Rare Book Monthly Reviews - May - 2011 Issue

Fine Press Books and Much More from The Kelmscott Bookshop

The Kelmscott Bookshop Rare Books has issued their Catalog 6. The extended title describes it well:  Artists' Books, Private Press, the Pre-Raphaelites, William Morris, Children's Books, Art & Photography, Fine Literature, & More. Not much more we can say by means of description, so let's just take a look at a few items offered within.
 
William Morris was a notable artist and writer of the second half of the 19th century, along with being a devoted socialist. However, he may be more remembered as the founder of perhaps the best known of all private presses, the Kelmscot...

Nautical (and a Few Railroad) Works from Columbia Trading Co.

The Columbia Trading Company has issued Catalog 152, a collection of nautical books and artifacts. Columbia Trading regularly offers a large selection, this time 628 items, ranging from antiquarian...

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Historic Signed Documents from The Raab Collection

The Raab Collection has just published their Catalog 67. It offers a selection of signed documents, mostly American, primarily of political or military significance. Many are very important, pertai...

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More Rare Americana from the Past by David Lesser Antiquarian Books

David M. Lesser Fine Antiquarian Books has released a new catalogue of Rare Americana (with a few British items thrown in), No. 118. Lesser primarily offers pamphlets, the majority ranging from col...

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James Cook from Antiquariat Eigl

Katalog 36 from German bookseller Antiquariat Eigl has a very English-sounding name, James Cook. James Cook was, of course, the great English explorer from the 1770s. He took three journeys to the ...

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Samples from the Show from Antiquariat Banzhaf

Antiquariat Banzhaf, together with Antiquariat Michael Kuhn, published a pamphlet for their recent attendance at the New York Antiquarian Book Fair. It is not a large list of items, just representa...

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Not From the Fair from the Ten Pound Island Book Company

The Ten Pound Island Book Company has issued an unusual book list. We have seen lots of listings prepared specifically for a book fair. This one is prepared not for a fair. Ten Pound Island did not...

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New Material from the Old West from Gene W. Baade

Gene W. Baade Books on the West just sent out their Catalogue 411, this time containing books on the American West and a few more. There are some items relating to the other side of the Mississippi...

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The Law from The Lawbook Exchange

The Lawbook Exchange has issued Catalogue 69, Recently Acquired Books, Manuscripts and Ephemera. Anything pertaining to the law may be found here. Works range from early treatises on the law dating...

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Uncommon Books and Unusual Manuscripts from Thomas Cullen

Thomas Cullen, Rockland Bookman has issued Catalog #49 - Manuscripts & Books. Cullen offers a collection of unusual items, a mix of uncommon books and one-of-a-kind manuscripts, mostly from the...

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The Ancient World from Antiquariaat Fragmenta Selecta

Antiquariaat Fragmenta Selecta has followed their 104th catalogue with Catalogue 105 Classical Antiquity & Middle Ages (L-Z). The previous catalogue contained similar material but from the fron...

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Books from the Fair from the Antiquariaat Forum and Asher Rare Books

The Antiquariaat Forum and Asher Rare Books recently published a catalogue for the 44th California International Antiquarian Bookfair. The fair may be over but the books are timeless. For those who...

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To the New York Fair with Librairie Thomas-Scheler

Librairie Thomas Scheler, the Parisian bookselling firm of Bernard and Stephane Clavreuil, printed a List of Books Exhibited at the recent New York Antiquarian Book Fair. The collection includes so...

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Californiana from the William Reese Company

The William Reese Company has issued their Bulletin 19:  Magnificent Californiana. This is not the California of movie stars, glamour and beautiful people. This is a grittier California, peopl...

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Manuscripts from Justin Croft and Simon Beattie

We have received a catalogue from Justin Croft and Simon Beattie with the one-word title Manuscripts. Manuscripts usually bring to mind letter and other personal handwritten items. This catalogue, ...

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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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