Browse the latest catalogs, newsletters, and e-lists of rare books, fine bindings, incunabula, print ephemera, and much more from the members of the ABAA below. (Also includes podcasts, blog posts, and other digital formats.)
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AARDVARK BOOKS/EZRA THE BOOKFINDER
Featured item:
by Giovani Boccacio
Venice: Repario and Cesano, 1551. vellum. 393 pages. Engraved title page. Full vellum binding with red leather spine label. Thick 12mo [4.5x6.5cm]. Vellum shows soiling, edgewear and some stains. Front hinge cracked but binding sound. Spine label dulled and chipped. Most of the inside paste down pulled out leaving residue and border. Some rippling to rear pastedown. Title page foxed, otherwise clean with mild toning. Good. Item #76851
Boccacio's first major work, preceding the DeCameron. A retelling of the 12th Century French romance. In Italian.
Offered by Aardvark Books and found in "Recent Acquisitions."
ANTIPODEAN BOOKS, MAPS, PRINTS
- Electronic List 131: ABAA Virtual Book Fair, 2020
- Electronic List 130: Early 20th Century French Illustrated Books & Print Portfolios
- Visual Travel (Newsletter)
- Lives in Design: Ernest & Esther Born (Newsletter)
- E-List 6: Historical Documents -- African-American Founder and Bishop Richard Allen / Revolutionary-Era Latin America
- E-List 5: California, Asian-Americana, Women, Mexico, the West, and More
- 19th Century Decorated Paper Bindings, Decorated Cloth Bindings and Historic Works New York Book & Ephemera Fair Catalog
Featured item:
Chidester, Ann. Young Pandora.
New York: Scribner’s, 1942. First edition, first printing. Inscribed by Chidester to Irma Wyckoff, secretary to Maxwell Perkins: “With best wishes to Miss Wyckoff, Sincerely, Ann Chidester”. Additionally laid in to this copy are a typed letter signed and typed postcard signed, also to Irma Wyckoff. Publisher’s pale blue-green cloth; in original blue dust jacket with an illustration by Cleon. Near fine book; in very good unclipped dust jacket with some wear and shallow nicks to corners, a few small closed tears to head of spine, 1” closed tear to top edge of rear panel near the spine, a few small tears to bottom of rear panel, front panel bright and fresh. Overall, a pleasant copy, with an interesting association. Young Pandora is Ann Chidester’s first novel. It is autobiographical in nature, featuring a young girl from the Midwest who falls in love, travels, and begins a writing career. Chidester wrote five novels and many short stories, focusing on women’s issues and the plight of the poor. She was close friends with her publisher at Scribner’s, Maxwell Perkins, who famously published F. Scott Fitzgerald, Ernest Hemingway, and Thomas Wolfe. This copy of Young Pandora was inscribed by Chidester to Irma Wykoff, Perkins’ devoted secretary. Also included are a typed letter and postcard. In them, she discusses their mutual acquaintance Marian, an editor at Mademoiselle, and Chidester’s recent move to Taos, NM. She also talks about the new book she is writing, Mable Dodge Luhan’s literary colony, and refers to Perkins as “my friend, Mr. God.”
Offered by B&B Rare Books and found in "ABAA Virtual Book Fair List."
- Catalog 22: Americana, Trans-Mississippi and the West, Texana, Civil War and Arthur H. Clark *New*
- Recent Acquisitions (July 14, 2020) *New*
- Recent Acquisitions (July 7, 2020) *New*
W. C. BAKER RARE BOOKS & EPHEMERA
- Dr. Seuss (Newsletter) *New*
- The Seventies (Newsletter) *New*
- Highlights in Poetry (Newsletter) *New*
- Highlights in Economics (Newsletter) *New*
- English Libertine Literature 1652-1843 -- Catalog available by request stuart@sbrarebooks.com
- Spain and Latin America *New*
- Gender & Sexuality E-list *New*
- E-catalog 66: African-Americana *New*
- E-catalog 65: Miscellaneous *New*
- E-catalog 64: Wellness *New*
- E-catalog 63: New Arrivals *New*
- Short E-List of Mostly Interwar Bookseller and Auction Catalogues -- contact books@bledsoebooks.com for more information...
