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AARDVARK BOOKS/EZRA THE BOOKFINDER
ANTIPODEAN BOOKS, MAPS, PRINTS
- Electronic List 132: 19th Century French Illustration and Caricature
- Electronic List 131: ABAA Virtual Book Fair, 2020
- David McCullough (Newsletter)
- Visual Travel (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- E-List 6: Historical Documents -- African-American Founder and Bishop Richard Allen / Revolutionary-Era Latin America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
- Colorado River and Other Western Rivers (October 6, 2020) *New*
- George R. Stewart Collection -- mostly signed
W. C. BAKER RARE BOOKS & EPHEMERA
- Royalty (Newsletter) *New*
- Iconic Illustration (Newsletter)
- English Libertine Literature 1652-1843 -- Catalog available by request stuart@sbrarebooks.com
- Tuesday catalogue -- "Featured Items" Albers, Beckett, Verestchagin, Wolf Kahn, San Francisco protest, & more...
- Short E-List of Mostly Interwar Bookseller and Auction Catalogues -- contact books@bledsoebooks.com for more information...
- Antifa: a short list featuring radical responses to fascism since the 1930s
- "One man's riot is another man's rebellion"
- Summer Miscellany
- Spring Sale -- 30 first and limited editions
- James Gillray
- Thomas Rowlandson (Newsletter)
- Brattlecast #82: The Only Constant is Change (Podcast)
- Brattlecast #81: One Book Collections (Podcast)
Featured item:
Perrault, Charles. LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD
(New York: McLoughlin Bros., nd. ca. 1870) A particularly wonderful edition and presentation of one of the most famous of all fairy tales. With beautiful colour covers by Howard and illustrations within including 6 extremely fine full-page chromo-lithographs. 4to, publisher's original stiff wraps printed pictorially in a very fine chromo-lithographic process. 16 pp, including the covers. A fine copy, as well preserved as might possibly be expected.
RARE. A classic tale, beautifully illustrated. In this version of the story, as has been typically produced for some time now, Red Riding Hood and her Grandmother are both rescued by the woodsmen. Perrault's original of 1697 had a much harsher ending.
Offered by Buddenbrooks, Inc. and found in "Classics of Childhood."
- E-list #46: Japanese Internment During World War II *New*
- E-list #45: Glimpses: The Outsider Photography of Gloria Alten
ANDREW CAHAN, BOOKSELLER, LTD.
- A Brief Ollapod of Early Imprints (& a manuscript) 1495-1800
- Catalog 8: Mostly Works from the 15th-18th Centuries, with a Scatter of Modern Material
Featured item:
FIRST EDITION of antiquary and physician Walter Charleton's refutation of Inigo Jones's assertion that Stonehenge was a Roman product; Charleton famously posits here that the Dance of Giants was in fact built by Danish Vikings. Charleton, one of the first Fellows elected to the Royal Society, quotes early writers on Stonehenge, including Camden, and also excerpts Jones's 1655 work, the earliest scholarly study of the great monument. Charleton was a devoted royalist who dedicates his treatise to Charles II, and, in the name of the King, studiously compares Stonehenge to similar structures in Denmark, examining both the symbolism and the architectural features, and claiming the Salisbury monument was the site of the inauguration of ancient kings. But Charleton never visited the Danish kingdom personally, instead relying on his correspondence with the Danish antiquary, Ole Worm. Chorea Gigantum bears two folding engraved plates of views of Stonehenge, and the first appearance of a laudatory poem by Dryden on Charleton's antiquarian labors.
Offered by W.S. Cotter Rare Books.
- New catalog available — Contact clarebooks@roadrunner.com/(716) 688-8723 to request…
- Autumn Arrivals (October 2020) *New*
- Americana
Featured item:
by J.R.R. Tolkien
8vo. London: George Allen & Undwin Ltd, 1955. First edition, first state. Red cloth in original unrestored dust jacket. Jacket spine lightly toned. Slight foxing to endpapers.
Offered by James Cummins, Bookseller, and found in their new catalog "Autumn Arrivals."
