Member Catalogues
27 books, manuscripts, and prints from the 15th to 19th century, mainly French and German
An illustrated 108-page catalogue devoted to rare and important works of Twentieth Century American poetry, 331 items, including first editions, mostly signed and inscribed, association copies, original letters, photographs, as well as significant collections of the works of John Ashbery, James Merrill, Philip Levine and Wallace Stevens.
42 interesting and uncommon items dealing in murder and mayhem and destruction both natural and unnatural: murders, prairie fires, vindictive snowfalls, Romantic deaths, a young girl in the coal pits, the romance of the Rosenbergs, glances at funeral practices and other perhaps morbid preoccupations.
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Fifty items. Highlights include: signed Ed Ruscha (A FEW PALM TREES), an archive of postcards from artist Sol LeWitt, Richard Prince's CATCHER IN THE RYE, several punk flyers, a Patti Smith letter, the first book to mention Big Foot, and much more. Plus: a catalogue Easter egg. Can you find it?
Catalogue IX features collections, archives, manuscripts, photos, album, scrapbooks and other primary materials. 70 items in total, all full-color. Highlights include an important archive from poet Jack Gilbert, original jazz photography, a large trove of professional materials from a prominent department store fashion director, an archive of a 19th century balloonist, and a revealing photo album of early women's education. Plus architecture, Americana, music, art, politics, travel, erotica, aviation, business, and more.
Fine continental books 15th to 18th century including incunabula, festival books, portrait books, illustrated, renaissance, science, etc.
A short list of historical, literary, religious and political works
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Announcing my newest catalogue of books and printed ephemera: Catalogue 143, The Spanish Catalogue (376 items). All items from Spain and other Hispanic-speaking countries, in a variety of topics—advertising, business, urban planning, trade catalogue (commercial and retail), women’s health & beauty, medicine, art and amusements, travel, and the Spanish Civil War. With over 100 illustrations, many in color. Descriptions in English.
An online-only illustrated catalog, 31 items that are either remarkable objects or animated by a remarkable subject--including verses against the anti-Biblical practice of beard shaving, an impecunious accordion owner in 1850, and a covert flash novel of 1845.