Bookseller Catalogs
Poetry of Protest and Power A century of politically committed poetry from the African Diaspora in the West, ranging from calls for equality and civil rights to the Black power movement and Afrocentrism.
Catalogue 60, Part 4: Voyages and Americana Autumn 2014. Presidents, pirates, explorers, and American literary greats with appearances by De Bry, Captain Cook, Captain Bligh, President Lincoln, and others.
Catalogue 60, Part 3: Association Books Summer 2014. A selection of signed and inscribed books, several extra-illustrated or with manuscripts laid in. From a 13th century bible from the library of Talleyrand to Where the Wild Things Are.
Catalogue 60, Part 2: Autographs and Manuscripts Spring 2014: This list features a broad array of autograph material from world leaders, musicians, artists, and writers. Churchill, Clemens, Einstein, Eliot, Elizabeth I, Hitler, Lincoln, Napoleon, Roosevelt, Thoreau, Wordsworth and more all lie within.
Catalogue 60, Part 1: Fine Books and Illuminated Manuscripts Spring 2014. The first in a series of lists which will present a large private library recently acquired from the San Francisco Bay Area. This list focuses on illuminated manuscripts but includes early books, fine press, and association material.
Americana – Mostly Made by Hand e-list No. 13 A selected group of ephemera demonstrating friendship and love, recognition for a job well done and freedom of thought and learning. Includes paper cutworks, Rewards of Merit, a puzzle purse and photographic keepsakes. Americana made by hand.
Ciphers, Menus & Shoes e-list No. 12 An eclectic list with ephemera and books of reading, writing, cutting and ciphers. It also includes a section of menus that provide information on notable historical events from the late 19th to early 20th centuries. The last category which is actually miscellany relates predominantly to the business of manufacturing shoes.
Occasional List 19: Undertakers 37 interesting items by or about people who undertake to get things done--one burial yes, but also sex, medicine, crime, and communication with the dead.
Indigenous activism and history in North America Native Americana, with emphasis on social movements