Rare Book Monthly Reviews - May - 2004 Issue

Rare and Unusual Americana <br>From David M. Lesser

By Michael Stillman

David M. Lesser’s “Catalogue 900” is a collection of rare and unusual Americana, primarily from the 19th century. This is an online catalogue, so if you are reading this review, you can view this collection with a click of your mouse. It is also the first catalogue to use FootNotes, the service that gives you access to bibliographic, auction, and bookseller records about many of the titles offered. To see Lesser’s catalogue now, just go to http://www.americanaexchange.com/collectors/newreport.asp?cid=89&R=0.


Item 34 is the Letters of Cassius M. Clay. Some might ...

19th Century Shop Offers Selections<br>From New York Antiques Show

by Michael Stillman

The 19th Century Shop has issued a catalogue of “Selections from the New York International Antiques Show 2004.” This catalogue includes books, maps, images, and artwork, pr...

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Charles Wood Offers Books <br>On Conserving Works of Art

By Michael Stillman

The latest catalogue from Charles Wood is an absolute must for anyone who collects 18th and 19th century works pertaining to the field of art. It is a well-described collect...

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Botany, Ornithology & Natural<br>History From Donald Heald

By Michael Stillman

This month we take a look at the second part of Donald A. Heald’s online spring 2004 catalogue: “A Selection of Antiquarian Books.” Last month we looked at Part I, which foc...

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Australian Journeys<br>From Hordern House

By Michael Stillman

Hordern House is a major resource for those who collect antiquarian and rare books from Australia. Their latest catalogue is called “Australian Journeys,” and it is a col...

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15th-19th Century Maps And Atlases<br>From Martayan Lan

By Michael Stillman

This month Martyan Lan is offering its Catalogue 33, “Fine Antique Maps & Atlases.” Maps are a specialty of this New York City bookseller and they regularly offer some of th...

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Americana From <br>William Reese

By Michael Stillman

The William Reese Company recently issued a listing of books for sale in conjunction with their participation in the New York Antiquarian Book Fair. We hesitate to call this...

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  • Fonsie Mealy’s
    Summer Rare Book
    & Collectors’ Sale
    July 30-31, 2024
    Fonsie Mealy’s, July 30-31: U.S. / European Shipping Archive 1800-1814. The Widow Bermingham & Sons Collection. €7,000 to €10,000.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, July 30-31: Bunreacht na hÉireann. Constitution of Ireland. An important copy of the First Printing of De Valera’s new Constitution, approved in 1938. Signed by the Constitution Cabinet. €7,000 to €9,000.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, July 30-31: A Rare Complete Run of the Cuala Press Broadsides. €7,000 to €9,000.
    Fonsie Mealy’s
    Summer Rare Book
    & Collectors’ Sale
    July 30-31, 2024
    Fonsie Mealy’s, July 30-31: Grose (Francis). The Antiquities of Ireland, 2vols. folio London (for S. Hooper) 1791. Magnificent Hand-Coloured Copy - Only 25 Copies. €3,000 to €5,000.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, July 30-31: Cantillon (Richard). Essai sur la Nature du Commerce en General, Traduit de l'Anglois, Sm. 8vo London (Fletcher Gyles) 1756. €3,000 to €4,000.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, July 30-31: Gregory, (Lady Augusta). Spreading the News: The Rising of the Moon: The Poorhouse (with Douglas Hyde). Being Vol. IX of the Abbey Theatre Series. €3,000 to €4,000.
    Fonsie Mealy’s
    Summer Rare Book
    & Collectors’ Sale
    July 30-31, 2024
    Fonsie Mealy’s, July 30-31: Lavery (Lady Hazel). A moving series of three A.L.S. and a Telegram to Gen. Eoin O'Duffy, July-August 1927, expressing her grief at the death of Kevin O'Higgins. €3,000 to €4,000.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, July 30-31: Dampier (Wm.) Nouveau Voyage Autour du Monde, ou l'on descrit en particulier l'Isthme de l'Amerique…, 2 vols. in one, Amsterdam, 1698. €800 to €1,200.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, July 30-31: Howell (James). Instructions for Forreine Travel Shewing by what Cours, and in what Compasse of Time…, London, 1642. €800 to €1,200.
    Fonsie Mealy’s
    Summer Rare Book
    & Collectors’ Sale
    July 30-31, 2024
    Fonsie Mealy’s, July 30-31: Rowling (J.K.) Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, 8vo, L. (Bloomsbury) 1999, First Edn., First Printing of Deluxe Collectors Edn. Signed. €800 to €1,200.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, July 30-31: James (Wm.) A Full and Correct Account of the Military Occurrences of The Late War Between Great Britain and The United States of America. 2 vols. Lond. 1818. €650 to €900.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, July 30-31: The Laws of the United States, Published by Authority, 3 vols. Philadelphia (Richard Folwell) 1796. €600 to €800.

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