Rare Book Monthly

Articles - April - 2011 Issue

Sixteen Catalogues Reviewed This Month

16 catalogues are reviewed this month.

16 catalogues are reviewed this month.

This month we review 16 catalogues in Section Two of AE Monthly. Peter Harrington offers 75 important works. Pages of Yesteryear has some uncommon items, Garrett Scott, Bookseller, unusual ones. John Windle Antiquarian Bookseller offers a variety, the Arader Galleries rare and colorful books.

 

Paul Orssich presents works related to Spain and Portugal. Simon Beattie's material pertains to Russia and Europe. The Voyager Press has perhaps the earliest recordings ever made in sub-Saharan Africa. Antiquariaat Fragmenta Selecta features items from classical antiquity and the Middle Ages. Antiquariat Eigl offers travel and exploration. Almagre Books focuses on the American Southwest, Mexico and Latin America.

 

Five Catalogues feature Americana. The William Reese Company has new acquisitions in the field. David Lesser Antiquarian Books presents inexpensive Americana. The George S. MacManus Company features rare Americana, Joe Rubinfine signed American historical documents, and Old West Books material from the American West.

 

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  • Sotheby's
    Sell Your Fine Books & Manuscripts
    Sotheby’s: The Shem Tov Bible, 1312 | A Masterpiece from the Golden Age of Spain. Sold: 6,960,000 USD
    Sotheby’s: Ten Commandments Tablet, 300-800 CE | One of humanity's earliest and most enduring moral codes. Sold: 5,040,000 USD
    Sotheby’s: William Blake | Songs of Innocence and of Experience. Sold: 4,320,000 USD
    Sotheby’s: The Declaration of Independence | The Holt printing, the only copy in private hands. Sold: 3,360,000 USD
    Sotheby's
    Sell Your Fine Books & Manuscripts
    Sotheby’s: Thomas Taylor | The original cover art for Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. Sold: 1,920,000 USD
    Sotheby’s: Machiavelli | Il Principe, a previously unrecorded copy of the book where modern political thought began. Sold: 576,000 GBP
    Sotheby’s: Leonardo da Vinci | Trattato della pittura, ca. 1639, a very fine pre-publication manuscript. Sold: 381,000 GBP
    Sotheby’s: Henri Matisse | Jazz, Paris 1947, the complete portfolio. Sold: 312,000 EUR

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