Bookseller Catalogs
258: From Spiritualism to Table Rappers & Medical Science. The Dr. Philip K. Wilson Library [P & R]
By Jeff Weber Rare Books
258: From Spiritualism to Table Rappers & Medical Science. The Dr. Philip K. Wilson Library [P & R] Approximately 95 books on spiritualism, ghosts, medical history, medical oddities, and more.
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TRAVEL IN JAPAN - From 17th to the 20th Century It is simple-minded perhaps to propose the example of Japanese tourists from the recent past as a proof of the cultural importance of travel in traditional Japan...
SATELLITE 1 - The Woven Prayer Book: Cocoon to Codex Text by Matthew J. Westerby
The Satellite Series enables us to explore topics at the edges of our core inventory, looking ath the big picture and connections across media. It is fitting that the first "satellite" is focused on neo-Gothic books woven with silk. Matthew J. Westerby excellent essay presents new findings on five books programmed with punch cards and produced with Jacquard looms in Lyon for submission to the 1889 World's Fair.
E-list #29 A list particularly heavy in Architecture, Medical and Children's books, with a selection of autographs in the fields of Art, Law, Religion and Military.
The 2021 California International Antiquarian Book Fair Our books for the fair, in four categories.
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E-CATALOGUE FOUR: THE “I” IN MANUSCRIPT Manuscripts are, by definition, made by hand, and one of the thrills of studying them is connecting with the many people who made them, from the parchment or paper maker, to the scribe, the illuminator, and binder, and the many people who owned and read them down through the centuries. At times, though, these people can seem abstract and are often unnamed. It is thus exciting when the personal comes into focus and we meet the “I” in a manuscript, as it does in the case of each of the ten manuscripts in this varied list. Here we have scribes and original owners known by name, owner-produced books (or as we have called them, “selfie-books”), and biographies that by definition focus on the personal. For the collector and in the classroom, these manuscripts bring the Middle Ages and Renaissance alive.