Rare Book Monthly Reviews - June - 2010 Issue

Children's Books from Aleph-Bet Books

By Michael Stillman

Aleph-Bet Books has issued their Catalogue 94 of Children's Books and Illustrated Books. It is filled with books from your childhood, that of your parents, grandparents, great-grandparents, and so on. These books range from delightful to horrible (racial stereotypes and the like were grotesque then), but all are fascinating. These are a few looks back in time.

Here is a book about a kangaroo illustrated by an artist better known for his monkey business. The title is Katy No-Pocket, by Emmy Payne, illustrated H.A. Rey. It is a tale about a poor kangaroo who lacked ...

110 Antiquarian and Modern Books from L'Ancre Aldine

By Michael Stillman

L'Ancre Aldine, the Lyon, France, bookseller, has issued their 16th catalogue. It carries the heading of Livres Anciens & Modernes (Antiquarian and Modern Books) and Cent-Dix...

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New Acquisitions at the Arader Galleries

By Michael Stillman

The Arader Galleries has issued a catalogue of Recent Acquisitions May 2010. The Arader Galleries specializes in books, maps and art, with this catalogue being devoted to the...

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A Miscellany including Printing History, Bibliography, from Michael Thompson Books

By Michael Stillman

Michael Thompson Books has published a Spring Miscellany Consisting of 100 or So Books, Mostly Recent Acquisitions, including a large selection of titles on printing history ...

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Important Antiquarian Books from Peter Harrington

By Michael Stillman

Peter Harrington Antiquarian Bookseller has issued Catalogue 70, a collection of impressive works relating to economics, politics, history, law, medicine, philosophy and scie...

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A Miscellany of Unexpected Material from Brian Cassidy, Bookseller

By Michael Stillman

The latest collection from Brian Cassidy, Bookseller, has arrived - Catalogue Four. He describes this as "a bit of a miscellany," which indeed it is. It ranges from classic n...

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The Book as Art and More from The Kelmscott Bookshop

By Michael Stillman

The Kelmscott Bookshop Rare Books has released Catalog 5: Artists' Books, Private Press, the Pre-Raphaelites, William Morris, Illustrated Books, Art, Fine Literature, & More...

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18th and 19th Century American Documents from Joe Rubinfine

By Michael Stillman

Joe Rubinfine has prepared his List 165 of American Historical Documents. Anyone with a love for American history will greatly appreciate Rubinfine's catalogue. It is filled ...

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The West and More from Clark Rare Books

By Michael Stillman

Clark Rare Books has released Catalog 943 of Americana, The West, and General. The American West is the primary focus of this catalogue, but there are exceptions. Admiral Ric...

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Film, Literature and Mystery from James Pepper Rare Books

By Michael Stillman

James Pepper Rare Books has just come out with their Catalogue 193. Pepper's catalogues are issued almost monthly, and the type of material offered - literature, film related...

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A Spring Miscellany from Sotheran's

By Michael Stillman

Sotheran's, the two-and-a-half century old bookseller from London, has issued its latest catalogue, Spring Miscellany 2010. A "miscellany," by definition, can contain just ab...

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The Jesuits in America from Libreria de Antano

By Michael Stillman

Libreria de Antano is offering A Collection of Jesuitica. Libreria de Antano is located in Argentina, and much of the early development and exploration of South and Central ...

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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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