Rare Book Monthly Reviews - September - 2017 Issue

Western Americana from the William Reese Company

The William Reese Company has released a new catalogue of Western Americana. When one thinks of the American West it is generally focused on the "taming" and settling of the area by Easterners, a process primarily taking place during the 19th to early 20th century. Most items in this catalogue come from this time period. There are soldiers and explorers, Indians, gunslingers and lawmen, settlers, travelers heading west, gold seekers flocking to Colorado and California, Mormons escaping persecution, and others who inhabited the frontier. There are numerous accounts of early Texas, the railro...

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Books and Prints from the Arthur and Charlotte Vershbow Collection Offered by Riverrun Books & Manuscripts

Riverrun Books & Manuscripts has issued a catalogue of Books & Prints from the Collection of Arthur & Charlotte Vershbow. The catalogue is divided into three sections: The Middle Ages &...

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Social Movements Left and Right from Lorne Bair Rare Books

Lorne Bair Rare Books has published their Catalog 27 Manuscripts, Collections & Archives. Unstated in that title is Bair's focus – social movements of the later 19th and 20th centuries. B...

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A Masterpiece from Peter Harrington

Peter Harrington published a catalogue for the recent Masterpiece London 2017. For those unfamiliar with Masterpiece, it is a show, not a book fair, but a major annual art fair. It attracts collect...

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Celebrating Melbourne 2017 from Douglas Stewart Fine Books

Douglas Stewart Fine Books has issued a catalogue entitled Melbourne 2017. It recognizes the recent book fair in that city. Not surprisingly, Stewart is an Australian bookseller, and you will find ...

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The Wealth of Many Nations from Shapero Rare Books

Shapero Rare Books has created a catalogue of the Wealth of Many Nations. Indeed, there are books from various nations herein, though the title is a play on the most expensive book in this catalogu...

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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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