Below you will find catalogs, newsletters, and e-lists of rare books, fine bindings, incunabula, print ephemera, and much more announced or brought to our attention during the past month by the members of the ABAA.
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Featured item:
CONAN DOYLE, Arthur. The Hound of the Baskervilles
London: George Newnes, 1902. Octavo, original pictorial black- and gilt-stamped red cloth.
First edition, first issue, of the third Sherlock Holmes novel, widely regarded as the best of the series and "one of the most gripping stories in the English language," with 16 illustrations by Sidney Paget. A beautiful copy.
Although Conan Doyle had killed off his most famous character by sending him over the Reichenbach Falls while grappling with Professor Moriarty in "The Final Problem" (December 1893), his readership demanded the sleuth's return. The author obliged with this, the third—and still considered by many the best—Sherlock Holmes novel, carefully positioned on the title page as "another adventure" of Holmes. "But," as Howard Haycraft notes, "the seed of doubt was planted"; and while the novel proved an immediate success, readers continued to press for more. Conan Doyle finally relented and engineered Holmes' "resurrection" in 1903. The Hound of the Baskervilles remains "one of the most gripping books in the language" (Crime & Mystery 100 Best 6). "The supernatural is handled with great effect and no letdown. The plot and subplots are thoroughly integrated and the false clues put in and removed with a master hand. The criminal is superb… and the secondary figures each contribute to the total effect of brilliancy and grandeur combined. One wishes one could be reading it for the first time" (Barzun & Taylor 1142). First issue, with "you" for "your" on page 13, line 3 and the illustration facing page 76 reversed (as it was originally in the Strand Magazine, October 1901). Without extremely scarce dust jacket. Green & Gibson A26. De Waal A87.
Interior clean, with none of the usual foxing, only slightest toning to spine, gilt exceptionally bright. A beautiful copy of this classic.
Offered by Bauman Rare Books and found in "Spring 2021."
BERNETT PENKA RARE BOOKS
BETWEEN THE COVERS RARE BOOKS
ROBIN BLEDSOE BOOKS
- "A Short list of auction and bookseller catalogues on historic and designer bindings." A .pdf is available upon request from robin.bledsoe1@verizon.net... *New*
THE BOOKPRESS, LTD.
BOOKS TELL YOU WHY, INC.
BOSTON RARE MAPS, INC.
BRATTLE BOOK SHOP
BROMER BOOKSELLERS
BUDDENBROOKS, INC.
Feature item:
Smith, Adam. AN INQUIRY INTO THE NATURE AND CAUSES OF THE WEALTH OF NATIONS
(Glasgow: Printed by and for Chapman, 1805) 4 volumes. The First Glasgow Edition, the First Printing of the Wealth of Nations in Scotland and the First to Contain a Portrait of the Author.
Provenance: William Morris; Charles MacGarvey. 12mo (175 x 105 mm.; 6 7/8 x 4 1/8 inches), a completely unrestored set handsomely bound in contemporary polished calf, the original backs fully gilt with the compartments separated by triple gilt filleted and stippled lines, the compartments gilt decorated with fine central ornaments tooled in gilt, the covers with double gilt ruled lins at the borders enclosing a rolled border tooled in blindedges and endleaves marbled. viii, 304; iv, 286; iv, 284, [4]; [ii], 280 pp.
A handsome set in original period polished calf unrestored, the bindings with a bit of wear at the edges and to the outer joints and hinges, some rubbing to the tails of the spines, one head-cap with a small chip, the inner hinges strong and unbroken, the text-blocks tight and clean, some mellowing to the paper as is normal, a pleasing survival of a scarce book. HIGHLY IMPORTANT AND RARE FIRST AMERICAN EDITION IN ORIGINAL PERIOD BINDING GILT WITH FINE PROVENANCE. PERHAPS THE GREATEST BOOK EVER WRITTEN IN THE HISTORY OF ECONOMIC THOUGHT.
Offered by Buddenbrooks, Inc. and found in "Recent Acquisitions (May 2021)."
BURNSIDE RARE BOOKS
THE CAPTAIN'S BOOKSHELF
Featured item:
HUGHES, LANGSTON. The Weary Blues.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1931. First Printing of the "Special Cheaper Edition". 16mo. Approx. 4.5 x 6.375 in. 109 + [1] pp. Special Cheaper Edition of Langston Hughes' first poetry book. With an introduction by Carl van Vechten, author and patron of the Harlem Renaissance. Very good in original yellow cloth. The striking Miguel Covarrubias dust jacket is chipped and has seperated at the spine -- good only.
Inscribed by Langston Hughes to Howard and Alice Kester a year after publication. Kester was a white American religious leader, social activist, and organizer noted for his work in the Southern Tenant Farmers' Union, and other organizations devoted to racial justice including the NAACP.
Offered by The Captain's Bookshelf and found in "A Signed Miscellany for May."
