American Fine Art Prints 1750 to 1950, Antique Maps, Scholarly Books on the Fine Arts, Illustrated Books & Atlases
Justin G. Schiller, Ltd.
1270 Avenue of the Americas, Ste. 302
Rockefeller Center
New York, NY 10020-1702
Summer Hours: Mon.-Fri., By Appointment
Telephone: (212) 332-7070
Fax: (212) 332-7028
Email: early@childlit.com
Website: childlit.com
Name of proprietor(s): Justin G. Schiller (Raymond W. Wapner, Gregory C. Gillert, Dennis M.V. David)
Early Children’s Books, Rare Juvenile Literature, Related Manuscripts, Original Artwork & Bibliographies
Time and Again Books
320 East 46th Street, #34G
New York, NY 10017
Summer Hours: By Appointment
Telephone: (212) 599-4542
Fax: (212) 599-4542
Email: ferado@aol.com
Name of proprietor(s): Dennis John Ferado
Heritage, Dec. 15: Jerry Thomas. How to Mix Drinks, or the Bon-Vivant's Companion, Containing Clear and Reliable Directions for Mixing All the Beverages Used in the United States…
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Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("Martinus Luther") to His Friend the Theologian Gerhard Wiskamp ("Gerardo Xantho Lampadario"). $100,000 - $150,000.
Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: An Exceptionally Fine Copy of Austenís Emma: A Novel in Three Volumes. $40,000 - $60,000.
Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Presentation Copy of Ernest Hemmingwayís A Farewell to Arms for Edward Titus of the Black Mankin Press. $30,000 - $50,000.
Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Manuscript Signed Integrally for "The Songs of Pooh," by Alan Alexander. $30,000 - $50,000.
Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Manuscript of "Three Fragments from Gˆtterd‰mmerung" by Richard Wagner. $30,000 - $50,000.
Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Original Preliminary Artwork, for the First Edition of Snow Crash. $20,000 - $30,000.
Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("T.R. Malthus") to Economist Nassau Senior on Wealth, Labor and Adam Smith. $20,000 - $30,000.
Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides Finely Bound by Michael Wilcox. $20,000 - $30,000.
Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: First Edition of Lewis and Clark: Travels to the Source of the Missouri River and Across the American Continent to the Pacific Ocean. $8,000 - $12,000.
Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Original Artwork for the First Edition of Neal Stephenson's Groundbreaking Novel Snow Crash. $100,000 - $150,000.
Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: A Complete Set Signed Deluxe Editions of King's The Dark Tower Series by Stephen King. $8,000 - $12,000.
Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("John Adams") to James Le Ray de Chaumont During the Crucial Years of the Revolutionary War. $8,000 - $12,000.
Sotheby’s Book Week December 9-17, 2025
Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Francesco Colonna. Hypnerotomachie, Paris, 1546, Parisian calf by Wotton Binder C for Marcus Fugger. €200,000 to €300,000.
Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Nausea. De principiis dialectices Gorgias, and other works, Venice, 1523, morocco gilt for Cardinal Campeggio. €3,000 to €4,000.
Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Billon. Le fort inexpugnable de l'honneur, Paris, 1555, Parisian calf gilt for Peter Ernst, Graf von Mansfeld. €120,000 to €180,000.
Sotheby’s Book Week December 9-17, 2025
Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: Salinger, J.D. The Graham Family archive, including autographed letters, an inscribed Catcher, a rare studio photograph of the author, and more. $120,000 to $180,000.
Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: [Austen, Jane]. A handsome first edition of Sense and Sensibility, the author's first novel. $60,000 to $80,000.
Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: Massachusetts General Court. A powerful precursor to the Declaration of Independence: "every Act of Government … without the Consent of the People, is … Tyranny." $40,000 to $60,000.
![<b>Heritage, Dec. 15:</b> John Donne. <i>Poems, By J. D. With Elegies on the Author's Death.</i> London: M[iles]. F[lesher]. for John Marriot, 1633.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/8caddaea-4c1f-47a7-9455-62f53af36e3f.jpg "<b>Heritage, Dec. 15:</b> John Donne. <i>Poems, By J. D. With Elegies on the Author's Death.</i> London: M[iles]. F[lesher]. for John Marriot, 1633.")
![<b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 16:</b> [Austen, Jane]. A handsome first edition of <i>Sense and Sensibility,</i> the author's first novel. $60,000 to $80,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/9a74d9ff-42dd-46a1-8bb2-b636c4cec796.png "<b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 16:</b> [Austen, Jane]. A handsome first edition of <i>Sense and Sensibility,</i> the author's first novel. $60,000 to $80,000.")
