Rare Book Monthly Reviews - May - 2014 Issue

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Travel, Science and Art from Martayan Lan

Martayan Lan provided a catalogue for The 54th New York Antiquarian Book Fair, held last month. Martayan Lan is a map specialist, but this presentation includes many books, some containing maps, others not. It is divided into sections. The first, Travel, includes many atlases and maps. The other two sections cover Science & Medicine, and Arts & Humanities. These are important works, suitable for collections at the highest level. Here are a few examples.
 
The image of the unusually striped zebra you see on the cover comes from a very early trip inside the African continent. R...

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25 Items “Handled with Care” from Simon Beattie

Simon Beattie Rare Books, Manuscripts, Music & Ephemera has issued a Short List 6 – Handled With Care. The list is short – 25 items in all – but the presentation is large. Thi...

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New Acquisitions at Bauman Rare Books

Bauman Rare Books published a catalogue of Fine New Acquisitions a little while back. These are certainly fine items, with the selection broken down into sections: Americana; Literature; History, P...

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Some Exceptional Material from Raptis Rare Books

Raptis Rare Books has issued their sixth untitled catalogue, this one recognizable by the large picture of William Shakespeare on the cover. The Bard is appropriate for a cover picture since, while...

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The Heritage Book Shop Celebrates 50 Years with an Important Collection

The Heritage Book Shop of Beverly Hills has issued its 50th Anniversary Catalogue, Featuring the Important Collection of Roberto Salinas Price. For a bookshop to reach a 50th anniversary is very ra...

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Ian Fleming Catalogue from Adrian Harrington

For those who collect everything about James Bond, and his creator, Ian Fleming, Adrian Harrington Rare Books has published Ian Fleming, a Catalogue. This catalogue about the fictional Secret Servi...

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Antique Maps from Barry Lawrence Ruderman

Barry Lawrence Ruderman Antique Maps presents a wonderful collection of printed and manuscript maps in their Catalog 4. It is filled with rare, historic, and important maps. While the greatest conc...

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Arctic & Canadiana from Bjarne Tokerud Bookseller

Bjarne Tokerud Bookseller is offering Arctic & Canadiana – Catalogue 61. We go off to a land where an underlying theme of so many of the books is... cold. It's cold up there. However, fri...

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American (and a few other) Maps from High Ridge Books

High Ridge Books, of South Deerfield, Massachusetts, has released Catalogue 64. American Maps - 18th to 20th Centuries, Including Wall Maps, Pocket Maps, Sea Charts and More. These are primarily Am...

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Lucy Maud Montgomery Featured in Latest Catalogue from Aquila Books

Aquila Books has released a catalogue of material relating to L. M. Montgomery. That was the name Lucy Maud Montgomery used on her books. Aquila usually focuses on Canadiana and material from the p...

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Antiquarian Books for the Antiquarian Fair from Leo Cadogan Rare Books

Leo Cadogan Rare Books issued A List for the 54th Annual New York Antiquarian Book Fair, Mostly Recent Acquisitions. Cadogan made the trip across the ocean from London, bringing material not seen t...

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Old Books for a Recent Fair from Knuf Rare Books

Knuf Rare Books has released their Catalogue 225. Old & Rare Books. This catalogue features books the French bookseller brought to the recent New York Antiquarian Book Fair. Some of these books...

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The Beginning of Anglo California from The Philadelphia Rare Books Company

The Philadelphia Rare Books & Manuscripts Company recently published a brochure on The Beginning of Anglo California. These items will be of interest to those who collect California material fr...

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Calculating Machines from Centuries Ago Offered by Daniel Crouch Rare Books

Daniel Crouch Rare Books has released their Catalogue VI. Crouch specializes in maps, charts, atlases, globes and other cartographic items. However, this catalogue expands the boundaries a bit, foc...

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The Islamic World from the Antiquariaat Forum

The Antiquariaat Forum has released a catalogue focused on The Islamic World. It contains books, manuscripts, and other documents pertaining to Islamic lands from centuries past. Among these are se...

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    <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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