Some Advice for Booksellers, Russian Bookselling, Abe's Latest Top 10
- by Michael Stillman
USA Today offers some advice to booksellers.
10. Sefer Tehilim by Sebastian Münster, a Basel printing of this 16th century
work by the German Hebrew scholar. $3,464.
9. The Bible, an edition limited to 75 copies, printed by the Nonesuch Press
of London in 1927. $3,750.
8. Histoire de la mesure du temps par les horloges by Ferdinand Berthoud, a
book on time measurement by the Swiss watchmaker, published in 1802. $4,340.
7. Don Juan by Lord Byron, six volumes of Byron's masterpiece published from
1819-1824. $4,500.
6. Beskrivelse over Eylandet St. Croix I America I Vest-Indien by Reimert
Haagensen, an early look at St. Croix, Virgin Islands, published in Copenhagen in
1798. $4,500.
5. Du Côte De Chez Swann by Marcel Proust, 1913 first edition of the first
installment of the seven-volume "In Search of Lost Time." $5,000.
4. A Touch of Frost, Frost at Christmas, Night Frost, Hard Frost and
Winter Frost by R.D. Wingfield, a collection of first editions of Wingfield's
English detective set. $5,609.
3. Hieronymi Cardani Mediolanensis Medici De Rerum Varietate Libri XVII by
Gerolamo Cardano, a 1557 edition of Da Vinci's friend's work on natural phenomena.
$7,017.
2. The Origin of Species, first American printing from 1860 of Charles
Darwin's [r]evolutionary classic. $11,000.
1. Libellus ysagogicus Abdilasi Id est servi gloriosi dei: qui dicitur
Alchabitius ad magisterium iuditiorum astrorum by Alchabitius, an incunabulum
(1485) printing of the 10th century Arabian astrologer's work. $12,000.
Koller Auctions Books & Autographs 18 September 2024
Koller, Sep. 18: Cowper, William. Anatomia corporum humanorum ab excellentissimis… Utrecht, 1750. CHF 25,000 to 40,000
Koller, Sep. 18: Bell, Thomas. A Monograph of the Testudinata. London [1836-1842]. CHF 20,000 to 30,000.
Koller, Sep. 18: Gould, John. A monograph of the Trochilidae, or family of humming-birds [and] Supplement completed after the authors death…, London [1849-]1861 and [1880-]1887. CHF 50,000 to 80,000.
Koller Auctions Books & Autographs 18 September 2024
Koller, Sep. 18: Gould, John. The birds of New Guinea and the adjacent Papuan Islands, including many new species recently discovered in Australia. CHF 50,000 to 80,000.
Koller, Sep. 18: Levaillant, François. Histoire naturelle des oiseaux de paradis et des rolliers, suivie de celle des toucans et des barbus. Paris [1801-]1806. CHF 40,000 to 60,000.
Koller, Sep. 18: Pfinzing, Melchior. Die geverlicheiten und einsteils der geschichten des loblichen streytparen…, Nürnberg, 1517. CHF 40,000 to 60,000.
Il Ponte, Sep. 24-25: HAMILTON, Sir William - Campi Phlegraei. Napoli: 1779. € 50,000 - 80,000
Il Ponte, Sep. 24-25: KIRCHER, Athanasius - Turris Babel. Amsterdam: 1679. € 3,000 - 5,000
Il Ponte, Sep. 24-25: EDWARDS, George.London - Gleanings of Natural History. Londra: 1758-1764. € 7,000 - 10,000
Il Ponte, Sep. 24-25: HEVELIUS, Johannes - Cometographia. Danzica: 1668. € 20,000 - 30,000
Il Ponte, Sep. 24-25: KUPKA, Frantisek - Quatre histoires de blanc et noir. Parigi: 1926. € 10,000 - 15,000
![<b>Koller, Sep. 18:</b> Bell, Thomas. A Monograph of the Testudinata. London [1836-1842]. CHF 20,000 to 30,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/29dc9a36-584c-476d-bc08-834bc3d3902d.png "<b>Koller, Sep. 18:</b> Bell, Thomas. A Monograph of the Testudinata. London [1836-1842]. CHF 20,000 to 30,000.")
![<b>Koller, Sep. 18:</b> Gould, John. A monograph of the Trochilidae, or family of humming-birds [and] Supplement completed after the authors death…, London [1849-]1861 and [1880-]1887. CHF 50,000 to 80,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/d1c7f9bc-1bd9-43a2-9cd9-fa2e0a89d50f.png "<b>Koller, Sep. 18:</b> Gould, John. A monograph of the Trochilidae, or family of humming-birds [and] Supplement completed after the authors death…, London [1849-]1861 and [1880-]1887. CHF 50,000 to 80,000.")
![<b>Koller, Sep. 18:</b> Levaillant, François. Histoire naturelle des oiseaux de paradis et des rolliers, suivie de celle des toucans et des barbus. Paris [1801-]1806. CHF 40,000 to 60,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/dcac6725-5a79-4a9a-8172-9a5e10ccb75b.png "<b>Koller, Sep. 18:</b> Levaillant, François. Histoire naturelle des oiseaux de paradis et des rolliers, suivie de celle des toucans et des barbus. Paris [1801-]1806. CHF 40,000 to 60,000.")
