David M. Lesser Fine Antiquarian Books has released their Catalogue 173 of Rare Americana. Mostly pamphlets, broadsides, and other shorter form paper, the items are usually focused on the issues of the day. From the 18th and 19th century, topics are often political or religious, and frequently argumentative. Criticism, constructive and otherwise, is often the focus. A few items actually involve personal disputes, rather than issue-oriented ones. Here are a few of the items in this latest David Lesser catalogue.
Politics, then as now, has often been ugly. Here is an example from 182...
This month we review our first catalogue from HS Rare Books. The title is Selection of Items Presented at the 2020 California Antiquarian Book Fair. HS made a longer journey to get there than most ...
Ursus Rare Books has issued their Catalogue 347 of Illustrated Books 1540-1993. That's five centuries worth of illustrations that are mostly such as could be considered works of art. Most, at least...
This month, Shapero Rare Books takes us on an international trip. The catalogue's title is Baedeker & General Travel Guides. While not as well known in America, the “Baedekers” have...
Langdon Manor Books has released their Catalog 9 of The Extraordinary History of the Every Day. Their specialty is American social movements, American personal narratives, photo albums and outsider...
Antiquariat Kainbacher has released their Katalog XXII entitled Die Geschichte der Elektrizität Chronologisch aufgestellt von 1600-1850. That translates to “the history of electricity ch...
This month we review our first catalogue from Antiquariaat Schierenberg, of Amsterdam, The Netherlands. It is hardly the first Schierenberg catalogue. This is #85 for a firm founded in 1974, after ...
Jonathan A. Hill Bookseller has released their Catalogue 230 – Varia. It is indeed a variety of material, hard to pinpoint other than to say it is mostly very old and European in origin. Ther...
Zephyr Used & Rare Books has published a catalogue entitled Let There Be Light – Photography. These aren't mostly individual photographs, but large assemblies of them. Many come from busi...
The William Reese Company prepared a list of materials they took to the recent California Antiquarian Book Fair. These lists, not surprisingly, are not targeted to a particular field since all sort...
