Walking Tour Of New York’s Antiquarian Book Sellers Part II: Manhattan’s Upper East Side
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Dealer Address & Contact Info.
Dealer Specialties and Additional Details
Donald A. Heald Rare Books
124 E. 74th Street
New York, NY 10021
Summer Hours: Mon.-Fri., 9:30-6, or By Appointment
Telephone: (212) 744-3505
Fax: (212) 628-7847
Email: info@donaldheald.com
Website: www.donaldheald.com
Name of proprietor(s): Donald A. Heald
Specialties: Color Plate Books, Illustrated Book, Natural History, Americana, Voyages & Travels, Maps & Atlases, Decorative & Sporting Prints
Imperial Fine Books, Inc.
790 Madison Avenue (66th & 67th Streets), Room 200
New York, NY 10021
Summer Hours: Mon.-Fri., 10:30-6:30, Sat. By Appointment
Telephone: (212) 861-6620
Email: imperialfinebook@aol.com
Web: imperialfinebooks.com
Name of proprietor(s): Bibi Mohammed
Janet Lehr, Inc./19th & 20th Century Photography
891 Park Avenue
New York, NY 10021 or
P.O. Box 617
Gracie Station
New York, NY 10028
Summer Hours: By Appointment
Telephone: (212) 288-1802/ 288-6234
Fax: (212) 288-6234
Name of proprietor(s): Janet Lehr
Specialties: Vintage Photographs, Photographically Illustrated Books, Journals, World Wide Events, Notables, Scenes, Also Stereoviews, Daguerreotypes
Reed Orenstein Rare Books
19 East 95th Street (5th Ave.)
New York, NY 10021
Summer Hours: By Appointment
Telephone: (212) 369-0101
Fax: (212) 831-0298
Email: orders@reedrarebooks.com
Web: www.reedrarebooks.com
Name of proprietor(s): Reed Orenstein
Specialties: Art & Photography, Architecture, Children’s Illustrated, Science Fiction, Modern Firsts, Maurice Sendak Illustrated Books
Additional Details: My background in the rare book field began not as a retailer, but as the fourth generation of book collectors in my family,” says Reed Orenstein, Proprietor. “However, perhaps more importantly, I was involved for many, many years in the family art business, The Park Avenue Gallery which was located on Park Avenue in Manhattan dealing with high end American and European works of art and illustrated books. As a result, I think it appropriate to say that I have been engaged in buying rare books and fine art for over 30 years now.”
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.")
