For decades, rare-book dealers have used printed catalogs to inform collectors of their available items. In the internet age, these print catalogs persist -- in fact, have often become things of beauty -- but can also take the form of electronic lists, .pdfs, Google docs, electronic magazines, email newsletters, videos, blog posts, even Instagram and Facebook posts! In order to keep up with the rapidly evolving trade, we try to include all such lists here, in whatever form our members choose to release them.
Browse the latest catalogs, newsletters, e-lists, etc., of rare books, fine bindings, incunabula, print ephemera, and much more from the members of the ABAA below...
Please note, this list is updated weekly, usually on Wednesdays. *New* indicates any catalogs added this week.
AARDVARK BOOKS/EZRA THE BOOKFINDER
- Winter Miscellany 2018
- Spring Miscellany 2018 -- Contains 46 select items, all new arrivals, in a variety of fields.
- Rare Book Catalog #20
- Recent Acquisitions -- list only available to mailing list subscribers. Sign up here...
W. C. BAKER RARE BOOKS & EPHEMERA
- Electronic List No. 3 : 20th-Century Arts, Odds, and Ends
- Catalog No. 1: A Selection of Unusual Printed and Manuscript Works Relating to Magic, Museums, Religion, Science, the Stage, and Other Diverse Subjects
- New Arrivals in Economics & Philosophy (Newsletter) *New*
- New Arrivals, January 2019
- New Arrivals, Shakespeare, Fine Bindings (Newsletter)
- New Arrivals (Newsletter)
- English Libertine Literature 1652-1843 -- Catalog available by request stuart@sbrarebooks.com
BETWEEN THE COVERS, RARE BOOKS
- Catalog 58: California Book Fair
- Catalog 57 -- Sustained Ambitions or, The Eccentricities of Endurance
- American Notes & Queries, 1946-1950 and 1962-1976. 18 volumes, lacking 3 issues. -- contact books@bledsoebooks.com for more information...
- Small Collection of Publishing Histories, Memoirs, and Methods -- contact books@bledsoebooks.com for more information...
- Thomas Schotter Boys (Newsletter)
- Happy Holidays (Newsletter)
- Brattlecast #37: Journals & Letters (Podcast) *New*
- A.A. Milne *New*
- Ports O' Call
Featured item:
The Gentleman's Companion and The South American Gentleman's Companion
by Charles H. Baker
1946, 1951. Signed. Two two-volume sets, each volume inscribed by the author to friends, Dorothy and Wes Pape, and each in the year of publication. Baker's 1946 inscriptions in The Gentleman's Companion refer to a deer hunting trip Baker took with the Papes. Beneath both is another inscription signed "PPB", likely Baker's wife, Pauline Paulsen Baker. Rear endpaper of volume II shows multiple signatures and addresses. The South American Gentleman's Companion are inscribed to Dorothy, this time in Java Head in 1951. Even the inscriptions are evidence of Baker's globetrotting, as he traveled the world collecting exotic food and drink recipes, writing columns for magazines such as Esquire, and Gourmet. Among his notable drinking companions were Ernest Hemingway and William Faulkner.
Offered by Burnside Rare Books, and found in their new catalog: E-list #10: Cocktail Books.
ANDREW CAHAN, BOOKSELLER, LTD.
- Popular Fiction 1814-1939: Selections from the Anthony Tino Collection -- Offered jointly with John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller
- New Arrivals *New*
- Written on the Body: Tattoo Books, Art & Ephemera *New*
- Boston Book Fair (Part II)
- Catalog #88, Medical Books from the Fifteenth to the Twentieth Centuries -- This catalog is print-only. To request a copy, contact MedBks@aol.com
- E-list No. 54 -- Miscellany: Child Welfare, Feather Washing, Birth Control, Southern Education & Of Course, the Children *New*
- E-list No. 53 -- Eclectibles Miscellany: Housewifery Indenture for Twins, English Sparrow Bounty, Voter Fraud, Bank Architecture & Of Course, the Children
- List 34: Contemporary Artist Books from Editorial Cuadernos Papiro, in Holguin, Cuba
- List 33: Social Movements
Featured item:
The Mystery of the Brass Bound Trunk
by Carolyn Keene
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1940. First edition. 220 pp. The seventeenth book in the Nancy Drew mystery series. Farah 1940A-1. A Near Fine book with very slight spine lean and a contemporary gift inscription (dated December 25, 1940) in pencil on the free front endpaper in a Very Good lightly edge-worn dust jacket with some darkening to the spine panel.
