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My Bonnie Lies Over the Ocean: Robbie Burns in Philly
by Alastair JohnstonSecond (first Edinburgh) edition (1787).Like many before him, a Scotsman emigrates to the New World. He is a success, prospers, and adapts well to his new home. But as he advances...
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An Unrecorded And Incredibly Rare Dean & Son Movable Book Is Discovered
by Stephen J. Gertz Dissolving Views is volume of extreme scarcity, unrecorded anywhere, and with no auction records whatsoever. It is comprised of seventeen movable leaves with tabs which when pulled...
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Gershwin Ain't Got Rhythm At Auction
by Stephen J. GertzThey're selling lots of books, but not for me A lucky star's above but not for me With fame to lead the way I found more clouds of gray Than any auction play could guarantee...to...
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A Checklist of Goliard Press Jobwork (London 1965-7)
by Alastair Johnston Tom Raworth Working Bibliography part III porque todo: ropaje, piel, vasijas, palabras, vino, panes, se fué, cayó a la tierra...
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A Message To Torres-Garcia: See You At Christie's
by Stephen J. GertzTORRES-GARCIA, Joachim. L'Art en relació amb l'home etemi l'home que passa.[Barcelona]: Amics de Sitges and sold by Salvat-Papasseit, 1919.Twelvemo. Original wrappers (probably after...
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For Purple Monsters Majesty Above A Nutty Plain
by Stephen J. GertzNew York: E.P. Dutton, 1949.First separate edition. "What mad universe was this that Keith Winton found himself in?Where purple monsters from the moon roamed the streets withno one...
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The Best British Binding of the 1930s
by Stephen J. GertzOn November 29, 2012, Bloomsbury Auctions is offering a copy of Robert Vansittart's The Singing Caravan, published by The Gregynog Press in 1932. It is one of twenty-five copies...
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Ian Hamilton Finlay: Ego in Arcadia
by Alastair Johnston Ian Hamilton Finlay:Selections, edited with an introduction by Alec Finlay (UC Press, 2012, 312 pp., paperback, $24.95).Among the most fatal accolades one can achieve is to be...
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Bibliodeath: The Writing's On The Wall And All Over The Place
by Stephen J. GertzCover detail from Dürer's Apocalypse depictingSt. John devouring the Book (1498).Andrei Codrescu's new book, Bibliodeath, published this week by Antibookclub, is an extended essay...
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Heartbreaking Marilyn Monroe Letter Estimated At $30,000-$50,000
by Stephen J. GertzOn December 18, 2012, auction house Profiles in History is offering an extremely poignant, rich and revealing, aching and intriguing two-page letter signed by Marilyn Monroe. Undated...
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Where Childrens Books Were Sold
by Stephen J. GertzPremises of John Harris, formerly of John Newbery, 1770 forward.Tabart & Co, 1800 forward.From a book published by A.K. Newman in 1829.Stall at a fair, c. 1878.__________All...
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Extraordinary John Lennon Letter To Eric Clapton: Join My New Band!
by Stephen J. GertzA spectacular, significant and revealing eight-page handwritten and signed letter, undated but c. mid-late 1969, from John Lennon to Eric Clapton inviting him to team up in a new...
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Rare Edition of Lawrence Of Arabia $112,000 - $144,000 At Auction
by Stephen J. GertzA scarce "incomplete" Presentation copy of the Subscriber's ("Cranwell") edition of T.E. Lawrence's Seven Pillars of Wisdom, one of only thirty-two of a total edition of 211 copies...
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Common Prayers, Uncommon Binding
by Stephen J. GertzThis stunning, c. 1853, binding by Hayday of London of an 1840 edition of The Book of Common Prayer is in full brown smooth-grained Turkey morocco over beveled boards, with a single...
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Scarce Emily Dickinson Letter Comes To Auction
by Stephen J. GertzA rare three-page autograph letter by Emily Dickinson, written in pencil and signed “Emily," is being offered by Profiles In History in its Property of a Distinguished American...
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The Princess and the Paparazzo: A Compelling and Important New Anthology On...
by Alastair JohnstonDaniel Girardin and Christian Pirker CONTROVERSIES; A Legal and Ethical History of Photography, Actes Sud/Musée de l'Elysée (Lausanne 2012, 312 pp., hardback, ISBN:...
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Paul McCartney's Handwritten Lyrics To "Lovely Rita" Offered At $175,000
by Stephen J. GertzPaul McCartney's handwritten, working manuscript for the song Lovely Rita, from the Beatles' preeminent and triumphant album, Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Heart's Club Band (1967), has come...
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Historic Van Gogh-Gauguin Letter Estimated $470,000 - $670,000 At Christie's
by Stephen J. GertzAn astounding autograph letter co-written and signed by Vincent Van Gogh and Paul Gauguin to a third party discussing each other, their work together, paintings in progress, thoughts...
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Breaking News from the Sixteenth Century: Typography Take Off
by Alastair Johnston Stan Knight, Historical Types (From Gutenberg to Ashendene), Oak Knoll Press, 2012, 104 pp., hardback in dust-jacket, $39.95Historical Types is based on a smart concept: an...
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Literary Matchboxes Light Up Christmas Stockings (Close Cover Before Striking)
by Stephen J. GertzThose seeking the perfect match when Christmas (or any other kind of) shopping for friends with a literary bent (and all book lovers are proudly a little bent) should look no further...
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