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Rare Book Monthly Reviews - May - 2010 Issue

Cummins104

Fine Books from James Cummins Bookseller

By Michael Stillman

James Cummins Bookseller has issued Catalogue 104. The catalogue has no other title as it, like many of Cummins' catalogues, does not have a specific topic. Instead, it contains varied items brought together by their significance and generally excellent condition. This is a catalogue for anyone who collects finer material, as whatever your subject matter of choice, it may well be found here.

Eight years after Charles Darwin published the book for which we all remember him, he released The Variation of Animals and Plants under Domestication. This is a long book tha...

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Tenpound189

Maritime Books from Ten Pound Island Book Company

By Michael Stillman

Ten Pound Island Book Company has issued its Maritime List 189, Fine & Rare Books, Manuscripts, Ephemera. There isn't much that need be said to describe the type of material ...

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Antanonew16

Latin American Books and Manuscripts from Libreria de Antano

Libreria de Antano of Buenos Aires has issued a new catalogue of Fine Books & Manuscripts from Latin America & Spain 1552-1776. Much of this material is very old, relating to the period when Spain ...

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12st31

Jewelry and Gem Books from Twelfth Street Booksellers

By Michael Stillman

We have received a new catalogue from Twelfth Street Booksellers, Catalogue 31 of Rare Finds in Jewelry & Gem Books. This is a catalogue not only for collectors of gem books ...

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Fragmenta100

Books on Classical Antiquity from Antiquariaat Fragmenta Selecta

By Michael Stillman

Antiquariaat Fragmenta Selecta has issued a new catalogue of Classical Antiquity. It is the first we have reviewed, though it is Catalogue 100 for this Amsterdam, the Netherl...

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Seneca3

19th Century Americana from Seneca Books

By Michael Stillman

Seneca Books, of Boxborough, Massachusetts, recently printed Catalog Three Americana. It is divided into sections on business, trade, law and medicine; politics, reform movem...

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Cadogan3

Antiquarian Texts from Leo Cadogan Rare Books

By Michael Stillman

London bookseller Leo Cadogan Rare Books has issued Catalogue Three - Spring 2010. Cadogan offers a variety of antiquarian texts, most from continental Europe, and mostly ver...

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Macmanus405

Almanacs, Atlases and City Guides from the George S. MacManus Company

By Michael Stillman

The George S. MacManus Company has published a new catalogue of Americana Featuring Almanacs, Atlases, Directories, Gazetteers and Guides. There is a particularly large group...

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Tomscheler40

Rare and Antiquarian Books from Librairie Thomas-Scheler

By Michael Stillman

Librarie Thomas-Scheler has issued its 40th catalogue of Livres Anciens (Antiquarian Books). These are primarily French books though many are first or French editions of book...

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Thoemmes23

The History of Ideas from Rudi Thoemmes Rare Books

By Michael Stillman

Rudi Thoemmes Rare Books has issued a catalogue of new acquisitions in the History of Ideas. This is a catalogue filled with erudite thoughts, from great philosophers like Ka...

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Oakknoll293

Books About Books from Oak Knoll

By Michael Stillman

Oak Knoll Books has released its Catalogue 293 of Books About Books. It is divided into two sections. The first covers the broad range of books about books, including fine pr...

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Pepper192

Film, Theater, Literature from James Pepper Rare Books

By Michael Stillman

James Pepper Rare Books has printed their Catalogue 192. As usual, it is filled with items relating to film, theater, literature, and detectives. Pepper regularly supplies us...

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Backbeyond2

The Southwest and More from Back of Beyond Books

By Michael Stillman

Back of Beyond Books has issued their Rare Book Catalogue #2, closely on the heels of #1. That is a tribute to the success of their first catalogue of rare and antiquarian bo...

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Bair9

Politics from the Left from Lorne Bair Rare Books

By Michael Stillman

Lorne Bair Rare Books and Ephemera has issued their Catalog Nine: Spring. While no subject is stated, a quick perusal reveals this is a collection of politically left materi...

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Reese276

The Caribbean from the William Reese Company

By Michael Stillman

The William Reese Company has issued a new catalogue, its 276th, entitled The Caribbean. It is filled with material from the 17th through the 19th century concerning those tr...

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Masi205

A Variety of Books from Peter L. Masi

By Michael Stillman

Peter L Masi Books has issued Catalog 205 of almost 500 items on a variety of subjects, the common thread being you won't have to pay much for all but a handful of titles. Th...

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Forumny2010

Books at the Fair from Asher and Antiquariaat Forum

By Michael Stillman

Asher Rare Books and the Antiquariaat Forum published a catalogue for the recent New York Antiquarian Book Fair. The two Netherlands booksellers crossed the Atlantic with a s...

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Rare Book Monthly

<b>Swann Auction Galleries Aug 13:</b> <i>Manhattan Gay Scene Guide 1969, Summer Edition,</i> Mattachine Book Service. $3,000 to $4,000.

<b>Swann Auction Galleries Aug 13:</b> Harvey Milk, 2 autograph letters signed, to Pat Mormon, during US Navy service, 1954. $3,000 to $4,000.

<b>Swann Auction Galleries Aug 13:</b> Oscar Wilde, <i>“The secret of life is in Art,”</i> autograph quotation dated and signed, 1882. $4,000 to $6,000.

<b>Swann Auction Galleries Aug 13:</b> Daniel Abraham, original art for <i>Stonewall Romances,</i> pen, ink & gouache, 1979. $2,000 to $3,000.

<b>Swann Auction Galleries Aug 13:</b> Antonio Lopez, 9 men’s fashion studies, graphite, 1974. $3,000 to $4,000.

<b>Swann Auction Galleries Aug 13:</b> Susie Gaynes & Amy E. Bartell, <i>March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights,</i> 1987. $600 to $900.

<b>Swann Auction Galleries Aug 13:</b> <i>Paris is Burning,</i> photo offset poster by Anne Dutlinger, signed by film director Jennie Livingston, 1991. $400 to $600.

<b>Swann Auction Galleries Aug 13:</b> Toyen, pen & ink illustration from <i>Marquis de Sade: Justina cili prokletí ctnosti,</i> 1932. $8,000 to $12,000.

<b>Swann Auction Galleries Aug 13:</b> David Wojnarowicz, <i>Untitled (Genet with Dog),</i> mixed media collage. $8,000 to $12,000.

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