- Catalogue of Book Catalogues: Bookseller and Auction (Ongoing) *New*
- Antifa: a short list featuring radical responses to fascism since the 1930s
- "One man's riot is another man's rebellion"
- July 2020 E-catalog *New*
- June 2020 E-catalog *New*
- Summer Miscellany
- Spring Sale -- 30 first and limited editions
- A Vincent Van Gogh Book Spotlight: Lust for Life (Blog)
- Questions to Ask When Visiting a Special Collections Library (Blog)
- Thomas Rowlandson (Newsletter) *New*
- Books Related to Scotland (Newsletter)
- Brattlecast #78: The Brattle and the City (Podcast)
- Brattlecast #77: We're Back (Podcast)
- E-catalog 77: The Play's the Thing *New*
- E-catalog 76: Joyland *New*
- E-catalog 75: Guilt by Association (Copies) *New*
- Treks & Travels *New*
- The Writings of Winston S. Churchill *New*
- E-list #42: Atomic Physics, Quantum Mechanics, Rocketry and Early Computing *New*
- E-list #41: Paramhansa Yogananda & Self-Realization Fellowship *New*
ANDREW CAHAN, BOOKSELLER, LTD.
- The South (July 28, 2020) *New*
- Western Land Prospectuses and Ephemera
- Catalog 8: Mostly Works from the 15th-18th Centuries, with a Scatter of Modern Material
- Bibliography Week Showcase 2019
- New catalog available — Contact clarebooks@roadrunner.com/(716) 688-8723 to request…
Featured items:
Amundsen, Roald. The South Pole. An Account of the Norwegian Expedition in the "Fram", 1910-1912.
London: John Murray, 1912. First English edition. 6 maps and charts (4 folding), one diagram of the journey, and 99 photographic plates. xxxv, , 392; x, 449 pp. 2 vols. 8vo. Original maroon cloth lettered in gilt, decorated with the Norwegian flag on front covers and spines, top edge gilt, others uncut, contemporary gift inscription. Flags on spines a little rubbed, frontispiece loose, otherwise a near fine copy. Taurus 71; Rosove 9.
After hearing of Cook's and Peary's claim of the North Pole in 1909, Amundsen changed his plan and instead decided to head for Antarctica in 1910. Setting off in the Fram, he and his men arrived at the eastern edge of Ross Ice Shelf at a large inlet called the Bay of Whales on 14 January 1911. Amundsen spent the winter mapping his route and preparing depots for food and provisions along the way and finally left for the South Pole on 19 October 1911 with four other men, four sledges and 52 dogs. They arrived at the Pole on 14 December 1911, 35 days before Robert Falcon Scott and his party.
Offered by James Cummins Bookseller and found in "Travel & Exploration List."
- THE LUNAR VOYAGE FROM THE 17th CENTURY TO THE PRESENT -- In conjunction with the RBMS and the 50th anniversary of the Moon landing -- Offered jointly with John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller
- Popular Fiction 1814-1939: Selections from the Anthony Tino Collection -- Offered jointly with John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller
DE SIMONE COMPANY, BOOKSELLERS
- List 18: New Series -- 19th Century American Books
- List 17: New Series -- American Books, Manuscripts and Broadsides
- New Arrivals (July 28, 2020) *New*
- Catalog #88, Medical Books from the Fifteenth to the Twentieth Centuries -- This catalog is print-only. To request a copy, contact MedBks@aol.com...
- List 20: Getman's Virtual Book Fair (July 2020) *New*
- List 16: Modern First Editions
- E-list 73: Miscellany -- Camping with your own kind, Coal Heavy Women, Miniature Patent Medicines & Of Course, the Children *New*
- E-list 72: Miscellany -- Wedding Frolic, 1930s IBM Sales Kit, Negro Woman Worker, Goering Paper Dolls & of course the Children...
- "Sleepers" (or Sleeping) on the Text Manuscripts Site (Blog) *New*
- Book of Hours Summer Update *New*
RODGER FRIEDMAN RARE BOOK STUDIO
- 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...
- Has the following lists available: California, Texas, Kansas, Missouri, Minnesota, Iowa, Nebraska, Oregon, Louisiana, Colorado, Ohio and New York. Will email to interested parties. Contact info@ginsbook.com to request...
