JUNE 2020 – NEW AND SHINY

Lux Mentis, Booksellers

“A list of new and shiny things to tempt and intrigue.”

THE BEATS: 112 Items

CHARLES AGVENT

“More than 100 items related to the Beat movement, nearly all new arrivals, with a few items from stock at reduced prices. Many of these wonderful pieces come from two libraries, that of R’Lene Dahlberg, widow of the writer Edward Dahlberg and friend of many authors, and that of one of the original Beats, Herbert Huncke.”

Occasional List 71

Garrett Scott Bookseller

“Early Ohio poetry, hydropathic coition, American imprints, Free Will
Baptists worried about the medical risks of self-abuse, how best to
throw a Methodist camp meeting, a likely unpublished manuscript argument
in favor of slavery dated 1855, rum-drinking by way of anarchist theory,
etc., etc.”

Electronic List 131: ABAA Virtual Book Fair, 2020

Ars Libri Ltd

“Rare books from the 17th – 21st centuries, and artworks by Manet, Tullio Crali, and Maurice Prendergast”

Early Spectacle Including rare prints

Golden Legend Bookshop

“A list of 48 plays, ballets and rare prints from before 1800.”

The Great West

Little Sages Books

“Recently catalogued items including many by George Wharton James with focus on California. Of note, First Edition of Bunnell’s Yosemite and several superb decorative publisher’s bindings.”

Signed Modern Firsts I: Achebe-Kunzru

Pryor-Johnson Rare Books

“The first part of a list of signed modern first editions. There is a broad range of period and genre, quite by accident, but still we hope it will be a little source of merriment in an era of dismay.”

LONDON RARE BOOK FAIR

MARLBOROUGH RARE BOOKS

“Including 50 rare, unusual and interesting works from the eighteenth through to the twentieth centuries.”

E-List 6: Historical Documents

Auger Down Books

“My newest list, which features two items of significant historical interest:

– A document signed by Richard Allen, African-American founder, bishop, abolitionist and chimney sweep, for services rendered at the Philadelphia hospital where he labored during the epidemic of 1793.

– A large document archive relating to conflict and trade in Revolutionary Latin America from the estate of Captain Eliphalet Smith, a prominent Massachusetts merchant who witnessed many seminal events firsthand and was involved in high profile cases involving Lord Cochrane of the Chilean Navy.”

Tuesday’s List: ABAA Virtual Book Fair

Ken Sanders Rare Books

“Items that we featured in our “virtual booth” at the ABAA Virtual Book Fair.”

E-List #1: A June Mini Miscellany, 1544-1886

That Guy With the Books

a Mini Miscellany, with a variety of 21 fresh and newly added titles.

Highlights include:

An 1803 edition of Hans Holbein’s Dance of Death, with etchings by Deuchar
A 1544 edition of Gropper’s Enchiridion Christianae Institutionis In Concilio Provinciali
A 1559 edition of Justin’s epitome of Pompeius Trogus’s “Historiae Philippicae”

Catalog 241: Miscellaneous Selections

Between the Covers Rare Books

“124 items, including signed and inscribed first editions, original art, typed manuscripts, broadsides, posters, and even an ancient bronze short sword!”

THE MODERN AGE – ARTISTS IMPRESSIONS OF THE 20TH CENTURY

Shapero Rare Books

“A sneak preview of our upcoming Catalogue, including a number of works currently on our virtual stand at Firsts Online.”

E-List No. 6: Ouch: Leftovers from the Virtual Book Fairs

Kate Mitas, Bookseller

“A unique hand-illustrated, hand-lettered book of erotic tales from the Decameron (#10); a wartime rodeo circuit rider’s photo album/scrapbook (#14); a rare poster commemorating the occupation of Alcatraz island by the Indians of All Tribes, by one of the foremost artists involved (#13); a young woman’s photograph album from her time at the Sargent School, which trained women as well as men in teaching physical education (#16); and the only available copy of a Peter and Donna Thomas deluxe artist’s book (#5).”

