Rare Book Monthly Reviews - July - 2021 Issue

Items from the Dietrich American Foundation from the William Reese Company

Items from the Dietrich American Foundation from the William Reese Company

The William Reese Company has published a catalogue of Offerings from the Dietrich American Foundation. The foundation was started by H. Richard Dietrich Jr., heir, businessman, and collector of American art, books, maps, and other Americana. Dietrich was only 25 years old and still in business school when his father died in 1962. He had to leave school to run the family business, the well-known Luden's Cough Drop Company. He had already been a collector for several years at the time, but he now found himself with more money. The following year he set up the Dietrich American Foundation. Th...

Counterculture from Type Punch Matrix

Counterculture from Type Punch Matrix

Type Punch Matrix has issued a catalogue with the unusual title of brian cassidy bookseller @. This needs an explanation. Type Punch Matrix is a book dealer founded by a pair of already well-establ...

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Avant-Garde Application and Illustration from Ursus Rare Books

Avant-Garde Application and Illustration from Ursus Rare Books

Ursus Rare Books has issued a catalogue of Avant-Garde Application & Illustration. The great majority of works herein, not surprisingly, come from the early to mid-twentieth century. That was a...

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Progressive to Radical Movements from Lorne Bair Rare Books

Progressive to Radical Movements from Lorne Bair Rare Books

Lorne Bair Rare Books has released their Catalog 35. While there is no further title or stated description, it won't take long to discover its subject matter. It contains material relating to vario...

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A Goulash from Zephyr Used & Rare Books

A Goulash from Zephyr Used & Rare Books

Zephyr Used & Rare Books presents their latest collection: The Goulash Connection. This is not about Hungarian delicacies, or ghosts and goblins. It simply means a variety of things, a miscella...

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Old Books from Old West Books

Old Books from Old West Books

Old West Books recently released their Catalog 55 July 2021. These books, naturally are about the old American West. They have had many new acquisitions of late so you will find items you have not ...

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    Sotheby’s Year in Review: A Rare Hebrew Bible with Micrographic Masorah. Sold: 1,514,000 USD
    Sotheby’s Year in Review: "The Freedman's Primer.” Sold: 241,300 USD
    Sotheby’s Year in Review: Smith, William. "The Map that Changed the World." Sold: 139,700 USD
    Sotheby’s Year in Review: Psalter, C13th. Illuminated Psalter. Sold: 330,200 GBP
    Sotheby’s Year in Review: Lincoln, Abraham. The abolition of slavery. Sold: 13,697,500 USD
    Sotheby’s Year in Review: Vergilius. Opera, Venice, Aldo Manuzio, 1501. Sold: 1,041,400 USD
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