- July Varia: Interesting Books & Prints *New*
- Theatre, Dance, Opera, Ceremony, Festival. Part I: Before 1700
THOMAS A. GOLDWASSER RARE BOOKS
DAVID A. HAMILTON AMERICANA BOOKS
- Architecture and Landscape Design (July 2020) *New*
- Summer Miscellany (July 2020) *New*
- Americana (July 2020) *New*
- New Acquisitions (July 2020) *New*
Featured item:
Charles Barney Cory, The Birds of Haiti and San Domingo
Boston: published for the Author by Estes & Lauriat, [1884-] 1885. Quarto. (11 3/4 x 8 7/8 inches). Uncoloured lithographic map, 22 hand-coloured lithographic plates (18 of birds, 1 of a nest and eggs, 3 of details of heads of birds).
Contemporary half morocco and marbled paper covered boards, spine gilt with raised bands, marbled endpapers. Provenance: W. L. Foster (booklabel).
A fine monograph on the birds of Haiti and San Domingo, from an edition limited to 300 copies.
An exhaustive account of all the birds of Haiti and St. Domingo known in the late 19th century. The advertisement for the work notes that the "edition will be absolutely limited to three hundred copies, and will be sold only to subscribers for the complete work. Price $5.00 per part." Included are representatives of 87 genus from 42 different families. Each entry includes the synonymy and description of the individual species, together with interesting more personalised notes by the author about where he encountered the birds, how many specimens he collected, etc. The fine plates are by various artists including eight by Joseph Smit. They include 18 plates of individual or pairs of birds (these are of a total of 17 different species as there are two plates of adults and a juvenile of the same species), 1 plate of a nest with eggs in it, and three plates with multiple images of bird's heads showing a total of 23 species.
Offered by Donald A. Heald Rare Books and found in "New Acquisitions (July 2020)."
JONATHAN A. HILL, BOOKSELLER, INC.
- Manchu Dictionaries *New*
- Amor Librorum Nos Unit (A selling exhibition of rare books and manuscripts spanning 800 years) *New*
- E-list #163: 40 New Arrivals *New*
- E-list #162: 45 New Arrivals *New*
- E-list #161: 50 New Arrivals | Eric Gill, Tom Wolfe, Josef Koudelka, James Baldwin, Anne Waldman *New*
- New Acquisitions, July 2020 *New*
- Stage & Screen (June 2020)
- Punk Zines *New*
- Metal Zines #2 *New*
- Metal Zines #1
- July Newsletter *New*
- African American Books *New*
- Gastronomy & Economic Precarity
- At Home with Books -- in collaboration with Honey & Wax Booksellers, Simon Beattie, & Justin Croft.
Featured item:
ALBUM des titres d’alimentation. Septembre 1941. 3eme Bureau.
1941. 31.5cm x 21cm. One typed sheet tipped in followed by 21 ll, [1 - blank] leaf (of which five of the leaves have manuscript and documents recto and verso; the other sixteen recto only). Contemporary plain paper wrappers, title in manuscript on the upper wrapper, light wear to the edges of the wrappers and some sunning. $1500.00 An incredible document from the German occupation of Paris during the Second World War. The Germans took control of Paris on June 14th, 1940. Already, food was scarce in France due to much of the work force having already left for war and the supply chains from France’s colonies greatly disrupted. This was made far worse when Germany occupied France. Immediately, the remaining French products were sent to Germany to support the German cause, and only what was left over, was made available to the French through a strict rationing system.
The current album relates to the rations available in Paris during the month of September, 1941. On the upper wrapper is written “3eme Bureau;” this likely refers to the rationing office of the 3rd arrondissement in Paris. The first leaf is a typescript index for the album (all leaves are present). The sheets are numbered 1-21 (with a few versos numbered with a “bis” number) and contain the original ration sheets that were being issued by the German occupation government during the war. The sheets are pasted in, and in most cases, small ration tags are cut out and mounted alongside. On each sheet, there is also manuscript information that explains the quantity of the given foodstuff that the ration is good for and how it is to be administered. For example, one ration tag is good for 325 grams of butter, another for 60 grams of cheese, and so on. The foods included are bread; meat and cold cuts; and matières grasses (i.e. oil; butter; cheese; beef fat; margarine; and lard). There is also a special coupon for workers which entitles them to greater amounts of food. On the verso of that coupon, it states “L’hiver qui s’aproche sera rude. Les effectifs des cuisines d’entr’aide vont croître. Vous aiderez le SECOURS NATIONAL à « tenir ». Et la misere reculera !” (The coming winter will be harsh. The number of service kitchens [i.e. soup kitchens] will increase. You will help SECOURS NATIONAL to “hold on.” And misery will recede!) Also laid in is a contemporary newspaper clip entitled “Le ravitaillement. Les rations alimentaires du mois de juillet” and an unused contemporary German postcard (printed in Berlin) that is a picture of German ration coupons.3 A remarkable glimpse into the conditions under which the Parisians had to live during the Second World War. In good condition and preserved in an archival folder.
