Rare Book Monthly Reviews - April - 2021 Issue

Art Books and Book Arts from Jonathan A. Hill Bookseller

Art Books and Book Arts from Jonathan A. Hill Bookseller

Jonathan A. Hill Bookseller has released Catalogue 234. Art Books, Artists' Books, Book Arts and Bookworks. Considering the number of appearances of the words “books” and “art” in the title, it is clear the items here represent the meeting of arts and books. Another way of explaining it is the catalogue contains (mostly) printed material related to the arts. Included among the items is a great number of art auction catalogues, rare finds from sales that took place in the 18th and 19th centuries. Most of these are in French, but that is not the case with many of other...

Colonial and Revolutionary Americana from the George S. MacManus Company

Colonial and Revolutionary Americana from the George S. MacManus Company

The George S. MacManus Company has released their Catalogue 425 of Colonial & Revolutionary Americana. Most of these books and occasional documents were written contemporaneously with the event...

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Automobile Travel and “Good Roads” from Zephyr Used & Rare Books

Automobile Travel and “Good Roads” from Zephyr Used & Rare Books

Zephyr Used & Rare Books is offering a catalogue of Automobile Travel and “Good Roads.” The Good Roads Movement began in the 1880s, before automobiles, as farmers and bicyclists (bi...

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Old West Books Offers a New Collection from the American West

Old West Books Offers a New Collection from the American West

We recently received Catalog 54 April 2021 from Old West Books. Their specialty is “rare, out of print books on the American West.” Those were the days when masked men were the ones to ...

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Exploration and Travel from Shapero Rare Books

Exploration and Travel from Shapero Rare Books

Shapero Rare Books has published a catalogue of Exploration & Travel 2021. These are mostly travels and explorations that began in Europe and took place in the 17th-19th centuries. While the ma...

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Archives, Photographs, Social Issues and the American West from Langdon Manor Books

Archives, Photographs, Social Issues and the American West from Langdon Manor Books

Langdon Manor Books has issued their Catalog 11. They specialize in personal accounts, often archives, photograph collections, and other personal memorabilia. They also focus on social movements an...

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Science and Technology from the William Reese Company

Science and Technology from the William Reese Company

The William Reese Company has published a catalogue of Science & Technology. This is their 374th catalogue but they point out it is their first devoted to science and technology. It's never too...

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Original Photographs of Africa from Antiquariat Kainbacher

Original Photographs of Africa from Antiquariat Kainbacher

Antiquariat Kainbacher has issued a catalogue of Afrika in Original-Photographien. The title may be in German, but English-speakers will have little trouble understanding what that means. It offers...

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Classic Fine Books from Whitmore Rare Books

Classic Fine Books from Whitmore Rare Books

Whitmore Rare Books has issued their Catalogue 22. Whitmore offers a selection of fine books – literary and historical classics. Even the occasional children's book is a classic of its genre....

