Member Catalogues

History (including the Korean War), Art, Literature and Activism

The work of Charles van Sandwyk is a delight for all book lovers. Recalling an earlier age, his artwork portrays whimsical animals, fairies, and elves in unique, and sometimes magical settings. As a child, van Sandwyk immersed himself in the works of J. M. Barrie, Beatrix Potter, and J. R. R. Tolkien. These influences are evident in his own creations, as is his admiration for classic illustrator Arthur Rackham. Take a moment to delve into the world of Charles van Sandwyk. Be enchanted.

Assorted literature, ephemera, juvenilia, fiction, and historical items.

Highlights from our acquisitions throughout the year.

Issued jointly by Thomas A. Goldwasser Rare Books and James S. Jaffe Rare Books. 156 items. Illustrated.

Bolerium goes to lunch.... Books and ephemera representing food-related social movements, labor activism, ethnic and immigrant cuisines, and (what the heck) a few plain old menus and cookbooks.

Books Tell You Why is pleased to offer a significant collection of books in early dust jackets, featuring a number of scarce, one-of-a-kind, and even unrecorded copies. The collection spans the 19th to early 20th centuries, with a heavy concentration in the 1870s, 1880s, and 1890s. It includes fiction, biographies, travel journals and guides, natural history, and more. Notable authors include Louisa May Alcott, Austin Dobson, George Eliot, Kate Greenaway, William Dean Howells, Washington Irving, Rudyard Kipling, Henry David Thoreau, Anthony Trollope, Mark Twain and Walt Whitman.

New arrivals as well as a selection from our best stock. New arrivals include an original watercolor by Dudley Ward; a first edition of Robert Lawson's Caldecott Medal Winning They Were Strong and Good; an elusive first edition of Natalie Babbitt's classic Tuck Everlasting; Wilfrid Bronson's Grasshopper Book with an original printing plate used for the endpapers, and much more including books illustrated by Jessie Willcox Smith, Florence Harrison, Willy Pogany, etc...

A selection of recent acquisitions.

A sampling of one item apiece from 150 different far-left parties, tendencies, activist organizations and splits. Indulge in some political sects play!

90 items, modern literature and related ephemera

Antiquarian E-List

Spring 2015: First edition classics by Carroll, Milne, Swift, and Stevenson, several inscribed and extra-illustrated; illustrators including Tenniel, Rackham, Newell, Shepard, and Sendak, as well as some more unusual items including an early English horn book and two very fine pop-up books.

Antiquarian E-List

From the collection of the pianist renowned for his interpretations both of Beethoven and of 20th-century music.

230 items, variously on the southern states and Cuba, African-Americans and slavery, the Civil War, the Confederacy, Reconstruction, the Ku Klux Klan, presidents, railroads, and other topics

Antiquarian E-List

Antiquarian E-List