Rare Book Monthly Reviews - March - 2019 Issue

Maps of America, Salt Lake City, the Battle of Gettysburg, and Arabia from Neatline Antique Maps

Neatline Antique Maps of San Francisco has issued their Spring Catalogue 2019. It is divided into two parts. The first is called An Expanding Nation: Five Exceptional 19th Century Maps of the United States. These are maps that show the nation expanding, first in the East, then the West. They are either full U. S. maps or cover half of the country, east or west. The second part offers three separate collections. One is focused on 19th century Salt Lake City, the next on the Battle of Gettysburg, and the third on maps of Arabia. Here is a little more detail.
 
Among the U. S. maps is A...

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Valuable and Unusual Books, Autographs, Music and Photographs from Librairie Métamorphoses

Librairie Métamorphoses has released a catalogue of Livres Précieux ou Curieux, Autographes, Musique & Photographies (valuable and unusual books, autographs, music and photog...

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Artistic Books and Paper from Marilyn Braiterman Rare Books

Marilyn Braiterman Rare Books has issued their Catalogue 36. There is no descriptive title and material varies. We would guess that it contains material the bookseller finds appealing, and understa...

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Antiquarian to Modern Books and Manuscripts from Phillip J. Pirages

Phillip J. Pirages Fine Books and Manuscripts has released the latest of their spectacular catalogues, Catalogue 74: Manuscript Material, Incunabula, and Books Printed from 1501 to Present, Includi...

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Present Perfect from Shapero Rare Books

We have received a recent catalogue from Shapero Rare Books entitled Present Perfect. While not quite sure of the title's meaning, I suspect it may have originally been published during the holiday...

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Lives from the Past Rediscovered by Langdon Manor Books

Langdon Manor Books, purveyor of "the extraordinary history of the every day," has issued their Catalog 7. The material they offer, often archives, come from "ordinary" people, but no one is ordina...

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Eighty Great Works from Raptis Rare Books

Raptis Rare Books has published a catalogue Presenting 80 Great Works. They have broken the selections down to seven categories, Opening Selections, History & World Leaders, Americana, Scientif...

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Western Americana from the William Reese Co.

The William Reese Company has published a new catalogue of Western Americana. While a few entries date to slightly before or after, most items arise from the 19th century. At its beginning, the Ame...

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Salmon Fishing from L & T Respess Books

L & T Respess Books has issued their List 317, this one titled Salmon Fishing. No miscellany here. That is about as specific as it gets. This catalogue may not appeal to the average collector, ...

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Ernst Haeckel from Antquariat Kainbacher

"Ontogeny recapitulates phylogeny." You probably remember that statement from high school biology, but no longer have any idea what it means. That's okay. The theory is no longer believed anyway. I...

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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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