Rare Book Monthly
Articles - November - 2008 Issue
10 Catalogues Reviewed This Month
Ten catalogues are reviewed this month.
This month, we take a look at ten new bookseller catalogues in the Review section of AE Monthly. The William Reese Company offers a selection of early voyages, while Bernard J. Shapero Rare Books has books on travel and the East India Company. David M. Lesser Fine Antiquarian Books presents inexpensive Americana, Joe Rubinfine American historical autographs, Clark Rare Books Americana and the West, Gene W. Baade books on the West.
James Pepper Rare Books has a new group of mysteries, literature, and film related items. Waverly Books presents literature, art and scripts. Frits Knuf Antiquarian Books offers illustrated books and book illustration, while Libreria de Antano has new acquisitions dating from 1548-1990.
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Freeman’s, August 20. President Washington Reaffirms the US Treaty of Friendship and Peace with Morocco, the Longest Unbroken Treaty in US History. $50,000 – 80,000.Freeman’s, August 20. Weeks After Victory at Yorktown, Benjamin Franklin Promises Repayment of a French Loan that Funded the American Revolution. $200,000 – 300,000.Freeman’s, August 20. Rare First Edition of the Foundational Text of the Mormon Church. $100,000 – 150,000.Freeman’s, August 20. President Washington Sends the First Major Law Passed by Congress, the Tariff Act of 1789. $100,000 – 150,000.Freeman’s, August 20. A Scarce Example of Audubon's Depiction of a Brown Pelican, Plate CCLI from his Birds of America. $30,000 – 50,000.Freeman’s, August 20. The Official and First Obtainable Broadside Printing of the Lincoln's Final Emancipation Proclamation. $30,000 – 50,000. -