- 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 30: 19th C. American Paper: Manuscripts, Broadsides & Prints
- List 18: New Series -- 19th Century American Books
- New Arrivals (October 6, 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 25: Varia (49 items of diverse interest)
- Catalog of Handmade Cuban Books (Videos)
- E-list 75: Miscellany -- Medical Menus, Unicef and Communism, World Tolerance & Of Course the Children
- E-list 74: August Virtual Special Edition -- Bits of this and that & Of Course, the Children...
Featured item:
A Grouping of Three Mock-ups for Woodworking Design Books
United Kingdom. c1890. A collection of three woodworking design books featuring pen and ink stencils and applied cuts for layouts. Each of the covers of the books have titles pasted onto them. The titles are: Original Designs Book, Designs for Woodcrafting, and Designs for Chip Carving.
The 'Design for Chip Carving' book appears to have a souvenir blank notebook published by the art department of 'Pure Boots Drug Company' that was then repurposed. The Chip Carving book also features both pasted in printed applied cuts and pen and ink stencils. The stencils are hand drawn of a variety of different filigree - mainly with floral elements- and animals. There are three animal stencils, the first is a flock of birds, the second has dragon flies and goldfish, and the third images features two owls sitting on a branch with two bats flying around the moon. The printed applied cuts feature more traditional geometric designs, as well as some floral designs. These designs were for picture frames, mirrors, brushes, furniture, shelves, and various boxes (ex. cigar box). Two of the books are completely filled, one, Chip Carving, is half filled.
Measures 11" x 8 ½”(largest), 9 ½”x 6 ½”(smallest). The two smaller books have 24 pp each and the larger about 40pp.
Offered by Eclectibles and found in "E-list #74" (item #13).
- Text Manuscripts Update (Fall 2020) *New*
- "Sleepers" (or Sleeping) on the Text Manuscripts Site (Blog)
RODGER FRIEDMAN RARE BOOK STUDIO
- East Germany *New*
- Circus
Featured item:
Labels dated late 1950’s through 1960’s. 300 by 200mm (11¾ by 7¾ inches). Quarter‐cloth album; [88] lvs. 5 to 20 labels per leaf, mostly 10 to 15 per leaf. Label sizes vary, but most 50 by 35mm (2 by 1 3/8 inches) and as large as 100 by 75mm (4 by 3 inches). Very few, if any, labels missing. Labels are sorted by topic on each page, with the number of labels on each page noted in pencil. Topics include: East German sports; traffic safety; recommended exercise regimens; national hygiene museum; Berlin; cosmonauts; various celebrations; and of course, fire safety. Interestingly, some album leaves are recycled paper with mimeographed text of various topics such as a student’s workbook on political economy, or socialism studies. Most labels in excellent condition. Minor scuffing and wear to album covers and spine.
East German smokers could avail themselves of matches from one of two factories: “Riesa” and “Coswik” ‐ both represented in this album, although this smoker favored Riesa. VEB Zündholzfabrik Riesa was founded in 1923, at its height had 600 employees, and liquidated in 1994. Riesa was the last match factory in Germany. The name was auctioned off, and Riesa matches are still available today ‐ made in China. During East German 7mes, up to 70% of production was exported to the west, making it an East German economic success. Its competitor, the Coswig (Anhalt) factory operated from 1900 to 1992 and in addition to matches manufactured explosives. Both Riesa and Coswig factory buildings remain today as boarded up “industrial ruin porn”. An extensive collection of East German graphic design; unusual in such a complete state.
Offered by Mark Funke, Bookseller and featured in their latest catalog “East Germany.”
- 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...
THOMAS A. GOLDWASSER RARE BOOKS
DAVID A. HAMILTON AMERICANA BOOKS
- American Acts and Laws (October 2020) *New*
- Civil War & Slavery
JONATHAN A. HILL, BOOKSELLER, INC.
