Rare Book Monthly Reviews - August - 2015 Issue

Antiquariaat Forum and Asher Rare Books Release Their Summer Catalogue

Antiquariaat Forum and Asher Rare Books Release Their Summer Catalogue

The Antiquariaat Forum and Asher Rare Books have issued their Summer Catalogue 2015. What is in it? Here is their listing of subjects – architecture, art, autographs, book history, cartography, education, exploration, history, hunting, law, literature, maritime history, medicine, military history, natural science, philosophy, religion, science, sports, technology. There can't be too many books that don't fit into one of those categories. Here are a few of the books to be found in this collection.
 
We begin with what is always a favorite topic – pirate...

The 60's – 80's Underground from Brian Cassidy Bookseller

The 60's – 80's Underground from Brian Cassidy Bookseller

Brian Cassidy Bookseller has launched his Catalogue #10. This is filled with, what should we call it, "counter culture" material from the 60's to the early 80's? That's a terrible name, but it is a...

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Rare and Interesting Material from Canada's Patrick McGahern Books

Rare and Interesting Material from Canada's Patrick McGahern Books

Patrick McGahern Books has published a catalogue of Rare, Scarce and Interesting Books. The number of Canadian items will quickly lead you to conclude this must be a Canadian bookseller. That is tr...

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Summer 2015 Catalogue from Peter Harrington

Summer 2015 Catalogue from Peter Harrington

Peter Harrington of London has issued Catalogue 110 Summer 2015. These catalogues are impossible to describe because they contain such a wide variety of material. Suffice it to say it is ...

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Rare Americana from David Lesser Antiquarian Books

Rare Americana from David Lesser Antiquarian Books

David M. Lesser Fine Antiquarian Books has issued No. 145 of Rare Americana. It contains books, pamphlets, broadsides and manuscripts pertaining to America, primarily during the 18th and 19th centu...

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Polar Books from Aquila Books

Polar Books from Aquila Books

Aquila Books published their Catalogue 115 a little while ago. Aquila specializes in books about the polar regions. This, of course, covers books about missions to reach the North and South Poles. ...

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Recently Acquired Material at The Lawbook Exchange

Recently Acquired Material at The Lawbook Exchange

The Lawbook Exchange has issued a catalogue of Recently Acquired Books, Manuscripts & Ephemera. It is divided into four sections, based on geography: the United States, Great Britain, Continent...

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Art, Architecture & Design from L & T Respess Books

Art, Architecture & Design from L & T Respess Books

L & T Respess Books has published their List 298: Art, Architecture & Design. Books, Pamphlets, Manuscripts & Ephemera, Photographs, Prints & Drawings. It is always helpful when cat...

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New Acquisitions in Americana from the William Reese Company

New Acquisitions in Americana from the William Reese Company

The William Reese Company has issued their catalogue 323. This one comes with the cover title For Readers of All Ages (complete with a picture of a young girl reading a Reese catalogue on the cover...

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Catalogue One from Peter Grogan

Catalogue One from Peter Grogan

This catalogue arrives in the spirit of new beginnings. It is Catalogue One from Peter Grogan of London. Mr. Grogan is hardly new to the book trade and is an established ABA member, but has recentl...

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Samuel Gedge Ltd. Offers Varied Printed and Written Material from Long Ago

Samuel Gedge Ltd. Offers Varied Printed and Written Material from Long Ago

Samuel Gedge Ltd. has issued their Summer List 2015. Offered are over 200 items, mostly a variety of printed, written, or illustrated material. Most are at least a few centuries old, and many are i...

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Antiquarian Books on Agriculture, Bibliography, and More from Jonathan A. Hill Bookseller

Antiquarian Books on Agriculture, Bibliography, and More from Jonathan A. Hill Bookseller

Jonathan A. Hill Bookseller has released Catalogue 214 – Mostly Recent Acquisitions. There is no descriptive title, but here is what we found. These are overwhelmingly English and European bo...

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    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
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    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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