Rare Book Monthly Reviews - August - 2006 Issue

Early American Broadsides from William Reese

By Michael Stillman

The 248th catalogue from New Haven bookseller William Reese Company offers a collection of American Broadsides and Broadsheets (and a few British ones to boot). These single sheet printings, often intended to be tacked up as posters, are among the most interesting of printed collectibles. Often they contain more immediate news than could be printed in book form, they may cover issues not complicated enough to warrant a book, and frequently are very rare, either because few copies were printed, or few of these ephemeral papers were saved. Then there's one other great a...

Part II of the Parsons Collection of Pacific Voyages from Hordern House

By Michael Stillman

Hordern House, of New South Wales, Australia, has recently released the second part of their magnificent catalogue of the collection of David Parsons. Parsons, an American co...

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The Latest from Spanish Bookseller Comellas

By Michael Stillman

This month we review our first catalogue from a Spanish bookseller, Libreria Anticuaria Comellas (Antiquarian Bookshop Comellas), of Barcelona. Now this does not mean you sho...

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The Latest from Bauman Rare Books

By Michael Stillman

The latest collection of New Acquisitions has arrived from Bauman Rare Books of New York and Philadelphia. Bauman specializes in upper tier, important books and documents. Th...

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The Final Arthur H. Clark Catalogue (To Be Continued)

By Michael Stillman

Recently arrived in our mailbox was the final, sort of, catalogue in the long-running series from the Arthur H. Clark Company. Going back over a century, Arthur Clark long ha...

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Ancient Books from Librairie Rodolphe Chamonal

By Michael Stillman

The latest catalogue from Parisian bookseller Librairie Rodolphe Chamonal is entitled Livres Anciens. This should serve as a warning that the catalogue is in French, so some ...

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Travel Books from Bernard J. Shapero Rare Books

By Michael Stillman

Bernard J. Shapero Rare Books is prepared to take you for a trip around the world in their latest catalogue, Travel 2006. Offered are over 400 travel items, mostly from Europ...

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Signed Documents from Stuart Lutz

By Michael Stillman

Stuart Lutz Historic Documents has issued a new catalogue of over 200 manuscripts and other signed documents and photographs. The catalogue does not appear to have a title, a...

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Voyages and Travels from Reg and Philip Remington

By Michael Stillman

Reg and Philip Remington of St. Albans in the UK have issued their 37th catalogue of Voyages and Travels. This catalogue offers a wide range of such books. You will find ever...

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Printed and Manuscript Americana from Michael Brown Rare Books

By Michael Stillman

Recently issued was catalogue 41 of Printed and Manuscript Americana from Michael Brown Rare Books. This is a collection of just over 200 rare and unusual works in the Americ...

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Art, Architecture and More Pre-1800 Books from Charles Wood

By Michael Stillman

Just released by Charles Wood Antiquarian Booksellers is their catalogue 127: Art, Architecture, Garden History and Related Subjects. Books in English Before 1800. Since the...

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Books on 19th Century Asia from Gert Jan Bestebreurtje

By Michael Stillman

Some catalogues cover broad, not well-defined fields of collecting. Others are much more clearly defined in terms of subject. An example of the latter is the latest catalogue...

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More Fascinating Americana from David Lesser Antiquarian Books

By Michael Stillman

David M. Lesser Fine Antiquarian Books recently released their 91st catalogue of Rare Americana. Those familiar with Lesser's catalogues will find no surprises. Somewhere he ...

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Early American Maps and Atlases from Martayan Lan

By Michael Stillman

New York map seller Martayan Lan has issued a catalogue of special interest to collectors in the field of Americana. Catalogue 39 is called Fine Maps of America and Atlases, ...

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Rare Book Monthly

  • 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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