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Rare Book Monthly

  • Books & Autographs
    Wednesday 25 March
    Koller, Mar. 25: KAFKA, FRANZ, SCHRIFTSTELLER. Eigenh. Brief mit Unterschrift. Prag, 20. Oktober [19]15. CHF 30,000-40,000.
    Koller, Mar. 25: EINSTEIN, ALBERT. Zwei eigenhändige Briefe an Ernst Gabor Straus, unterschrieben "A.E" bzw. "A. Einstein". [Princeton], [19]45. und [1950]. CHF 30,000-40,000.
    Koller, Mar. 25: HORTENSE DE BEAUHARNAIS, MUTTER VON NAPOLEON III. Album aus ihrem Besitz mit 69 Aquarellen und Pinselzeichnungen in Sepia oder Grau… CHF 14,000-18,000.
    Koller, Mar. 25: ZOOLOGIE - ORNITHOLOGIE - Seligmann, Johann Michael. Verzameling van uitlandsche en zeldzaame Vogelen. Teile 1-8 (von 9) in 2 Bänden. Mit 421 prächtig altkolorierten Kupfertafeln. CHF 14,000-20,000
    Koller, Mar. 25: BOTANIK - Berlèse, Lorenzo und Johann Jakob Jung. Iconographie du genre camellia... 3 Bände. Mit 300 Farbstichtafeln "a la poupée.” Paris, [1839-]1841-1843. CHF 12,000-18,000.
  • Forum Auctions
    Natural History: The remaining stock of Antiquariaat Junk, 1899-2026
    25 March 2026
    Forum, Mar. 25: Botany.- Andrews (H.C.) Coloured Engravings of Heaths, 4 vol. in 2, first edition, [1710,--94]-1802-1809-[1830]. £10,000 - £15,000.
    Forum, Mar. 25: Butterflies.- Cramer (Pierre) and Caspar Stoll. De Uitlandsche Kapellen voorkomende in de drie Waereld-Deelen…,, 5 vol., Amsterdam & Utrecht, 1779-91. £8,000 - £12,000.
    Forum, Mar. 25: Voyages.- Darwin (Charles) and others. Narrative of the Surveying Voyages of His Majesty's Ships Adventure and Beagle, 3 vol. in 4, including Appendix to vol.2, first edition, 1839. £8,000 - £12,000.
    Forum, Mar. 25: Butterflies.- de Graaf (Willem Diederik Vincent). [Inlandsche Kapellen in beeld], 170 fine original watercolours, [Enkhuizen], [1800-40]. £8,000 - £12,000.
    Forum Auctions
    Natural History: The remaining stock of Antiquariaat Junk, 1899-2026
    25 March 2026
    Forum, Mar. 25: Birds.- Dresser (Henry Eeles). A History of the Birds of Europe, 9 vol., including supplement, first edition, by the author, 1871-96. £6,000 - £8,000.
    Forum, Mar. 25: Zoology.- Felines.- Elliot (Daniel Giraud). A Monograph of the Felidæ or Family of the Cats, first edition, for the Subscribers, by the Author, [1878]-1883. £25,000 - £30,000.
    Forum, Mar. 25: Birds.- Frisch (Johann Leonard). Vorstellung der Vögel Deutschlandes, 2 vol., first edition, Berlin, Friedr. Wilhelm Birnsteil, [1736]-1763. £40,000 - £60,000.
    Forum, Mar. 25: Birds.- Gould (John). The Birds of Great Britain, 5 vol., first edition, by the author, 1862-1873. £30,000 - £40,000.
    Forum Auctions
    Natural History: The remaining stock of Antiquariaat Junk, 1899-2026
    25 March 2026
    Forum, Mar. 25: Pomology.- France.- Poiteau (A.) Pomologie Française. Recueil des Plus Beaux Fruits cultivés en France, 4 vol., Paris, 1846. £30,000 - £40,000.
    Forum, Mar. 25: Botany.- [Robin (Jean)]. Histoire des Plantes, nouvellement trouvées en l'Isle Virgine…,, 1620; with Geoffrey Linocier L'Histoire des plantes, second edition, 1619-20. £3,000 - £4,000.
    Forum, Mar. 25: Asia.- Japan.- Siebold (P.F. von). Nippon. Archiv zur Beschreibung von Japan, 7 parts in 6 vol., first edition, Leyden, [1832]-1852. £35,000 - £45,000.
    Forum, Mar. 25: Asia.- Valentijn (Francois). Oud en Nieuw Oost-Indiën..., 5 vol. in 8, first edition, Dordrecht [&] Amsterdam, 1724-26. £8,000 - £12,000.
    Forum, Mar. 25: Botany.- Australia.- Redouté (P.J.).- Ventenat (Étienne Pierre). Jardin de la Malmaison, 2 vol.,, Paris, 1803-04[-05]. £30,000 - £40,000.

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