Topsy-Turvy: An upside down, back to front list

Deborah Coltham Rare Books

“A diverse selection from across the centuries, it includes various educational works for children penned by female authors, a rare musical ‘blook’, scarce parlour games including a veritable ‘box of delights’ retaining all the delicate tombola prizes, important works by Florence Nightingale, a poignant archive of letters written by a member of the WWII ‘Guinea Pig Club’ during a five year period as he underwent reconstructive facial surgery, as well as key scientific works from the 17th century by Boyle and Descartes.”

WORKS BY THE LATE AND GREAT ARTIST AND WRAPPER CHRISTO

Rootenberg Rare Books & Manuscripts

“A short list of works by the late artist Christo. All of these works come from the collection of a well-known California architect.”

Americana June 2020

Donald Heald Rare Books

“A new catalogue has been posted to our website, featuring some of the books, including new acquisitions, which we featured in this past weekend’s ABAA Virtual Book Fair.”

Rare books, manuscripts, prints & drawings

Samuel Gedge Ltd

“25 highlights for the ongoing Firsts Online 2020 book fair”

June 2020 New Arrivals

Evening Star Books

“A collection of literature, travel, philosophy, history, science, and other titles.”

Firsts London

Jason Rovito, Bookseller

“Highlights include: an archival group relating to San Francisco’s Processed World Collective (and their early critique of immaterial labour and digital culture), a scarce programme from a private London production of Picasso’s absurdist WWII play (accompanied by scathing newspaper reviews), a video artefact from the derivative-history of Guy Debord’s La société du spectacle, and an enquiry from Mass-Observation into the domestic labour and experience of “house-wives,” who constituted 90% of the interviewees in their enquiry into British housing.”

The Legacy Press

The Colophon Book Shop

“A new List of Legacy Press titles to feature their newest publication. Suave Mechanicals 6, edited by Julia Miller, is ready for shipping along with other Legacy Press publications related to Bookbinding, Papermaking, and Conservation.”

Riverrun Books New E-List

RIVERRUN BOOKS & MANUSCRIPTS

“A selection of newly cataloged books and manuscripts.”

Items Selected for Firsts: London’s Rare Book Fair

The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd.

“Items Selected for Firsts: London’s Rare Book Fair’

We Shall Shortly Be Invaded: A Collection of British Napoleonic War Broadsides

Maggs Bros. Ltd.

“The collection contains 25 broadsides warning the British public of the threat of invasion in the summer and autumn of 1803. They were designed to appeal to all strands of society, from magistrates and city financiers to provincial shopkeepers and agricultural workers, men as well as women.”

E-List 4: A Virtual Miscellany

Marc Selvaggio Books & Ephemera

“Brochures, Catalogues, Photography, Posters and Other Items on Divers Topics”

June 9, 2020 eList

Rulon-Miller Books

“Our lucky thirteenth e-list of 2020 – 3 pamphlets, 2 manuscripts, 1 letter, 1 book, 1 broadside, and a tract volume.”

Firsts 2020

Bernard Quaritch Ltd

“Our list of books for last weekend’s virtual fair, Firsts 2020.”

Gastronomy & economic precarity

Ben Kinmont, Bookseller

“The works are concerned with the diet and cuisine of the middle and lower classes, as well as those living in extreme poverty and in institutions such as hospitals and prisons. The books and ephemera in this list have been accumulated over several years and are a follow up to my earlier catalogue entitled There is also a need outside of here. All profits from Gastronomy & economic precarity will be donated to grassroots organizations that are helping people during this difficult time.”

ABAA Virtual Book Fair 2020

Bruce McKittrick Rare Books

“Recent acquisitions exhibited at the inaugural ABAA Virtual Book Fair. Highlights include the only copy known of an illuminated 16th-century Book of Hours, an illustrated description of a medieval board game, an oblong-small-format emblem book, hand-colored broadsides, a massive cut-and-paste album of world history with over 2000 portraits, and a large blue-paper copy.”

HIGHLIGHTS FOR FIRSTS LONDON 2020

Leo Cadogan Rare Books

“Twelve highlights for Firsts London 2020 (5-12 June). A sixteenth-century princess shows mercy on a widow, a John Milton spectacle is staged in Paris, an indigenous congregation rebuilds their church in Mexico, and more.”