- E-list 166: 45 New Arrivals | Sol Lewitt, Gertrude Stein, Jim Harrison, Bruce Nauman
- E-list #165: 40 New Arrivals
- CTRL+P -- Joint catalog with Ben Kinmont, Simon Beattie, & Justin Croft
- New Acquisitions, July 2020
- Getman Vitrual Fair October 6-8, 2020 *New*
- Miniature Miscellany (May 2020)
- CTRL+P -- Joint catalog with Honey & Wax Booksellers, Simon Beattie, & Justin Croft
- Job Printing, 1644-2012
- 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 (August 2020)
- New Arrivals (January 2020)
MICHAEL LAIRD RARE BOOK & MANUSCRIPTS
- E-list #6: African Americana
- Houston Book Fair -- a joint list with McBride Rare Books
- Legal History, Philosophy of Law, Jurisprudence: 30 Titles (October 6, 2020) *New*
- English & American Broadsides: 30 Items (September 29, 2020)
DAVID M. LESSER, FINE ANTIQUARIAN BOOKS
- Political Cartoons, Satire and Lithographs
- Catalogue 176, Rare Americana (August-September, 2020)
LIBER ANTIQUUS, EARLY PRINTED BOOKS & MANUSCRIPTS
- On Our Shelves No. 27 – Beast and Man in India (Video)
- Rare Book Moment 26: Look for relationships in your collection (Video)
J. & J. LUBRANO MUSIC ANTIQUARIANS
- Augusta Read Thomas (Online Exhibition) *New*
- New Antiquarian Music List
STUART LUTZ HISTORIC DOCUMENTS
- Recent Occult Additions (Sept. 2020)
- Poster Print Art (June 2020)
- 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
- Fall List of Early Continental Books
- September List -- Recent acquisitions of early printing with a special emphasis on alchemy/chemistry, witchcraft, and magic
Featured item:
Erklarung der Perihelbewegung des Merkur aus der allgemeinen Relativitatstheorie
Albert Einstein
“Einstein was in the throes of one of the most concentrated frenzies of scientific creativity in history. He was working, he said, ‘horrendously intensely’”. –Isaacson, referring to Einstein’s work on his November 1915 papers.
“During the past month I had one of the most exciting and strenuous times of my life, but also one of the most successful ones.” –Einstein, in a letter to Sommerfeld, on November 28, 1915.
FIRST PRINTING IN ORIGINAL WRAPPERS of one of Einstein's most important papers: his landmark work of November 18, 1915, containing the development and confirmation of crucial elements of his general theory of relativity.
By autumn 1915, Einstein experienced a “crisis” in his work on his gravitational equations and the general theory of relativity, forcing him to abandon several key elements of his earlier work. In October 1915, “Einstein shifted his focus from the physical strategy, which emphasized his feel for the basic principles of physics, and returned to a greater reliance on a mathematical strategy, which made use of the Riemann and Ricci tensors... ‘Einstein’s reversal,’ writes John Norton, ‘parted the waters and led him from bondage into the promised land of general relativity’... The result was an exhausting, four-week frenzy during which Einstein wrestled with a succession of tensors, equations, corrections, and updates that he rushed to the Prussian Academy in a flurry of four Thursday lectures” (Isaacson).
In Einstein's paper of November 18th (the third paper in the four-part weekly lecture series), he "presents two of his greatest discoveries. Each of these changed his life. The first result was that his theory ‘explains... quantitatively... the secular rotation of the orbit of Mercury, discovered by Le Verrier,... without the need of any special hypothesis.’ This discovery was, I believe, by far the strongest emotional experience in Einstein’s scientific life, perhaps in all his life. Nature had spoken to him. He had been right. ‘For a few days, I was beside myself with joyous excitement’. Later, he told Fokker that his discovery had given him palpitations of the heart. What he told de Haas is even more profoundly significant: when he saw that his calculations agreed with the unexplained astronomical observations, he had the feeling that something actually snapped in him...” (Pais).
The second discovery in Einstein’s November 18th paper was that “the bending of light is twice as large as he had found earlier.” This correct value would make Einstein an international celebrity when it was found to be accurate after the measurements taken during the May 1919 eclipse.
The discoveries in his November 18th paper formed an essential part of the more formal, complete presentation of the general theory that appeared in his 1916 paper in Annalen der Physik. See: Isaacson, Einstein, pp. 211-221 and Pais, Subtle is the Lord pp.250-261.
