Catalogues

Symonds Rare Books Ltd

Specialities : Incunabula , Manuscripts , Natural history , Science and technology , Travel , Poetry , History , Religion , Occult , Prints and drawings

We invite you to take a look at our selection of rare and interesting books on diverse subjects from the dawn of printing to the present day.

On this important occasion, we would like to show you presentation copies and autographs, including a page from the score of the main theme of Casino Royale (1967) by Burt Bacharach (n. 11) and a presentation copy by the great Italian Romantic Ugo Foscolo (n. 5) of his translation of Sterne’s Sentimental Journey (1814).

A wonderful leaf from a 1455 Gutenberg Bible (n. 21) is included in our selection of manuscripts and incunabula, which further features a breviary from the Abbey of St. Loup of Troyes (n. 14) and a wonderful printed border by Johann Zainer of Ulm (n. 19).

One of our best represented categories, Natural History will showcase an exceptional volume of the Historia Naturalis by Pliny (n. 43) and a rare floral book on Antigua by Lydia Byam (n. 37), inter alia.

The section on the History of Science highlights the complete Philosophical Collections (1679 - 82), which were edited by Robert Hooke and presented some of the most important discoveries of the 17th century for the first time (n. 50). Furthermore, there is the first book ever printed with embossed types for the blind, using a technology that predates the Braille alphabet.

The great occultist Aleister Crowley formed a special relationship with John Symonds, his literary executor. We are also proud to present unique Crowley items, including an unpublished drawing from Thelema Abbey of 1921 (n. 113) and the holograph manuscript of The King of the Shadow Realm (n. 110), the biography of Aleister Crowley by Symonds.

Art objects include a very rare, signed and dated, bronze cast of the death mask of Joseph Stalin (n. 115) and a fine contemporary portrait of Charles Dickens, aged about 49 (n. 117).

We hope you will enjoy browsing the history of ideas and experience the many wonders of the past.

The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd.

Specialities : Law , Early printing , Manuscripts , Old and rare books , Pamphlets

We are pleased to share the list of items we plan to display at the New York Antiquarian Book Fair, March 5-8, 2020.

It includes:

- a subscriber’s copy of the first American edition of Blackstone’s Commentaries
- a first edition of the first English treatise on matrimonial law
- a penitential manual from 1500 in verse
- a well-illustrated 1565 digest of military law and practice in the Holy Roman Empire

Sims Reed Ltd

Specialities : Bindings , Artists' Books , Manuscripts

Sims Reed Ltd.
Winter 2019 catalogue
Rare Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper

Librairie Fabrice Teissèdre

Specialities : History , Travel , Autographs , Manuscripts

Központi Antikvárium

Specialities : Atlases and maps , Avant Garde , Bibliophilia , Manuscripts , Natural history , Old and rare books , Photography

Containing 199 lots. We accept phone bid applications and absentee bids by e-mail.

Librairie Fabrice Teissèdre

Specialities : Old and rare books , History , Manuscripts , Heraldry , First Editions

The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd.

Specialities : Early printing , Law , Manuscripts , Old and rare books , Ephemera , Pamphlets

Richard C. Ramer

Specialities : Manuscripts , Poetry , History

30 manuscripts, with full-color illustrations

Hordern House Rare Books, Manuscripts & Paintings.

Specialities : Travel , Pacificana , Manuscripts

Announcing our new catalogue which includes:
The Arias Memorial, the single most important printed work on the enigmatic figure of Torres. Of signal importance for the history of Torres Strait and for the 1605-1607 voyage of Quirós and Torres, as originally described in the early seventeenth century. Its rediscovery and publication in 1773 have ensured its survival since a first publication in the 1630s. Extremely rare: this copy is the only one known to have been sold in many decades;

A fine original drawing from the Dumont d'Urville expedition of 1837-1840 showing the mouth of the Paiu river (today known as the Lawrence River) at Vanikoro one of the Santa Cruz Islands in the Solomons, where the French established that the La Pérouse expeditioners ended their days. This is the original drawing for plate 97 in Dumont d'Urville's Atlas pittoresque du Voyage au Pôle Sud et dans l'Océanie sur les corvettes l'Astrolabe et la Zélée (Paris, 1846).

Livres Anciens N. Rousseau

Specialities : Illustrated books , Local history , Manuscripts , Autographs , Prints and drawings

Le Général Boulanger et le Boulangisme à travers les partitions (dont certaines très rares), documents, placards et quelques livres.