Offered by Ben Kinmont, Bookseller and found in "Gastronomy & Economic Precarity."
- Manuscripts, Letters & Art (New York Book Fair)
- Travel, Geography
JOHN W. KNOTT, JR., BOOKSELLER
- THE LUNAR VOYAGE FROM THE 17th CENTURY TO THE PRESENT -- In conjunction with the RBMS and the 50th anniversary of the Moon landing -- Offered jointly with L.W. Currey, Inc.
- 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...
- New Arrivals (January 2020)
- Boston Book Fair 2019
MICHAEL LAIRD RARE BOOK & MANUSCRIPTS
- E-list #6: African Americana *New*
- Houston Book Fair -- a joint list with McBride Rare Books
Featured item:
No sugar at all in diet-rite cola. (Advertising)
N.p.: [Royal Crown Cola Company?], [1960s]. 11” x 28”. Thick cardboard. Very good plus: light edge and corner wear, bump near lower left corner.
Over two feet wide, this is an advertisement for Diet Rite cola featuring an African American family, probably intended as a store display. Although not the first diet soda, the launch of Diet Rite in 1958 (which was initially marketed to diabetics and
sold in drug stores) led to a significant expansion of the diet soft drink industry. We find no other examples.
Offered by Langdon Manor Books and found in "E-list #6: African Americana."
- 16th-Century Law Books: 30 Titles *July 28, 2020) *New*
- 37 Recent Acquisitions: Canon, Civil, Common, Customary, Ecclesiastical, Natural & Roman Law (July 21, 2020) *New*
- 30 Significant Works in English Law (July 14, 2020) *New*
- 30 Significant Works in Early American Law (July 7, 2020) *New*
DAVID M. LESSER, FINE ANTIQUARIAN BOOKS
- Catalog 175: Rare Americana (June 2020)
- Catalog 174, Rare Americana (April 2020)
LIBER ANTIQUUS, EARLY PRINTED BOOKS & MANUSCRIPTS
- Arts, Festivals, Illustrated Books, and Architecture *New*
- Science, Medicine, Mathematics, & Technology *New*
- On Our Shelves No. 27 – Beast and Man in India (Video)
- Rare Book Moment 26: Look for relationships in your collection (Video)
- Food & Drink, Ephemera, Health & Women *New*
- Recent Acquisitions (June 2020)
J. & J. LUBRANO MUSIC ANTIQUARIANS
- Catalogue 89 - Summer Potpourri
- Beethoven: A Celebration of the 250th Anniversary of the Composer’s Birth
STUART LUTZ HISTORIC DIOCUMENTS
- Poster Print Art (June 2020)
- New and Shiny Things (June 2020)
Featured item:
Jaws 3D Poster (with Glasses Still Attached) "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner" Version
Hallmark, 1983. Minor shelf/edge wear, else bright and clean. Approx. 20x28" Very Good+. There were at least two versions of this poster, one with "I Love Everybody) at the top and this one with "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner." This is clearly the preferred version. A scarce poster to find in good condition, especially in as find condition as seen here.
Offered by Lux Mentis Booksellers and found in "Poster Print Art."
- List of 77 Mark Twain First Editions and Ephemera available by request from info@macdonnellrarebooks.com (specify elist or paper copy).
MAIN STREET FINE BOOKS & MANUSCRIPTS
- July List of Recent Acquisitions of Early Printing *New*
- June List: Early German and French lit & miscellany of early books
- Illustrated Catalog on Carlos Merida (1891–1984) -- Mexican painter, sculptor, writer and graphic designer -- available by request from mmbooks@comcast.net
- Latin America
MARTAYAN LAN RARE BOOKS & MAPS
- List #18 - Recent Acquisitions in Americana *New*
- Joint Catalog 2 or We’d Rather Be Chatting Around the Water Cooler -- in cooperation with johnson rare books & archives and Tschanz Rare Books.
BRUCE MCKITTRICK RARE BOOKS, INC.
- Printed on Vellum: 1503-1577 *New*
- Private Press & Typography: 1479-1816 *New*
- Catalog 68: The 15th Century *New*
- Short Stack 52 *New*
- Short Stack 51 *New*
Featured item:
Bougeant, Guillaume-Hyacinthe. S.J. Les Quakres François, Ou Les Nouveaux Trembleurs, Comedie.
