@wisdompedlars.bsky.socialSome of the antiquarian books we have for auction this week.
Auctions end Sunday, from 8pm (UK time)
#antiquarian #bibliophile #history #BookTwitter #rarebooks #bookhistory #earlymodern #18thcentury #rarebooks #bookcollecting #bookauctions ebay.co.uk/str/wisdompe...
@wisdompedlars.bsky.socialNew, antiquarian book auctions, starting tonight from 8pm
#antiquarian #history #books #maps #rarebooks #bookhistory #earlymodern #travel #science #maps #religion #philosophy #maps #bookauctions ebay.co.uk/str/wisdompe...
@rarebooksintel.bsky.socialToday's find of The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame ā Ā£500 at Jonkers Rare Books, 96% under comparable copies (median Ā£12,500).
@rarebooksintel.bsky.socialToday's find of The Naked Lunch by William S. Burroughs ā $375 at Lorne Bair Rare Books, 61% under comparable copies (median $950).
@wisdompedlars.bsky.socialSome of the antiquarian books we have for auction this week.
Auctions end Sunday, from 8pm (UK time)
#antiquarian #bibliophile #history #BookTwitter #rarebooks #bookhistory #earlymodern #18thcentury #rarebooks #bookcollecting #bookauctions ebay.co.uk/str/wisdompe...
@jasonwdean.comI had the good fortune of having a sneak peek at @sibyllacumae.bsky.social's article she mentions below - well and truly worth reading! š #libsky #rarebooks #booksky
@mottebooks.comPro Tip for Booksellers adding images to listings:
If you describe a modern book as a 1st edition/1st printing, add a picture of the COPYRIGHT PAGE. Pictures of the dust jacket help too, but the copyright page is the 800# gorilla source for IDing printings often.
#booksky #rarebooks #usedbooks
@forumrarebooks.bsky.socialNew on our website: rare first Dutch edition (1695) of Madame d'Aulnoys celebrated travel account of #Spain, a work that occupies an important place in history of early modern travel literature. With illustrations by Jan Luyken. Find out more on our website.
@rarebooksintel.bsky.socialToday's find of Debrett's New Guide To Etiquette And Modern Manners by John Morgan, 2001 ā Fine. $85 at eBay, 50% under comparable copies (median $172).
@exeterunispeccoll.bsky.socialGood morning to everyone, but especially to all the iguanas, for today is their special day!
This woodcut of an iguana was printed in 1635 in 'Historia Naturae, Maxime Peregrinae' by Juan Eusebio Nieremberg.
š· Baring-Gould Library 0689 Folio
@rarebooksintel.bsky.socialSigned copy of Music for Chameleons by Truman Capote ā $300 at Michael Pyron Books, 37% under comparable copies (median $475).
@exeterunispeccoll.bsky.socialGood morning to everyone, but especially to all the manatees, for today is their special day!
This illustration of a manatee comes from 'Animated Nature' (1828) by Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon.
š· Reserve 590 BUF
@henrydavis.bsky.socialLatest book find. 25 working volumes printed by OUP and CUP during the preparation of the New English Bible, including confidential Joint Committee copies, Westminster Abbey agenda, C. H. Dodd material and handwritten translation notes.
@rarebooksintel.bsky.socialToday's find of The Song Of Hiawatha by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow ā $200 at Oak Knoll Books, 77% under comparable copies (median $875).
@wisdompedlars.bsky.socialIT'S BOOK AUCTION DAY!
No reserve, antiquarian book auctions, ending from 8pm (UK time)
#antiquarian #history #books #rarebooks #bookhistory #earlymodern #travel #science #naturalhistory #religion #bookcollecting #bookauctions ebay.co.uk/str/wisdompe...
@wisdompedlars.bsky.socialIT'S BOOK AUCTION DAY!
No reserve, antiquarian book auctions, ending from 8pm (UK time)
#antiquarian #history #books #rarebooks #bookhistory #earlymodern #travel #science #naturalhistory #religion #bookcollecting #bookauctions ebay.co.uk/str/wisdompe...
@wisdompedlars.bsky.socialIT'S BOOK AUCTION DAY!
No reserve, antiquarian book auctions, ending from 8pm (UK time)
#antiquarian #history #books #rarebooks #bookhistory #earlymodern #travel #science #naturalhistory #religion #bookcollecting #bookauctions ebay.co.uk/str/wisdompe...
@wisdompedlars.bsky.socialIT'S BOOK AUCTION DAY!
No reserve, antiquarian book auctions, ending from 8pm (UK time)
#antiquarian #history #books #rarebooks #bookhistory #earlymodern #travel #science #naturalhistory #religion #bookcollecting #bookauctions ebay.co.uk/str/wisdompe...
@rarebooksintel.bsky.socialToday's find of Hudibras by Samuel Butler ā $160 at Oak Knoll Books, 80% under comparable copies (median $785).