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Just Say Da: Unique Rare Books With Original Russian Watercolors At Auction
By Stephen J. GertzOriginal watercolor by Georges Kars Kralupy for David Golder. Lots to love at Christie's in its upcoming Fine Books and Manuscripts sale at London-South Kensington June 19, 2012.Lot...
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Troubling Questions In Stolen Book Of Mormon Case
By Stephen J. GertzFirst edition, 1830.Image courtesy of Toronto Public Library.When the story of the theft of a first edition of the Book of Mormon broke this past May 29th many members of the...
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18th C. Book Has A Story Without Head Or Tail, Wit or Humor
By Stephen J. GertzWhat maketh thee of this, dear Reader, a trifling little Booke of Great Raritee but who careth? A nonsense Fairy-Tale satire, with the aim of "his Royal Lowness," Prince Toadstool,...
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Novelist Richard Brautigan's Brains At Bancroft Library: A Grand Guignol...
by Stephen J. GertzThe Bancroft Library.The papers of 'Sixties Counterculture novelist and poet Richard Brautigan, who, in 1984, committed suicide at his desk with a gunshot to the head, rest in the...
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Sometimes A Not So Great Notion, Or When Buffoons Horse Around (1831)
By Stephen J. Gertz A good rider can hear his horse speak to him, a great rider can hear his horse whisper, but a bad rider won't hear his horse even if it screams at him. • • •  Right now it's only a...
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What To Expect When You're Done Expecting: Dr. Spock in 1577
By Stephen J. GertzSafety Helmet.It's in Latin, so it's not quite what you want to have on the nightstand when your baby or child has a bad case of whatever and you can''t translate "Vocant IX-I-I" in...
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The Annals Of Sporting, 1809; Or Take This Horse And Shove It!
By Stephen J. GertzTitlepage.In 1809, the great caricaturist, Thomas Rowlandson, engraved plates after designs by two other celebrated caricaturists, Henry Bunbury and George Moutard Woodward, for...
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Bring Me The Head Of St. Lawrence Of Rome, Patron Saint Of Librarians
By Stephen J. GertzMartyrs roasting on an open fire,Larry's last words bravely won:Though it's been said many times many ways,"Stick a fork in me, I'm done."He's a patron saint of librarians because he...
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Astonishing Gandhi Archive Estimated $622,000-$870,000 At Sotheby's
By Stephen J. GertzA highly important and revealing archive of letters, papers, and photographs of M.K. Gandhi, one of the towering figures of the twentieth century, comes to auction on July 10, 2012...
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A Very Edgy Alice In A Very Weird Wonderland
By Stephen J. GertzAlice doesn't live here anymore. At least, not in Wonderland as imagined by John Tenniel in his original illustrations for Lewis Carroll's classics about the curious domain found on...
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Elizabeth Barrett Browning Original Manuscript Sonnet At Auction
By Stephen J. GertzOn Thursday July 5, 2012, auctioneer PBA Galleries will offer a rare original manuscript of a sonnet by Elizabeth Barrett Browning. It is estimated to sell for $5,000 - $8000.The...
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The Story Of A Drunk, Diseased, Insane Hunter And Inglorious Squire
By Stephen J. GertzOriginal boards, untouched.What do you call a 175 year old copy of a book that looks exactly as it did on the day it was published, completely untouched without any sort of...
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A Feast Of Late 15th Century Illuminated Books
By Stephen J. GertzBiblia germanica.Nuremberg: Anton Koberger, February 17, 1483.Issued at three prices: with uncolored woodcuts,cuts colored,and with cuts colored in a broader palette and the major...
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Bookseller in 1770 England Also Sells Everything (Including Female Elixir)
By Stephen J. GertzWILLIAM GRIGG, Bookseller and Book-binder,In the Exchange, Opposite to Broad-Gate,in ExonSells, at the lowest prices, Books of all Sorts. Also all Kinds of Stationary Wares, viz.,...
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Into Africa: A Ventriloquist Dummy's Divine Mission
By Stephen J. Gertz"This is Gabby, Rod's alter ego, speaking. I wanted to write the whole book, but Rod wouldn't let me. There have been many (at least two) requests for this book. It deals with Rod's...
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In Paris With Jules Cheret, Belle Epoch Poster Master
By Stephen J. GertzCHERET, Jules. KOLA MARQUE.Paris: 1895. Printed by Chaix.Tomorrow, Thursday, July 12, 2012, Bloomsbury Auctions in London is offering a selection of rare posters by Jules Cheret in...
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Rare Early Scientology Book May Help Katie Holmes v. Tom Cruise
By Stephen J. GertzIt's "based upon the Nexological teachings contained in 'Lessons For Living' which is a course of instruction in the relationship between things," so you know you can depend upon...
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Bauer's The Holy One (Red Point): 1939 World's Fair Influence
By Stephen J. GertzThis lithograph, currently being offered by William Reese Co., is by Rudolf Bauer (1889-1953) who was closely associated with Hilla Rebay, director, and Solomon Guggenhiem, founder,...
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Autograph In The Rue Morgue: A Tell-Tale Poe Forgery
By Stephen J. GertzThe signature in question.Poe used two styles of handwriting, a fluent script in his letters to intimate friends, and a painstakingly legible hand in his formal letters and the...
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When Norman Mailer Met Actor Charles Laughton
By Stephen J. GertzNot too many years after Norman Mailer (1923-2007) published The Naked And The Dead in 1948, the screen rights were bought by actor Charles Laughton (1899-1962), who would direct,...
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