“Utrecht, Henrik Khyrks le jeune” 1732. 12mo. Frontis., 66p. WOODCUT FRONTISPIECE OF THE LEAD CHARACTER HOLDING HIS RIGHT FOOT ABOVE HIS HEAD LIKE A DANCE MASTER. Early 19th-century blue wrappers, later printed spine label.
First Edition of this theatrical satire of the Convulsionaries, primarily women, who engaged in a mix of millenarianism, eroticism, torture and hysteria at the tomb of the Jansenist François de Pâris in the St. Médard churchyard in Paris, where they gathered to pray and receive miracles from the late 1720s into the 1740s. Some danced uncontrollably until they dropped from exhaustion. One of the principal leaders, abbé de Bescherand, exhibited extraordinary symptoms, including foaming at the mouth and frenetic leaping, this last depicted as a kind of dance in the woodcut frontispiece (often missing). In the play he is represented as Father Jump (abbé du Sault). To prevent further outrages, in January 1732 the crown temporarily closed the cemetery and posted guards to block access. Bougeant capitalized on the public’s fascination with the cult. A good uncut copy, old bookseller’s slip pasted on the front flyleaf.
Offered by Bruce McKittrick Rare Books, Inc. and found in "Short Stack 52."
Featured item:
FRENCH REVOLUTIONARY FAN — The storming of the Bastille
“Prise de la Bastille par les Bourgeois et les braves Gardes Françaises de la bonne Ville de Paris, le 14 Juillet 1789. Dédiée à la Nation.” (France, after July 14, 1789). Hand-colored engraved folding paper fan, printed on recto and verso on two adhered sheets, the recto with a full-width etched and engraved scene of the taking of the Bastille, colored in watercolors and white gouache, within stencil-printed decorative border, the verso with an engraved poem; mounted on original plain wooden sticks, the guards with narrow fillets of decorative bone along edges and at rivet, the unfolded leaf measuring approx.137 x 500 mm., total fan measurement 208 x 500 (10 3/4 x 20 in.).
Condition: a few small chips and old paper patches, mainly to the borders, one small patch within the engraved area, affecting only the background, slight wear along a few pleats, one or two small stains, 2 words slightly rubbed on verso, a guard relined.
A FINE EPHEMERAL SURVIVAL: a rare fan on a popular and dramatic theme, no doubt issued soon after the event depicted. Although by July 14 1789, the Bastille was nearly empty, and its historical reality was that of “the least cruel of all the [French] state prisons” (Marion, Dictionnaire des Institutions francaises, p. 40), its potency as a visually imposing symbol of tyranny was undiminished. The day of its storming by a crowd of about 1000 “bourgeois” was unfortunately one of intense bloodshed, with over 100 people, including 98 attackers, several soldiers and the garrison commander the Marquis de Launay, losing their lives. De Launay’s head and that of Jacques de Flesselles, “Prévôt des Marchands,” were later paraded on pikes.
Offered by Musinsky Rare Books and found in "La Révolution."
- Father's Day Gift Offerings
- E-list: Stocking Stuffers (Newsletter)
- Oak Knoll Press Sale (Ends 7/15) *New*
- Americana, July 2020 *New*
- MAGAZINES OF HISTORICAL & CONTEMPORARY INTEREST -- FEBRUARY 2020
- A Magazine’s Eye View of the 20th Century
- Catalog 51, June 2020 -- by subscription only. Contact oldwestbooks@earthlink.net for details about obtaining a copy.