IN: Sitzungsberichte der Königlich Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften. Berlin: Verlag der Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, 1915. Vol. 47. pp. 831-839. Quarto, original wrappers (almost invisibly) rebacked and trimmed; otherwise fine. Housed in custom box. RARE.
Offered by Manhattan Rare Book Company and found in "Albert Einstein."
- 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
BRUCE MCKITTRICK RARE BOOKS, INC.
- Leaps & Bounds: New Acquisitions After May 2020
- New Acquisitions to the Bishop Collection of Thomas Bird Mosher and the Mosher Press (May 2020)
- Father's Day Gift Offerings
- E-list: Stocking Stuffers (Newsletter)
- Catalog 52, September 2020 -- by subscription only. Contact oldwestbooks@earthlink.net for details about obtaining a copy.
R & A PETRILLA, ANTIQUARIAN BOOKSELLERS
PHILADELPHIA RARE BOOKS & MANUSCRIPTS
- Books in Dutch *New*
- Portugal/Portuguese *New*
- Conduct *New*
- 16th-Century Books *New*
PHILLIP J. PIRAGES FINE BOOKS & MEDIEVAL MANUSCRIPTS
Featured item:
FIELDING, HENRY., THE HISTORY OF TOM JONES, A FOUNDLING.
(London: The Navarre Society Ltd., [ca. 1900]). 180 x 113 mm. (7 1/8 x 4 1/2"). Six volumes. Edited by George Saintsbury. One of 2,000 copies.
VERY FINE BURGUNDY MOROCCO, HANDSOMELY GILT AND ONLAID, BY THE HARCOURT BINDERY OF BOSTON (stamp-signed on front flyleaf), boards with triple fillet border, EACH COVER WITH AN ELABORATE HERALDIC FRAME OF GILT AND ONLAID GREEN MOROCCO around an empty oval, raised bands, very pretty gilt spine compartments featuring looping tendril frame enclosing a charming flower centerpiece, densely gilt turn-ins, marbled endpapers, top edges gilt. Six frontispieces by George Cruikshank showing scenes from the book. A VERY FINE COPY, the bindings especially bright, and the text with virtually no signs of use.
This is a very attractively bound copy of Fielding's 18th century classic and a landmark publication, first printed in 1749. Cross says that "No one before Fielding had ever written a novel comparable with his in its reliance upon contemporary facts of human nature, and this brilliant and innovative narrative met with such immediate commercial success that the first printing was sold out before its printing could be finished, and at least four more editions were published in the same year as the first." "Tom Jones" is divided into 18 books, each preceded by an introductory essay (wherein can be found some of Fielding's best prose) on some theme more or less connected with the story, in the manner subsequently adopted by Thackeray and George Eliot. The plot begins with the finding and raising of Tom by Squire Allworthy and his sister Bridget and then follows Tom's adventures, many amorous, after his banishment from the Allworthy house prompted by bad behavior. In the comic ending, mysteries are revealed and relationships set aright. Day says this was the first avowed novel in English (Fielding's precursor, Defoe, claimed his stories were true and Richardson said that his were akin to sermons), and a work that some still call the greatest novel in English because of its attention to characters set against the backdrop of society. Inspired by the Arts & Crafts movement that had spread to New England, the Harcourt Bindery was founded in 1900 to provide hand bookbinding services for the books produced by a burgeoning number of private presses. With plenty of shelf appeal, the present set is an excellent example of their high-quality work.
Offered by Phillip J. Pirages Fine Books & Medieval Manscripts and found in "Books in Multiple Volumes."
- The Bunker Hill Archive (Newsletter)
- New Historical Documents (Newsletter)
RABELAIS BOOKS ON FOOD & DRINK
RICHARD C. RAMER, OLD & RARE BOOKS
- Special List 388: The Dutch in Brazil and Around the World *New*
- Special List 387, Climate, Weather, Storms
- LIST 327: LIMITED EDITIONS CLUB -- 136 titles
- LIST 326: SPRING MISCELLANY: Books, Pamphlets, Manuscripts, Photographs, and Ephemera
- Fine Literature -- a joint catalog with James Cummins Bookseller
- New York NY
B&L ROOTENBERG RARE BOOKS & MANUSCRIPTS
BARRY LAWRENCE RUDERMAN ANTIQUE MAPS, INC.
