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Rare Book Monthly Reviews - September - 2020 Issue

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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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  • Heritage Auctions
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    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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  • 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.

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