Offered by Evening Star Books and found in their recent catalog, "New Arrivals: January 2019" (item #26). This item is not listed on abaa.org.
RODGER FRIEDMAN RARE BOOK STUDIO
- Boston Book Fair 2018
- Northern Reaches: Polar Exploration, Inuitethnology, and Cross-Cultural Contact
- OCCASIONAL LIST 22: A Miscellany: Original Art Work; Small Archive of Major English Watercolourist; Interesting Theatrical Pieces; Manuscript Material, Etc., Etc. -- available on request from fgrare@fgrarebooks.com
THOMAS A. GOLDWASSER RARE BOOKS
JONATHAN A. HILL, BOOKSELLER, INC.
Featured item:
Set of Pictorial Matchboxes Featuring the Towers of the Kremlin
Brussels: Streichhölzer, 1958. Complete set of Belgian matchboxes featuring the architecture of Moscow, many with the original safety matches still present. Each individually captioned matchbox depicts a different tower of the Kremlin, printed in color and heightened in gilt. A surprising survival, bright and clean.
Seventeen cardboard matchboxes with sliding lids: one large box 4.25 x 2.75 x 1.25 inches, the others 2 x 1.5 x .5 inches each. Pastedown color illustrations of the towers of the Kremlin mounted to top panels of matchboxes. Housed in manufacturer’s colorprinted pictorial cardboard box. Matchboxes clean; original box lightly rubbed, with several corners split.
Offered by Honey & Wax Booksellers and featured in their new catalog "Twelve Illustrated Items from Honey & Wax" (item #3).
- Chelsea Book Fair Catalog -- available on request from bkinmont@gmail.com
JOHN W. KNOTT, JR., BOOKSELLER
- Popular Fiction 1814-1939: Selections from the Anthony Tino Collection -- Offered jointly with L.W. Currey, Inc.
- Catalog #74: 100 Rare Books -- with an emphasis on history and military affairs. Please request from mail@kubikbooks.com...
MICHAEL LAIRD RARE BOOK & MANUSCRIPTS
- Catalog #6: The Extraordinary History of the Everyday
- E-list #2: African Americana, Women, LGBTQ . . .
- 30 Recent Acquisitions: Canon, Civil, Common, Ecclesiastical, Feudal, & Natural Law (January 15, 2019) *New*
- 30 Recent Acquisitions: Canon, Civil, Common, & Roman Law (January 8, 2019)
DAVID M. LESSER, FINE ANTIQUARIAN BOOKS
- Catalog 165, Rare Americana (January, 2019) *New*
- Catalog 164, Rare Americana (October, 2018) *New*
LIBER ANTIQUUS, EARLY PRINTED BOOKS & MANUSCRIPTS
- California Book Fair *New* *CABookFair*
- January Miscellany
- E-list #160: Early Versions: Typescripts and Galleys *New*
- Auld Lang Signed, 2019 - $19 Signed Books *New*
J. & J. LUBRANO MUSIC ANTIQUARIANS
- Russia & Eastern Europe in Music & Dance *New*
- Antiquarian Music Catalog: Items From the Collection of Marilyn Horne
MAIN STREET FINE BOOKS & MANUSCRIPTS
BRUCE MCKITTRICK RARE BOOKS, INC.