CAROLINIANA
THE COLOPHON BOOK SHOP
JAMES CUMMINS BOOKSELLER
DEWOLFE & WOOD
DOWNTON BROWN BOOKS, LLC
LES ENLUMINURES
Featured item:
CONRADUS DE SAXONIA [CONRAD HOLTNICKER OF SAXONY], Sermones de sanctis et de communi sanctorum and Speculum Beatae Virginis Mariae [Mirror of the Blessed Virgin Mary]; with Sermons by ALDOBRANDINUS DE CAVALCANTIBUS, ANTONIUS AZARO OF PARMA, MARTINUS POLONUS and unidentified authors In Latin, decorated manuscript on parchment Austria (Vienna?) or Southern Germany, c. 1275-1300
i (parchment) + 190 folios on parchment, modern foliation in pencil, top outer recto, 1-61, 61bis, 62-72, 72bis, 73-188 (collation, i-xix10), quires i-xviii signed in Roman numerals jus -xiijus in center lower margin of final verso, ff. 1-98, 109- 117 ruled very faintly with full-length vertical bounding lines, ff. 98v-108v, 117v-188v ruled in brown ink with fulllength horizontal and vertical bounding lines, prickings visible in upper, lower, and outer margins (justification, 141- 143 x 96-100 mm.), text written in a rapid Gothic hand with cursive influence in two columns of thirty-two to thirtyseven lines, ff. 1-40v written in pale brown ink, ff. 41-188 written in dark brown ink, guide notes for rubrication partially visible in lower margin (ff. 119, 122, 125, 128v), red rubrics, majuscules and names of cited authorities stroked in red, rhymed phrases underlined in red, red paraphs, 2- and 3-line plain red initials, 2-line red initial on f. 131v has some flourishing in red, corrections in scribe’s hand, partially cropped in the outer margin of f. 79, medieval marginal notes in several hands with some notes cropped in the outer margin of f. 89, pointing hands, narrow gap in parchment along outer margin of f. 72bis stitched with green thread, rust stain in outer margin of ff. 184-188 from nail protruding from inside of the lower board, on ff. 187-188 the rust has begun to eat away at the parchment at this location. Bound in fifteenth-century red calf blind-tooled with intersecting diagonal triple fillets within a rectangular triple fillet frame, forming four lozenges stamped with five-petalled rosettes and eight triangles stamped with headed edge stamps, and with scrolls stamped below and, on the upper board, above the fillet frame, over wooden boards with three double bands, with eight engraved and bossed cornerpieces, fore-edge clasp, back to front, chain hasp at the top of the lower board with chain intact and terminating in a ring, stamp partially visible in the inside of the lower board in the lower outer corner, front flyleaf is a parchment bifolium on which psalms have been copied in a late fourteenth- or early fifteenth-century gothic bookhand, rotated so that the fold runs horizontally across the leaf and the outer side of the bifolium serves as the recto, cropped along one outer edge (now the bottom edge), with red wax seal with coat of arms on its present outer edge, pastedown on lower board is a parchment manuscript leaf containing a passage from Deuteronomy, copied in a fourteenth- or fifteenth-century gothic bookhand, cropped on its left side and pasted upside down, modern repair reattaching the back cover with new material sewn to the exiting thongs and laced into the cover boards under the exiting laced-in tabs, in excellent condition. Dimensions 182 x 127 mm.
This collection of some of the most important works by the early Franciscan writer, Conrad of Saxony, was copied not long after their composition. In spite of its wide circulation, there are only four copies of the Speculum beatae Mariae virginis recorded in the United States and it is rare on the market (only one copy recorded as sold in the last century). It survives in a handsome fifteenth-century binding in a remarkably fine state of preservation, including a chain attached to its lower board attesting to its use in a late medieval chained reference library.
Offered by Les Enluminures and found in "E-catalogue 7: Cover to Cover."
EVENING STAR BOOKS
MARK FUNKE, BOOKSELLER
GOLDEN LEGEND
JAMES GRAY BOOKSELLER
DONALD A. HEALD RARE BOOKS
JONATHAN A. HILL, BOOKSELLER, INC.
JEFF HIRSCH BOOKS
MICHAEL LAIRD RARE BOOK & MANUSCRIPTS
THE LAWBOOK EXCHANGE, LTD.
- Continental Law, 1574-1863: 30 Items (June 1, 2021) *New*
- A Nineteenth-Century Lawyer’s Library: 32 Items (May 25, 2021) *New*
- Recent Acquisitions: English Reporters, 1608-1793 (May 18, 2021) *New*
- Recent Acquisitions: English, American & Continental Law, 1566-1930 (May 11, 2021) *New*
- American Law Before 1860, Part II: 30 Items (May 4, 2021) *New*
DAVID M. LESSER, FINE ANTIQUARIAN BOOKS
LIBER ANTIQUUS, EARLY PRINTED BOOKS & MANUSCRIPTS
J. & J. LUBRANO MUSIC ANTIQUARIANS
LUX MENTIS BOOKSELLERS
MAIN STREET FINE BOOKS & MANUSCRIPTS
JEFFREY D. MANCEVICE, INC.