- Recent Catalogued (October 6, 2020) *New*
- Recently Catalogued (September 22, 2020)
- What's Inside the Rare Book Room Cherrywood Case? Part Two
- What's Inside the Rare Book Room Cherrywood Case? Part One
Featured item:
Albert Huyot. (1872–1968)
Original watercolor and collage by the French painter and designer, incorporating visual motifs inspired by the body of a string instrument and the name "Bach" as collage element in the upper left. The artist's signature stamp in the lower right. Fine. 10.83 x 14.37 inches (27.5 x 36.5 cm).
A successful painter and designer, Albert Huyot was one of the many prominent students taught by Gustave Moreau (1826–1898).
Offered by Schubertiade Music & Arts and found in "Fall 2020 Catalog."
- 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...
MARC SELVAGGIO, BOOKS & EPHEMERA
Featured item:
by An Oxonian (John Leech (1817 - 1864) - Illustrator)
London. Bradbury & Evans, 1859. (1st Edition). x, 220, [4 ads] pp. Black and white illustrations throughout, including a full color fold out opposite of title page and 4 full page plates. 7-7/8" x 6". Original green publishers cloth, with gilt illustration to upper board and gilt on back strip, AEG. A VG copy, rubbed at edges and corners, gilt is bright, joints tender, some light chipping to leaves, full color plate is reinforced by cloth tape to verso. Bookplate from "Helen O'Neil Logan" Light soiling and foxing to leaves, internally clean and bright.
Offered by Tavistock Books and found in "Something New, Something Old: A Short List."
- Too Much of a Good Thing? (Blog)
- Just in the Nick of Time, Some Timely Thoughts by a Giuest Blogger (Blog)
MICHAEL R. THOMPSON RARE BOOKS
- Autumn New Arrivals List: Women's Studies, Racial Equality, Fine Printing, Theology, Children's Books, etc. *New*
- Autumn Women's Catalog: Education, Diversity, Travel, & More
- E-list #27: Women's Rights, African -Americana, Gay Rights, Civil Rights...
- E-list #24 Women's Rights & Protest Ephemera
Featured item:
Edited by Ian Birch
1981. First printing of this vital and colorful book that both helped document and launch the New Romantic movement.
Offered by Type Punch Matrix and featured in their new list "Ten Books in Modern Fashion."
- New Acquisitions (May 5, 2020)
- New York Addundum
JOHN WINDLE ANTIQUARIAN BOOKSELLER
Featured item:
BEHMEN, JAKOB. XL. Questions Concerning the Soule... [bound with] The Clavis, or Key. Or, an Exposition of Some Principall Matters, and Words in the Writings of Jacob Behmen
London: Matthew Simmons, 1647. 2 parts in one, sm. 4to, 2 in 1. [14], 155, [6], 28, + [2] ad pp, errata leaf. With folding engraved chart of The Figure of The Philosophique Globe, or Eye of ye Wonders of Eternity, or Looking Glass of Wisdom. Original calf ruled in blind, small old paper shelf labels on backstrip. Bookplate of the Macclesfield South Library (Sapere Aude) and shelf mark 165 b 18. Early ink signature “Jo. Boseweth” on title, blind-stamped crest on title-page almost invisible.
Jakob Böhme was a German philosopher, Christian mystic, and Lutheran Protestant theologian. In one interpretation of Böhme’s cosmology (as represented in the engraved chart), it was necessary for humanity to return to God, and for all original unities to undergo differentiation, desire and conflict as in the rebellion of Satan, the separation of Eve from Adam and their acquisition of the knowledge of good and evil in order for creation to evolve to a new state of redeemed harmony that would be more perfect than the original state of innocence, allowing God to achieve a new self-awareness by interacting with a creation that was both part of, and distinct from, himself. Free will becomes the most important gift God gives to humanity, allowing us to seek divine grace as a deliberate choice while still allowing us to remain individuals. Institutional plate from South Library. Ownership mark on title page.
Offered by John Windle Antiquarian Bookseller and found in "God Help Us!"
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