- E-list: Stocking Stuffers (Newsletter)
- San Francisco Map Fair September 2018 - Pictorial Maps of the Twentieth Century
- Tokyo International Antiquarian Book Fair
- Catalog 46, December 2018 -- by subscription only. Contact oldwestbooks@earthlink.net for details about obtaining a copy.
R & A PETRILLA, ANTIQUARIAN BOOKSELLERS
PHILADELPHIA RARE BOOKS & MANUSCRIPTS
- Music and Dance *New*
- Missions & Missionaries *New*
- Miniature Books (And Near-Miniatures) *New*
- Native Americana
PHILLIP J. PIRAGES FINE BOOKS & MEDIEVAL MANUSCRIPTS
- Moments of American Inspiration (Newsletter)
- New Historical Documents
RABELAIS BOOKS ON FOOD & DRINK
RICHARD C. RAMER, OLD & RARE BOOKS
- Americana E-list: The Second World War
- E-list – The War to End All Wars: The History, Literature & Images of World War One
B&L ROOTENBERG RARE BOOKS & MANUSCRIPTS
- The Sixteenth Century (January 15, 2019) *New*
- Bob Dylan & the Incunables (January 8, 2019)
Featured item:
Page from a songbook signed “Bob Dylan” with the holograph lyric “Don’t get stuck in Memphis with the Detroit Blues,” a variant from “Stuck Inside of Mobile with the Memphis Blues Again” (Blond on Blond).
Offered by Rulon-Miller Books, featured in their recent list "Bob Dylan & the Incunables (item #11)." This item is not listed on abaa.org.
- Manuscript Americana *New*
- Cinema
- New Arrivals (January 15, 2019) *New*
- Holiday Gift Guide
- Early Horticulture and Husbandry *New*
- Short List of 18th and 19th Century American Works Relating to the Education of Women
MARC SELVAGGIO, BOOKS & EPHEMERA
- Catalog 148: Our Material Culture - A Selection of American and European trade catalogues for retail & wholesale markets, 1870-1965, with a particular emphasis on catalogues from France.
- Medicine & Health
- Copyright (Blog) *New*
- Winter 2018: A Catalog
MICHAEL R. THOMPSON RARE BOOKS
Featured item:
How Women May Earn a Living
by Helen Churchill Candee
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1900. Octavo. ix, [1, blank], 342, [2, publisher’s ads] pp. Original red cloth, neatly rebacked in brown leather, gilt-ruled spine in six compartments, gilt-lettered red morocco spine label. Small blind stamp on pp. 9-10, not affecting legibility. Very small rubber ink stamp on title-page. Engraved bookplate with contemporary inscription (gifting the book the to Fraser Institute) on front pastedown. A very good copy.
Helen Churchill Candee (née Hungerford, 1858-1949) was an author, journalist, interior decorator, feminist, travel writer, explorer, geographer, and survivor of the Titanic sinking. After her abusive husband abandoned her and the family, she began earning a living by writing for popular magazines such as Scribner’s and Lady’s Home Journal. Candee relocated to Washington, D.C., where she worked as one of the first interior decorators; her clients included Secretary of War Henry Stimson and President Theodore Roosevelt. She served on many civic boards, was involved in Democratic politics, and had several political friendships, including William Jennings Bryan and First Lady Helen Herron Taft. Candee authored eight books, including her biggest seller The Tapestry Book (1912). How Women May Earn a Living explores a variety of career prospects for women, including running a boarding house, nursing, typewriting and stenography, working in retail, “hack writing,” editing, advertising, philanthropy, and teaching.
OCLC lists ten copies in the United States.
Offered by Michael R. Thompson Rare Books and featured in their new catalog, "Books by and About Women: A Winter Miscellany" (Item #6). This item is not listed on abaa.org.
- "Occasional List" -- please request a copy directly from jwrb@comcast.net...
- Catalog 210: Richard Weiss Library: L (Science, Astronomy, Natural History, Greek & Latin Classics, Physics) *New*
- Catalog 209: Various & Medical *New*
JOHN WINDLE ANTIQUARIAN BOOKSELLER
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