Rare Book Monthly
Book Catalogue Reviews - September - 2005 Issue
Private Press and Fine Printing from Oak Knoll Books
Private Press 2000-2005 from Oak Knoll Books.
Here is a random sample: The Goat Secret, by Bill Griffiths, published in 2000, by the Tern Press. This book recounts the legend of Kaldi, an Abyssinian (now Ethiopia) goat herder who supposedly discovered coffee. As the story goes, Kaldi was tending his flock one day when he noticed his goats became more lively when they ate the berries of a certain plant. He decided to try the magic berries himself, and noted they had a most invigorating effect. Instead of having the sense to take out a patent on his discovery, which would have made his descendants incredibly wealthy, he shared it with the monks at a local monastery, who found that it helped keep them awake during their prayers. They must have thought it a miracle. All of this supposedly happened a thousand years ago, and though it probably never did, it still makes a good story. Priced at $35.
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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. -
