Phillip J. Pirages Fine Books and Manuscripts has issued their Catalogue 71: Historically Significant and Decorative Bindings From the 15th Century to the Present. Words escape me. One can coldly describe the art in terms of tooling and shapes and colors, and it's about as effective as describing the Sistine Chapel by paint types and colors. Something can be red and blue and be beautiful, or it can be ugly, which tells you how useful that information is. Fortunately, the catalogue includes pictures of the bindings, so you can see what the various elements look like as put together by the bo...
The William Reese Company has issued a catalogue of Recent Acquisitions in Americana. There is a range of material related to America to be found, including some collections of photographs of archi...
Yesterday's Muse Books has issued a catalogue of used, rare, and collectible books for May 2017. This collection is hard to categorize as the topics vary. Perhaps the word they use to describe the ...
Quill & Brush is offering a catalogue of Highlights from the Collection of Paul "Dr. Z" Zimmerman. "Dr. Z" was a notable sportswriter for half a century, first with several newspapers in New Yo...
John Windle Antiquarian Bookseller has published their Short List 7, 27 Works of Children's Illustration. There is a mix here of illustrated children's books, portfolios of illustrations, and much ...
Whitmore Rare Books has issued their Catalogue 15. It doesn't have a title beyond the number, nor a description of its contents. It is filled with literature, including many great novels, but that ...
David M. Lesser Fine Antiquarian Books recently published their catalogue No. 155 of Rare Americana. It is filled with books, pamphlets, broadsides, cartoons, illustrations, manuscripts and other e...
The Antiquariaat Forum, together with Antiquariat Inlibris, has issued a catalogue entitled The Islamic World 6. The "6" refers to the number of catalogues about the Islamic world they have produce...
Peter Harrington of London has issued their Catalogue 132, a Spring Miscellany. It provides much in the way of literature, a good mix of fiction and nonfiction. Most of what we find here are books,...
Freeman’s, August 20. President Washington Reaffirms the US Treaty of Friendship and Peace with Morocco, the Longest Unbroken Treaty in US History. $50,000 – 80,000.
Freeman’s, August 20. Weeks After Victory at Yorktown, Benjamin Franklin Promises Repayment of a French Loan that Funded the American Revolution. $200,000 – 300,000.
Freeman’s, August 20. Rare First Edition of the Foundational Text of the Mormon Church. $100,000 – 150,000.
Freeman’s, August 20. President Washington Sends the First Major Law Passed by Congress, the Tariff Act of 1789. $100,000 – 150,000.
Freeman’s, August 20. A Scarce Example of Audubon's Depiction of a Brown Pelican, Plate CCLI from his Birds of America. $30,000 – 50,000.
Freeman’s, August 20. The Official and First Obtainable Broadside Printing of the Lincoln's Final Emancipation Proclamation. $30,000 – 50,000.