MARE BOOKSELLERS
MCBRIDE RARE BOOKS
BRUCE MCKITTRICK RARE BOOKS, INC.
NUDELMAN RARE BOOKS
PHILADELPHIA RARE BOOKS & MANUSCRIPTS
RICHARD C. RAMER, OLD & RARE BOOKS
WILLIAM REESE COMPANY
WALTER REUBEN, INC.
RIVERRUN BOOKS & MANUSCRIPTS
B&L ROOTENBERG RARE BOOKS & MANUSCRIPTS
RULON-MILLER BOOKS
KEN SANDERS RARE BOOKS
SAVOY BOOKS
SECOND LIFE BOOKS
SECOND STORY BOOKS
TAVISTOCK BOOKS
TEN POUND ISLAND BOOK COMPANY
MICHAEL R. THOMPSON RARE BOOKS
TOMBERG RARE BOOKS
Featured item:
An archive of Myra Friedman’s biography of Janis Joplin, Buried Alive
Included: 15 files of primary source documents
-Review Clippings & Printouts (2 Files)
*Approximately 80 newspaper and magazine clippings, printouts, recording book reviews of Friedman’s, Echols’ and Laura Joplin biographies
-Special Letters (2 Files)
-Movie Content Related
-Emails and Correspondence
* Fan letters: 1973-1990s, + duplicates. The photocopies are mostly letters that were sent to Morrow, then copied by Friedman’s editor and sent to her
* 33 pages; 10 photocopies, 19 pages + duplicates
-Communication with Peter Hoffman - Financier & Producer
*Friedman’s suit against Peter Hoffman regarding movie rights, Joplin retrospectives etc. 1970-2007
Ebay Material:
Printouts of eBay sales of original Joplin MS and tambourine, 6 pages 2000-2001
Burning Alive Script Draft & Other related Material
Incomplete draft for a film version of Buried Alive, 16 pages with some missing (effect continuity of narrative
Fair Use Legal Issues & Copyright Law
Additional film material, contributor release form for a 2007 VH1 interview
Janis: Land Interview
Contributor Release: Scavello, Janis Garden Party, Letter of Authenticity
-Letters from the American Society of Composers, Artists and Publishers
-Agencies & Lawyers for Biopic
-Contemporary Authors Bio Form
-Random Ephemera
The files in this collection contain Friedman’s Correspondences clipping collection, documenting Joplin’s continuing influence on popular culture, extensive correspondence (a large file of printed-out emails), and documents. Slides of record covers, incomplete letters and emails are also present.
-Hand written letters with original envelopes
Myra Friedman (1932 -2010) was born and raised in St. Louis. After majoring in music at Northwestern University she worked for Decca Records and then Columbia. In 1968 Friedman went to work for Albert Grossman, Janis Joplin’s manager, where she worked as Joplin’s publicist until Janis’s death in 1970.
Her now-standard biography of Joplin, Buried Alive, (New York, Morrow, 1973) was nominated for a National Book Award for biography and won the ASCAP-Deems Taylor Award for music writing.
This archive deals with with the reception of Buried Alive, as well as Friedman’s continuing interest in other Joplin-related projects.
Offered by Tomberg Rare Books and found in "E-list #1 of 2021."
THE VEATCHS ARTS OF THE BOOK
JEFF WEBER RARE BOOKS
CHARLES B. WOOD, BOOKSELLER
ROY YOUNG BOOKSELLER, INC.
Featured item:
Our Exagmination Round His Facification For Incamination Of Work In Progress; with Letters Of Protest By G.V.L. Slingby and Vladimir Dixon
by Beckett, Samuel, Marcel Brion, Frank Budgen, Stuart Gilbert, Eugene Jolas, Victor Llona, Robert McAlmon, Thomas McGreevy, Elliot Paul, John Rodker, Robert Sage, William Carlos Williams
London: Faber And Faber, (1929). First English language edition. Hardcover. 191 (2) pages. 19 x 14.5 cm. Published from the original French sheets. Critical essays on Joyce's "Finnegans Wake. Beckett, in Joyce's company at the time, and his essay (the first of the essays here published, by virtue of the alphabet) is his first publication notes, "It takes few intellectual prisoners: " . . . if you don’t understand it, Ladies and Gentlemen, it is because you are too decadent to receive it." Clean copy, pencil notations front free endpaper. Orig. azure blue cloth spine lettered in gilt. Near fine in very good dust wrapper with slightly faded spine.
Offered by Roy Young Bookseller and found in "New Arrivals: Mostly Literature."
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June 8-10, 2021
Doors will remain open continuously from 10am Central on Tuesday, June 8 until 1:30pm Central on Thursday, June 10.
Details: www.abaa.org/vbf
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