Rare Book Monthly Reviews - August - 2017 Issue

Collection of Walker Evans 1933 Cuba Photographs Offered by De Wolfe & Wood and Michael Brown Rare Books

Collection of Walker Evans 1933 Cuba Photographs Offered by De Wolfe & Wood and Michael Brown Rare Books

Walker Evans was one of America's most important 20th century photographers, a notable photojournalist in particular. His reputation was built on the moving photographs he took of America's southern poor during the worst of times, the Great Depression. He worked for the Resettlement Administration and the Farm Security Administration documenting the effects of the Depression during a time when the government created jobs for artists as well as more "practical" skills to keep Americans working. Along with his government work, Evans is especially known for his 1936 collaboration with writer J...

Several Centuries and a Variety of Subjects from Raptis Rare Books

Several Centuries and a Variety of Subjects from Raptis Rare Books

Raptis Rare Books has served up a varied but untitled catalogue of important books and documents from several centuries. Raptis provides a table of contents which gives us a good view of what can b...

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A 30th Anniversary Catalogue from Zephyr Used & Rare Books

A 30th Anniversary Catalogue from Zephyr Used & Rare Books

Zephyr Used & Rare Books has issued a catalogue entitled Thirtieth Anniversary Catalogue Rose City Book Fair 2017. That celebrates two events, owner Kol Shaver's 30 years in the book trade, and...

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The Arctic, Polar, Sub-Arctic, Newfoundland, Labrador from Patrick McGahern Books

The Arctic, Polar, Sub-Arctic, Newfoundland, Labrador from Patrick McGahern Books

Patrick McGahern Books has issued a new catalogue concerning The Arctic, Polar, Sub-Arctic, Newfoundland, Labrador. One thing that connects these places together is climate. It ranges from places t...

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A Summer List from Samuel Gedge Ltd.

A Summer List from Samuel Gedge Ltd.

Samuel Gedge Ltd. has issued a Summer List of Books, Manuscripts & Ephemera. Gedge's material is mainly unusual and uncommon items from the early 19th century to way farther back. Many of the d...

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27 Items for the RBMS Meeting from John Windle Antiquarian Bookseller

27 Items for the RBMS Meeting from John Windle Antiquarian Bookseller

John Windle Antiquarian Bookseller has published Short List 8. 27 Books for RBMS. RBMS is the Rare Books and Manuscripts Section, part of the American Library Association. The RBMS recently held th...

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The Arab and Islamic World from Peter Harrington

The Arab and Islamic World from Peter Harrington

Peter Harrington has issued a new catalogue entitled The Arab and Islamic World. The material mostly covers a swath that runs from Spain (Islamic for seven centuries up to 1492) through northern Af...

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American Scenes and Views from the William Reese Company

American Scenes and Views from the William Reese Company

The William Reese Company has released their Bulletin 48: American Scenes and Views. This is a collection that lets the pictures do the talking. The items presented range from single prints to book...

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Rare Book Monthly

  • Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("Martinus Luther") to His Friend the Theologian Gerhard Wiskamp ("Gerardo Xantho Lampadario"). $100,000 - $150,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: An Exceptionally Fine Copy of Austenís Emma: A Novel in Three Volumes. $40,000 - $60,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Presentation Copy of Ernest Hemmingwayís A Farewell to Arms for Edward Titus of the Black Mankin Press. $30,000 - $50,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Manuscript Signed Integrally for "The Songs of Pooh," by Alan Alexander. $30,000 - $50,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Manuscript of "Three Fragments from Gˆtterd‰mmerung" by Richard Wagner. $30,000 - $50,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Original Preliminary Artwork, for the First Edition of Snow Crash. $20,000 - $30,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("T.R. Malthus") to Economist Nassau Senior on Wealth, Labor and Adam Smith. $20,000 - $30,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides Finely Bound by Michael Wilcox. $20,000 - $30,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: First Edition of Lewis and Clark: Travels to the Source of the Missouri River and Across the American Continent to the Pacific Ocean. $8,000 - $12,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Original Artwork for the First Edition of Neal Stephenson's Groundbreaking Novel Snow Crash. $100,000 - $150,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: A Complete Set Signed Deluxe Editions of King's The Dark Tower Series by Stephen King. $8,000 - $12,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("John Adams") to James Le Ray de Chaumont During the Crucial Years of the Revolutionary War. $8,000 - $12,000.
  • Sotheby’s
    Book Week
    December 9-17, 2025
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Francesco Colonna. Hypnerotomachie, Paris, 1546, Parisian calf by Wotton Binder C for Marcus Fugger. €200,000 to €300,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Nausea. De principiis dialectices Gorgias, and other works, Venice, 1523, morocco gilt for Cardinal Campeggio. €3,000 to €4,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Billon. Le fort inexpugnable de l'honneur, Paris, 1555, Parisian calf gilt for Peter Ernst, Graf von Mansfeld. €120,000 to €180,000.
    Sotheby’s
    Book Week
    December 9-17, 2025
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: Salinger, J.D. The Graham Family archive, including autographed letters, an inscribed Catcher, a rare studio photograph of the author, and more. $120,000 to $180,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: [Austen, Jane]. A handsome first edition of Sense and Sensibility, the author's first novel. $60,000 to $80,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: Massachusetts General Court. A powerful precursor to the Declaration of Independence: "every Act of Government … without the Consent of the People, is … Tyranny." $40,000 to $60,000.
  • Heritage Auctions
    Rare Books Signature Auction
    December 15, 2025
    Heritage, Dec. 15: John Donne. Poems, By J. D. With Elegies on the Author's Death. London: M[iles]. F[lesher]. for John Marriot, 1633.
    Heritage, Dec. 15: Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
    Heritage, Dec. 15: F. Scott Fitzgerald. Tender is the Night. A Romance.
    Heritage, Dec. 15: Bram Stoker. Dracula. Westminster: Archibald Constable & Co., 1897.
    Heritage, Dec. 15: Jerry Thomas. How to Mix Drinks, or the Bon-Vivant's Companion, Containing Clear and Reliable Directions for Mixing All the Beverages Used in the United States…
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