Rare Book Monthly Reviews - January - 2025 Issue

Present Perfect from Shapero Rare Books

Present Perfect from Shapero Rare Books

Shapero Rare Books has created a new catalogue titled Present Perfect. That may sound like a tense from verb conjugation, but I suspect it has more to do with gift giving for the recent holiday season. These books would make perfect presents for the discerning collector, which includes yourself. Here are a few.
 
We begin with a photobook, one that has been described as the most influential work of its genre. It's one of the best known too, and appealing to both French and American collectors. You know it will be of interest in both France and America when the title has the word “American...

Items from a Variety of Collections from Rulon-Miller Books

Items from a Variety of Collections from Rulon-Miller Books

Rulon-Miller Books has published their Catalogue 171. Winter 2025. It has no further title, which makes it unclear what is inside...until you read Rob Rulon-Miller's introduction. He explains that ...

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Artists' Books and More from Kelmscott Bookshop

Artists' Books and More from Kelmscott Bookshop

Kelmscott Bookshop Rare Books & Book Arts has published a new catalogue, Catalog 21. Artists' Books & Private Press, Literature, Books on Books, History and More! Kelmscott Bookshop, as you...

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American Law 1719-2000 from The Lawbook Exchange

American Law 1719-2000 from The Lawbook Exchange

The Lawbook Exchange has issued its Catalogue 109, American Law 1719-2000. That cuts a wide swath. From colonial times to the dawn of the 21st century, from a backwater colony to the most powerful ...

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Uncharted Americana from Primary Sources

Uncharted Americana from Primary Sources

Primary Sources Uncharted Americana has issued their Catalogue 8. Primary Sources focuses on obscure and unique items in the field of Americana. They then describe them thoroughly, as it can be har...

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Old and Rare Americana from David M. Lesser

Old and Rare Americana from David M. Lesser

David M. Lesser Fine Antiquarian Books has issued their Catalogue 207 of Rare Americana. Their catalogues and format look the same as their predecessors. What changes is the material inside. This m...

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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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