- Selections *New*
- Animals
R & A PETRILLA, ANTIQUARIAN BOOKSELLERS
PHILADELPHIA RARE BOOKS & MANUSCRIPTS
- Twenty for Tuesday XXVII *New*
- Missions/Missionaries *New*
- Twenty for Tuesday XXVI *New*
- 18th-Century Books *New*
PHILLIP J. PIRAGES FINE BOOKS & MEDIEVAL MANUSCRIPTS
Featured item:
JESSE, J. HENEAGE. LONDON: ITS CELEBRATED CHARACTERS AND REMARKABLE PLACES
(London: Richard Bentley, 1871) 200 x 130 mm. (7 3/4 x 5”). Three volumes expanded to six. “SPECIAL COPY, extra illustrated in six volumes.” CHARMING OLIVE GREEN CRUSHED MOROCCO, GILT AND WITH PICTORIAL INLAY, BY BAYNTUN (stamp-signed on front turn-in), upper covers with leafy strapwork gilt frame, central inlay in multiple colors of morocco depicting one of the characters from the book, with gilt lettering beneath it, lower covers with gilt-rule frame, raised bands, spines gilt in compartments with strapwork and leaf ornament, gilt lettering, gilt-ruled turn-ins, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. Housed together in a green cloth slipcase. WITH 537 PLATES, consisting of 27 folding plates (nine hand-colored), 124 hand-colored plates (19 of them from the Rowlandson “Dr. Syntax” series), and 386 black & white engravings, all but one of the plates with original tissue guard. Spines evenly sunned to a pleasing hazel brown, one leaf with neat repair to upper corner (away from text), occasional mild foxing to plates (usually marginal, never offensive), other trivial imperfections, but A VERY FINE SET, clean and fresh, with none of the offsetting that usually plagues extra-illustrated works, IN SPARKLING BINDINGS.
This is perhaps the ultimate copy of Jesse’s entertaining and informative tour of his beloved city and the characters who have inhabited it over the centuries: it was professionally “grangerized” with fine specimens of 96 relevant prints, all with tissue guards; it was beautifully bound by a leading firm in a style that perfectly complements the contents; and, despite these obvious benefits, it has seen very little use. John Heneage Jesse (1809-74) wrote a number of popular historical works, including royal biographies and court memoirs, that drew praise for their conscientious attention to fact and detail, if not for their originality or wit. Described by DNB as “a dedicated Londoner, [who] seldom ventured away from the metropolitan area,” Jesses leads us here through the districts of his home city, relating anecdotes, noting the locations of momentous events, and pointing out architectural treasures. The added portraits, scenes, and views help to bring his account to life, and the diligent use of tissue guards has prevented these illustrations from affecting the adjacent leaves in a detrimental way. Rowlandson’s famous caricatures from “Dr. Syntax,” portraying the amusing adventures of a country parson in the metropolis, comprise just one example of the half a thousand inserted plates here. The bindings from Bayntun of Bath depict some of the humble characters whose presence gives the capital so much of its flavor: those who sell their wares on the streets and do everyday jobs that keep the city running. The Bayntun firm, founded in Bath in 1894, is now the last of the great Victorian trade binderies still in family ownership. Our binding probably dates from the first quarter of the 20th century, when the workshop was known for imaginative designs that involved the augmenting of gilt decoration with inlaid pictorial designs.
Offered by Phillip J. Pirages Fine Books and found in "Catalogue 76" (item #100).
- The Bunker Hill Archive (Newsletter)
- New Historical Documents (Newsletter)
RABELAIS BOOKS ON FOOD & DRINK
RICHARD C. RAMER, OLD & RARE BOOKS
- Special List 382, The Ottoman Empire *New*
- Special List 381, African Islands *New*
- Special List 380, Rome, Roman Law & the Vatican *New*
- Americana E-list: Instruction & Education *New*
- New Acquisitions (July 2020) *New*
- E-list: Getman Virtual Book Fair, July 2020 *New*
- Americana E-list: Summer Letters *New*
- LIST 326: SPRING MISCELLANY: Books, Pamphlets, Manuscripts, Photographs, and Ephemera
- LIST 325: VIRGINIA — Books, Pamphlets, & Ephemera, primarily from a multi-generational, single-family collection
- List 108 *New*
- New York NY *New*
- Fine Press & Books About Books, Part 2 *New*
- Fine Press & Books About Books *New*
B&L ROOTENBERG RARE BOOKS & MANUSCRIPTS
BARRY LAWRENCE RUDERMAN ANTIQUE MAPS, INC.
- E-list July 28, 2020 Recent Acquisitions *New*
- E-list July 21, 2020 *New*
- Recent Acquisitions (July 7, 2020) *New*
- 11 books from the Stuart Teitler American Lost-Race Fiction Collection *New*
- List of Nice New Arrivals
- Pomology - a short list of 17th-19th century works
- 17th - 19th Century Works Relating To Art: Including Catalogues, Auctions, Essays, etc.
- List: 150th Anniversary of Mendeleev's Periodic System
- California Book Fair 2019: 130 Items on Science and Medicine is now available on request from scientiabk@gmail.com...
- Occasional List 71: "Baths, and how to take them."
