Member Catalogues
29 items, with full-color illustrations
Autograph musical manuscripts (John Cage, Franz Liszt, &c.); 18th century Italian copyist manuscripts; first and early editions of printed music; rare books on music & dance including 18th century ballet libretti, &c.
E-list 30 Items
27 items, fully illustrated
34 items, fully illustrated
31 items, with full-color illustrations
46 items in Americana and Literature, fully illustrated
Our latest catalog contains 43 items, primarily first-person, original source Americana: archives, booklets, broadsides correspondence, diaries, documents, ephemera, journals, photographs, photo albums, postal history, and scrapbooks, in a variety of subjects including African-Americana, Business & Labor, Education, Food & Drink, Medicine, Military & War, Postal History, Railroads, Westward Expansion, Women, and many more.
70 select items, all new arrivals in a variety of fields with interesting Americana and Illustrated Books, and our usual assortment of Signed items. Highlights include a collection of Expressionist Prints by Alfred Kubin, a scarce book on Bermuda, Eva La Gallienne's copy of Ibsen's A DOLL'S HOUSE, 2 books with Original Silkscreens by Jacob Lawrence, Smith's 1774 EXAMINATION OF THE CONNECTICUT CLAIM TO LANDS IN PENNSYLVANIA,as well as Signed items by Henry Adams, Raymond Carver, Helen Keller, and others.
E-List 30 Items
38 items, with full-color illustrations
Fully illustrated selection of books on design & decorative arts, architecture & landscape, press books & fine printing, illustrated books, performing arts, costume & fashion, trade & publicity catalogs
The William Reese Company is proud to offer material consigned by the Dietrich American Foundation. The books, maps, and manuscripts in this Bulletin are being sold by the Foundation to benefit the work of Special Collections & Archives in Olin Library at Wesleyan University in Middletown, Connecticut, which connects students and scholars with primary source materials. Along with the distinguished Dietrich provenance, many of the volumes offered here also bear the provenance of Thomas W. Streeter, George Brinley, and other important collections. Further offerings from the Dietrich American Foundation will follow in the coming months. Note that the descriptions of items in this Bulletin are sometimes abbreviated. Clicking on the text or a photograph will take you to the full description on our website, which includes any other photos of that item.
