What newly listed or catalogued items caught the eye this week? A rare astronomical textbook from 1482; a useful set of Firsts, a magazine about collecting first editions; and a first edition by today... [more {visitor:mbr_blog_screenname}]
Entries from June 2018
The following items have been reported missing: CHRISTIE, Agatha. Autographed letter signed ("Agatha Christie"), Winterbrook House, Wallingford, Berkshire, 20 August 1972. HUXLEY, Aldous (1894-1963). ... [more {visitor:mbr_blog_screenname}]
ABAA members and book lovers the world over mourn the loss of William Reese, antiquarian bookseller of New Haven, CT, and founder of the William Reese Company. He was universally acknowledged to be th... [more {visitor:mbr_blog_screenname}]
Five books caught the eye among this week's crop of new listings -- along with one unusual piece of jewelry! -- which proves you never know what you'll find in a rare book shop! Winne-the-Pooh (First ... [more {visitor:mbr_blog_screenname}]
Entries from May 2018
On October 4th, 1862, a children's literature tycoon was born. With his humble beginnings, of course, no one ever would have suspected that a talented writer and publisher was in their midst. Edward L... [more {visitor:mbr_blog_screenname}]
Which books and pieces of ephemera caught the eye among this week's crop of new listings? First editions of The Lord of the Rings, a medieval manuscript in a 15th-Century binding complete with library... [more {visitor:mbr_blog_screenname}]
Which books and pieces of ephemera caught the eye among this week's crop of new listings? A very early biography of Stalin, a protest poster from 1969, and a first edition of an influential poetry vol... [more {visitor:mbr_blog_screenname}]
This item is still missing as of 6/12/2019. Maggs Bros' copy of 'In Parenthesis' by David Jones was presumably stolen en-route to a dealer in Los Angeles, California. The package was delivered complet... [more {visitor:mbr_blog_screenname}]
What caught the eye among this week's crop of new listings? Why a signed letter from P.T. Barnum, a bound set of the Harvard Law Review (1984-2004), and a signed Christmas card from (arguably) the mos... [more {visitor:mbr_blog_screenname}]
UPDATE: This item has been recovered! The following item has been reported stolen: STOKER, BRAM. DRACULA. (Westminster: Archibald Constable and Company, 1897) 200 x 130 mm. (7 3/4 x 5 1/8"). ix, , 390... [more {visitor:mbr_blog_screenname}]