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.
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. 12: Hooke, Robert. Micrographia: or some Physiological Descriptions of Minute Bodies made by Magnifying Glasses. London: James Allestry for the Royal Society, 1667. $12,000 to $15,000.
Sotheby’s, Dec. 12: Chappuzeau, Samuel. The history of jewels, first edition in English. London: T.N. for Hobart Kemp, 1671. $12,000 to $18,000.
Sotheby’s, Dec. 12: Sowerby, James. Exotic Mineralogy, containing his most realistic mineral depictions, London: Benjamin Meredith, 1811, Arding and Merrett, 1817. $5,000 to $7,000.
Heritage Auctions Rare Books Signature Auction December 15, 2025
Heritage, Dec. 15: John Donne. Poems, By J. D. With Elegies on the Author's Death. London: M[iles]. F[lesher]. for John Marriot, 1633.
Heritage, Dec. 15: Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
Heritage, Dec. 15: F. Scott Fitzgerald. Tender is the Night. A Romance.
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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