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Member Catalogues



A miscellany of about 130 items, featuring: - 86 medical titles; - impressive collection of Disney material - early Oz first edition - early 19th century Universalist imprints - two signed Beat items, one with an unpublished photo of Ginsberg - three Spiritualist imprints

September 29, 2014

HOLIDAY 2013 - A special selection of rare and finely printed books, plus some favorites from Oak Knoll Press

September 19, 2014

The Bird & Bull Press and Henry Morris - Private press books and ephemera, articles by or about Henry Morris, and marvels from his private collection

September 19, 2014

Part two of the miniature book collection of Donn Sanford.

September 19, 2014

Books About Books and Bibliography

September 19, 2014

Featuring our new publishing and distribution titles, as well as a selection of older favorites

September 19, 2014

<p>Featuring our new publishing and distribution titles, as well as a selection of older favorites</p>

September 19, 2014


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

September 15, 2014






Catalogue 142, devoted exclusively to Worlds’ Fairs and International Exposition.  This catalogue consists of 590 books, pamphlets, brochures, catalogues, broadsides and other printed matter—issued by exhibiting countries as well as from commercial exhibitors—covering the topic from 1851 (London) to 1970 (Osaka).  Besides examples from major and minor Worlds’ Fairs held in America—for example, the Chicago Fairs of 1893 (Columbian Exposition) and 1933-34 (Century of Progress), the San Francisco Fairs (1915 Panama-Pacific, 1939-40 Golden Gate International), and of course the New York Fair of 1939-40—the catalogue includes hundreds of print items from European expositions, especially the various Parisian expositions (1889, 1900, 1925, 1931, 1937) and the Barcelona Exposition of 1929.   Numerous items from minor worlds’ fairs as well.  The catalogue is available in electronic (low resolution pdf) format, with over 100 illustrations, many in living color. A small number of paper copies are available at $10, ppd; institutions gratis.

September 13, 2014

Check out our latest online-only e-catalog of 100 interesting new arrivals. (Issued late May 2014. All items subject to prior sale.)

September 12, 2014