More Unique Gifts for the Bibliophile
almost 2,000 items with many priced $100 or less Below are a few examples of the items that will be for sale in every subject and special interest. Give a gifts that won't be forgotten. |
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| 5th annual Online Bibliophilic Holiday Gift Fair |
THIS WEEKEND December 5-7 |
Opens Thu. Dec. 5th noon ET through Sat. Dec. 7th 7:00pm WEBSITE |
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A 16th century book with an exceptional 16th century erotic drawing may not be appropriate for every person on your list... |
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DION CASSIUS AND THE AUGUSTAN HISTORY
Historiæ,
Paris, Robert Estienne, 1544 A Fine Edition of the Roman History by Dion Cassius This hidden drawing was hidden for nearly two centuries behind a 19th-century endpaper that has now been carefully removed. This surprising sketch is likely the work of the "Ségur", who signed the first endpaper with the date 1562 and a purchase note (emptus...) |
...but there will be hundreds of items to choose from which will be appreciated by any bibliophile or collector of ephemera. Here are some examples recently listed... |
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Original Production Art for "Grapes of Wrath" (Heinemann, 1962) Donald Green |
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Women Bibliophiles Photograph Collection: Antique and Vintage Photographs of Women Reading and with Books! Wonderful grouping of ten genuine antique photographs of women with books. Included are four cabinet cards, 3 CDVs (Carte de Visites), 2 RPPCs (real photo postcards), and one large photo in a folder. |
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Peter and Wendy J. M. Barrie; Mabel Lucie Attwell (illustrator) Charles Scribner's Sons, 1935 1911 novelization of his most famous play 'Peter Pan, or The Boy Who Wouldn't Grow Up (1904). Charming illustrations by ccc. 9 color plates (including frontispiece); black & white in-text illustrations. Black clot |
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Illustrations of the Family of Parrots: The greater Part of them Species Hitherto Unfigured, containing forty-two lithographic Plates (Facsimile of 1832 edition) New York, London, Pion Limited & Johnson Reprint Corporation, 1978, Hardcover. |
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Let the Record Show: A Political History of ACT-UP New York 1987-1993 Sarah Schulman |
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1900 celluloid Volvelle Our Race Publishing Co. Patented by the Worldwide Time Co. of New York, to indicate the time anywhere in the world (shaded for night) |
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Uniforms and Insignia: J.A.N. No. 1, a joint U.S. Army and Navy publication prepared by the Military Intelligence Service and the Division of Naval Intelligence. First edition, thus, of this scarce, and vital reference work issued for rapid recognition in the field for Army & Navy personnel during World War I with emphasis on field and service uniforms, rather than less useful dress uniforms and regalia. |
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Antique Victorian Trunk LOTTO Game No. 417 McLaughlin Bros USA. Unique Antique Lotto Game trunk style wood box with decorative litho paper. There are approximately 24 cards, clean and stiff, appear unused. |
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Antique c1920 SET Galvano Bronze ABRAHAM LINCOLN READING Statues/Bookends SIGNED PAUL BENEDUCE 1920 |
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THE KINGSPORT BOOK OF TYPE FACES A lovely set of this three volume type specimen group. Specimens included are Linotype / Monotype, Display, and the very scarce VideoComp. |
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Rare Large 1900's German Die Cut of Christmas Santa on Back of Horse with Toys. This is a beautiful die cut printed around the 1890-1910 era. Image of Santa Claus on the back of a horse with lots of toys. Has a printer tag and number 1463 |
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Complete Poems of Robert Frost New York, Henry Holt and Company, 1955, Hardcover. Dust jacket 5th Printing, Good Condition |
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| | FINSTER, HOWARD Original Drawing Signed(1916-2001) American artist associated with Outsider Art Born in rural Alabama, Finster was a self taught artist and Baptist revivalist minister. He believed God told him to paint religious art. His became a prolific painter of imaginary artworks incorporating cultural figures into his fantastical imagery. |
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The Negro in Southwestern Michigan by Everett Claspy 1967 1st Edition African American History Rural Environment Published in Dowagiac, Michigan in 1967 and printed by Braun-Brumfield in Ann Arbor. |
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Catalog 23: Ray Johnson, North American Networkers, and Dadazines Steven Lieber. 1996 Dealer catalog. Portfolio with 2 pockets containing 188 numbered loose leaves. Offset lithograph, black and white. This catalog offered dadazines, artists' stamps, mail art, publications by mail artists and other primary documents related to North American mail art. |
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An archive of material, 'The County of London Plan' including sketchbooks, a signed copy of 1943 (what to do with post-'Blitz' London after WW II) & more Wesley DOUGILL (1893-1943) |
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| Perelman's Pocket Cyclopedia of Havana Cigars Los Angeles, Perelman, Pioneer & Co., 1988, Softcover |
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KEEPING FAITH, MEMOIRS OF A PRESIDENT Jimmy Carter New York, Bantam Books, 1982, cloth First edition signed |
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The Caves of Steel Isaac Asimov Garden City, Doubleday, 1954, Hardcover in jacket. First edition, Very Good Stated first edition (first printing) of Asimov's seminal novel of humanoid robots. |
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Spiritual Lessons for a Religious Person by Consideration of Ye Conditions of Wedlocke By an unknown italic hand. Original 17th c. manuscript on paper consisting of 74 leaves (including 13 blank leaves) written italic recto and verso in English. |
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| Rookwood's History: Its Aims, Description of Pottery Making, Exhibitions and Prizes, Its Designers' Marks and a Few of Its Patrons Cincinnati, Ohio, ROOKWOOD POTTERY COMPANY, ca. 1920 & 1930 First | |
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