Rare Book Monthly Reviews - September - 2008 Issue

Antiquarian Works In Science, Medicine and Natural History From B & L Rootenberg Rare Books

By Michael Stillman

This month we have received our first catalogue from B & L Rootenberg Rare Books of Sherman Oaks, California. This is Catalogue 12 for the Los Angeles area bookseller that has been in business since 1970. Its title, which corresponds with the fields in which Rootenberg specializes, is Fine Books. Science, Medicine, Natural History, and Early Printing. It is filled with early publications on the scientific discoveries of the time (which could be anywhere from the 16th to 20th centuries), some pseudo-science, medicine, both good and bad, and other historic works. This i...

Artistic and Fine Books from Kelmscott Bookshop Rare Books

By Michael Stillman

This month we review our first catalogue from Kelmscott Bookshop Rare Books of Baltimore. This is their Catalog 3: Artists' Books, Private Press, the Pre-Raphaelites, Willia...

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Unusual and Historic Books and Manuscripts from Thomas Cullen, Rockland Bookman

By Michael Stillman

Thomas Cullen, Rockland Bookman has issued his Catalog #45 - Books and Manuscripts. This is an unusual collection of antiquarian items, filled with works that will fascinate ...

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The Latest in Film and Literature from James Pepper Rare Books

By Michael Stillman

Catalogue 175 from James Pepper Rare Books has arrived, and it contains the type of material we would expect from a Pepper catalogue. There are many items related to film and...

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The Latest From Waverly Books

By Michael Stillman

Waverly Books has issued a new catalogue of books and associated items, this one their List 157. It contains no specific description or subject, but what you will find is muc...

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A Maurice Sendak Collection from J & J Hanrahan

By Michael Stillman

The latest catalogue from J and J Hanrahan features items from Joyce Hanrahan's Maurice Sendak collection. The official title is Maurice Sendak. The First Twenty-Five Years. ...

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Antiquarian Books From Librairie Thomas-Scheler Of Paris

By Michael Stillman

Librairie Thomas-Scheler of Paris has issued their 36th catalogue of Livres Anciens (antiquarian books). This catalogue is written in the French language, as are most of the ...

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Recent Acquisitions in the Law from The Lawbook Exchange

By Michael Stillman

The Lawbook Exchange has released its Catalogue 57 of recent acquisitions in Law and Legal History. Their catalogues mix scholarly antiquarian legal texts with accounts of tr...

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Bernard Shapero Rare Books' Summer Sale Features 40% Discounts

By Michael Stillman

Bernard J. Shapero Rare Books has issued a special catalogue, special for those looking to collect rare and unusual books at sharply discounted prices. This is Shapero's Summ...

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Navigation and Travel Manuscripts from the William Reese Co.

By Michael Stillman

The William Reese Company has presented a list of items that will appeal to those fascinated by the day-to-day life of those at sea in the 19th and earlier centuries. These a...

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Discounts Up to 50% at Oak Knoll Press

By Michael Stillman

This month we received a new catalogue from Oak Knoll Press too late for review. Normally, we would simply publish a review the following month. However, this is a sale catal...

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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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