Our current featured items focus on additional antiquarian bookseller catalogues, and some recently catalogued books at reduced prices.
1927. American Art Association. Three auction catalogues of Charles Dickens books and manuscripts. NY, 1927 and 1929. Variously paged and illustrated. Very good paperbounds (covers soiled). No prices realized. ** The Renowned Collection of the Works of Charles Dickens Formed by Thomas Hatton (Dec. 7, 1927); First Editions Letters &..... More
Gendt, A.L. van. Catalogues 1, 3, 4, 6, 7, and 13. Amsterdam and other locations in the Netherlands, 1949-1958. Six assorted bookseller catalogues, variously paged and illustrated. Good paperbounds (cover soil, light handling wear). ** Incunabula, woodcut books, manuscripts, calligraphy, and many other categories of "interesting" "old and rare books."..... More
1927. Goodspeed's Book Shop. Catalogue 168: Rare Americana. Boston, 1927. 2463 items, several ills. Good paperbound (covers soiled, dusty); internally very good and tight. ** Many high spots, highlighted by John Winthrop's A Declaration of Former Passages... (1645), the third surviving book printed in English America and then one of..... More
1909. Goodspeed's Book Shop. Catalogue 64: A Collection of Books and Alamancs Formed to Illustrate the Art of Engraving in America. Boston, 1909. 671 items, a few ills. Fair stapled paperbound (covers and first page detached); else binding is tight. Occasional neat pencil notes. Extensively indexed. ** The note from..... More
K. Andre, Antiquariat. Katalog 41 and 46. Prague, ca. 1920s. Variously paged and illustrated. Good paperbounds (light handling wear, soil). ** Catalogue 41: Inkunabeln, Fruhe Drucke bis 1510, Holzschnittbucher des XVI. Jahrhunderts (66 line ills.). Catalogue 45: Reformation und Gegenreformation. More
Leamington Book Shop [Sidney Hamer]. Seventeen assorted bookseller catalogues. Washington, DC, and Fredericksburg, VA, 1949-1967. Variously paged and illustrated. Very good paperbounds (light soil). ** Catalogues 1, 3, 8, 9, 10 (2 copies), 11, 13 (2 copies), 14, 17, 18, 21, 24, 29, 30, and 31. Incunabula, fine press, music..... More
Martinus Nijhoff Bookseller. Catalogues 530, 546, 700 (2 copies), 743. The Hague, 1920s-1960(?). Variously paged and illustrated. Good paperbounds (soiled and dusty; one catalogue is dogeared). ** Travel, geography, maps, atlases, philosophy, etc., from the 15th century on. More
1904. Rossetti, Dante Gabriel. The Poems of Dante Gabriel Rossetti with illustrations from his own pictures and designs. London: Ellis & Elvey / Boston: Little, Brown, 1904. 2 vols., totaling over 450p + 20 pls. with tissue guardsheets. Good hardcover (parchment spines). Would be very good except for foxed spines..... More
Scheuer, Alwin J. Catalogues 2, 3, 5, and 6. NY, 1926-1931. Four assorted bookseller catalogues. Variously paged and illustrated, each with several hundred lots. Very good paperbounds (spines chipped, covers soiled), some ink or pencil notes. ** Rare books, ancient bindings, autograph letters, manuscripts, drawings by famous illustrators, books of..... More
