Rare Book Monthly Reviews - September - 2020 Issue

The 50th Anniversary Catalogue for Pulp and Science Fiction Specialist Fantasy Illustrated

Fantasy Illustrated has issued a new catalogue, an event in itself. It is titled either 50th Anniversary Catalog or Catalog #31. Catalog #30 was published over 20 years ago, in 1999. They don't do this very often. Proprietor Dave Smith explains that with the advent of the internet it no longer made sense to print catalogues. However, this is a special occasion it being a 50th anniversary, and it contains more items than any other catalogue I recall.
 
Fantasy Illustrated has been in business for 40 years, and Smith has been in the field for 50 years. You won't find much here in the w...

Americana from Michael D. Heaston Rare Books & Manuscripts

Michael D. Heaston Rare Books & Manuscripts has released their Catalogue Fifty-Two Americana. The subtitle is A Selection of Rare Books, Pamphlets & Broadsides Including a Fine Selection of...

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A Miscellany from L & T Respess Books

L & T Respess Books has issued their List 326: Very Late Spring Miscellany. Books, Pamphlets, Manuscripts, Photographs, and Ephemera. Primarily recent acquisitions. This certainly is very late ...

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New Acquisitions at The Veatchs Arts of the Book

The Veatchs Arts of the Book have released their Catalogue 94 Mostly New Acquisitions Not on Our Website. Many dealers often give their catalogue subscribers first shot at new material, a chance to...

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The American West, Civil War, Texas and More from Back of Beyond Books

Back of Beyond Books has published their Rare Book Catalogue Vol. XXII Summer 2020. Back of Beyond is mostly a specialist of the American West, the Southwest in particular. However, this is more ex...

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Antiquarian French Books from Librairie Clavreuil

Librairie Clavreuil has issued a new catalogue of Livres Rares et Manuscrits (rare books & manuscripts). Librairie Clavreuil is located in Paris, the catalogue is in French, and so are most of ...

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Western Nations' Law from The Lawbook Exchange

The Lawbook Exchange has issued a catalogue of Books, Manuscripts, Broadsides and Pamphlets on Law and Related Fields. America, Great Britain & Europe 16th to 20th Centuries. One of the nice th...

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The Unexpected from Samuel Gedge Ltd.

Samuel Gedge Ltd. has issued a Summer List 2020. It contains what we expect from Gedge – the unexpected. There is much in the way of documents and manuscripts, very old, generally 17th to ear...

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Pacific Travels, Australia, and More from Hordern House

Hordern House Rare Books, Manuscripts, Paintings has released a new catalogue. It is without title or written description, but much of what can be found is related to the home continent of this Syd...

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African Americana from the William Reese Company

The William Reese Company's latest catalogue offers a selection of African Americana. It covers all sorts of material, books, documents, broadsides, pamphlets, photographs, personal archives. Dates...

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More Old Books from Old West Books

Old West Books has released their Catalog 52 September 2020 of Rare, Out of Print Books on the American West. Having issued a catalogue earlier this summer, proprietor Tim Phelps notes he had not p...

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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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