- Occasional List 70: "In these Raggs and hungry Bowels, down, down, down"
- Catalog #234: Riots, Demonstrations, and Civil Insurrections
- Catalog #233: Agriculture, Horticulture and Allied Material
- Left Bank Jazz Society 2020 *New*
- Antiquarian Maps 2020 *New*
MARC SELVAGGIO, BOOKS & EPHEMERA
MICHAEL R. THOMPSON RARE BOOKS
- Summer Miscellany: New Arrivals and Selected Highlights *New*
- Women's Catalog: Fifty Books and Ephemeral Items by and about Women *New*
- New Arrivals Spring 2020 *New*
Featured item:
Original Scrapbook on nancy Astor, the First Female MP Elected in Britain
An original scrapbook compiled by a follower of Nancy Astor, the first female Member of Parliament to take her seat in the United Kingdom. Materials within dated 1934-1936.
Quarto (6⅛ inches by 7¾ inches). [180] pp. Newspaper clippings, posters, and other campaign promotional items laid in or pasted down on the first [90] pp., except for on a few blank pages. The remaining pages of the scrapbook are blank. Some of the items are in color and many of the newspaper clippings include photographs. Also with a separate photograph (3” by 4¼”) of Nancy Astor on a dock laid in between pages 2 and 3. Notebook in cloth-backed maroon boards. Some light rubbing to boards. Blue speckled edges. Some toning to materials throughout and to pages of notebook, but overall a very good, one-of-a-kind item.
Nancy Witcher Astor (1879-1964) was born in Danville, Virginia, but moved to England with her husband Waldorf Astor at the age of twenty-six. In 1919, Nancy Astor became the first woman in the United Kingdom to take her seat as a Member of Parliament. The materials in the present item chronicle Astor’s successful campaign in the general election of 1935 and offer context into the social and political climate of the United Kingdom at the time. Many of the campaign materials included here are targeted towards women, especially mothers, and portray Astor as a hero for educational reform (pp. [20-21]) and a “champion of the nursery” (p. [16]). The materials also offer insight into the Conservative Party’s rhetoric against socialism, especially in regard to economic improvement since the Conservative Party regained control of the House of Commons from the Labor Party in 1931. One flyer reads: “The Socialist Party’s policy means dumping, depression, disaster,” (p. [8]). Overall, this scrapbook is a fascinating perspective on the public face of Nancy Astor and contemporary attitudes toward her and her campai
Offered by Michael R. Thompson Rare Books and found in "Women's Catalog: Fifty Books and Ephemeral Items by and about Women" (item #3).
- E-list #27: Women's Rights, African -Americana, Gay Rights, Civil Rights...
- E-list #24 Women's Rights & Protest Ephemera
- Vintage and Antiquarian Games from Around the World *New*
- Japanese Creators *New*
- Robots *New*
- Books of the Day Regularly Posted to Their Twitter Feed...
Featured item:
Pool, Bill W. (Editor). Compton Police Annual.
Compton, CA: Compton Police Officers Association, 1964. 8.5 x 11 inches, 72 pp, with illustrations and ads. Three-hole punched, police department stamp on front cover, one gathering loose front staples; very good. Fourth annual edition of this periodical, which was used to raise funds for the Officers Relief Fund and to inform the public of "some of our problems and functions."
Within a year, there would be riots--founded in a long history of friction between African-American residents and the police--in neighboring Watts, and by 1970, Compton would have the highest crime rate in California. This publication starts with a positive story showcasing of a newly completed police building, and includes articles about successful police operations and public safety tips. But hints of the policecommunity tension to come are also present. An article titled "'Defenders of the Peace' in Community and Human Relations" asks citizens to support the efforts of the police, complaining that "unjust charges are sometimes made against the police. Charges made or rumored by persons who do not have all the facts. When this happens, police morale is jeopardized and the development of an esprit de corps is made difficult." Another, titled "Take the Handcuffs Off Our Police," argues that by overzealous interpretation of constitutional rights "we are increasingly throttling our law enforcement officers with judge-made rulings that stagger common sense." And an editorial proclaims that "now, more than ever before in our history, one is either for law enforcement or he's against it. He's either for mob rule--or he's for the law. He's either for America--or he's against America. Let's begin to make our laws say what they mean and mean what they say--and let everybody know it." No holdings (of any issue) located in OCLC.
Offered by Walkabout Books and found in "List 16: Police & Community in the United States" (item #27).
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