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“Bibliophiles, rejoice!” – Mel Studach, AD Pro, February 9, 2022 “Returning to the in-person format in a time when print books and ephemera have mattered more than ever and continue to serve as a source of comfort and escape during a period of uncertainty, the fair has never been more relevant.” – Staff Writer, Antiques and the Arts Weekly, February 18, 2022 “Found tucked in an envelope in a private collection, A Book of Ryhmes—a long-lost mini manuscript written by Charlotte Brontë at age 13—will go on sale for $1.25million at a New York Citybook fair.” – Staff Writer, People Magazine, April 18, 2022 “Universally referred to as the world’s finest antiquarian book fair, NYIABF is thrilled to showcase nearly 200 exhibitors this year from around the world, continuing to live up to its reputation as a highly international fair.” – Jose Villareal, Art Daily, February 28, 2022 “Old book lovers, get excited.” -Melissa Kravitz Hoeffner, Forbes, March 30, 2022 “From the historic and academic, the religious and spiritual—to the bedrock of secular culture, finance, politics—the fair boasts offerings in every genre and subject.” – Melissa Kravitz Hoeffner, Forbes, March 30, 2022 “The Massachusetts-based Schubertiade, a gallery of rare offerings for collectors, scholars, music lovers, gift givers, museums, and libraries, will bring a treasure trove of Broadway and performing arts-related ephemera.” – Andrew Gans, PLAYBILL, March 30, 2022 “One of the world’s leading gatherings of the rare book tribe.” – Jennifer Schuessler, The New York Times, April 20, 2022 “An experience of dizzying information overload.” – Jennifer Schuessler, The New York Times, April 20, 2022 “A trove of treasures from almost 200 exhibitors.” – Dusica Sue Malevic, New York Post, April 21, 2022

“A book lover’s paradise.” – Alyssa Ammirati, Silive, April 22, 2022 “The fair’s social scene, particularly its vernissage, is as pleasing as the displays of rare printed media.” – Osman Can Yerebakan, Galerie, April 22, 2022 “A kind of Glastonbury for bibliophiles, with all the hedonism yet none of the regrets.” – Rebecca Nicholson, The Guardian, April 23, 2022 "A must-visit occurrence for book and print collectors.” – Osman Can Yerebakan, Galerie, April 22, 2022 “’A Book of Rhymes,’ which contains 10 previously unpublished poems by the 13-year-old Brontë, was a star attraction over the weekend at the New York International Antiquarian Book Fair” – Jennifer Schuessler, The New York Times, April 25, 2022 “The fair, with almost 200 exhibitors from around the world, offers treasures approaching the lost library of Alexandria–and with prices fit for an Egyptian pharaoh.” – Ron Charles, The Washington Post, May 2, 2022 “Unmatched offerings from nearly 200 exhibitors from around the world.” – Staff Writer, Fine Books & Collections, May 4, 2022 “Continuing to live up to its reputation as the world’s finest antiquarian book fair.” – Staff Writer, Fine Books & Collections, May 4, 2022

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Q&A Carl Lounsbury Bottles Up! Glass Works Sale Gathers In A Lustrous Lineup Near & Far East Dominate At Andrew Jones Fine Art Is Fine For Eldred’s York Antiques Show, Back After Two-Year Hiatus, Draws Enthusiastic Crowd European Artists Succeed At Quinn’s Auction Galleries

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Michael Jordan’s Chicago Bulls Sneakers Sell For $422,000 New York Antiques Online Show Draws Over 8,000 Attendees, Sales Total Over $200,000 Marx Prototypes Earn High Marks For Milestone Devin Moisan’s Sale: Good Merchandise Generates $730,000 Josef E. ‘Pepi’ Jelinek, MD, 93, An Avid Folk Art Collector Florence Griswold Museum Gets Cozy With New London Quilts & Bed Covers

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To The Editor: Specializing in early brass and Delft, Mark was an everpresent figure at scores of antiques shows over his 50-plus years in business. For some, this industry is a part-time pastime; for others, a full time endeavor requiring countless days and nights on the road, many hours of researching on an almost daily basis, and unfortunately too much time away from family. While still a student working on his PhD at Einstein College of Medicine in New York City, his interest in material culture and its rewards took root, hijacking a promising career in academia.

Remembering Mark Allen, Antiques Dealer

However, what academia lost the antiques world gained. Countless museums, collectors and friends were the beneficiaries of his knowledge, hard work and determination. Although the business demanded much of his attention, it was by no means his sole focus. He was a larger-than-life figure who delighted in a great meal whether at famous restaurants or humble ones he had stumbled upon. He took even greater delight in preparing a meal himself for friends and family in his very own gourmet kitchen. He enjoyed tennis, travel and his garden, a frequent source for the wonderful

enthusiastically told Grace not only about the magnificent medieval sites, villages and gardens we had seen, but also about the dealers we had visited and bought from. Soon thereafter, Grace and I planned a spring trip that Mark was unable to make. His response was both immediate and in character — “Grace will love it.” Not only was Mark not the least bit reticent to introduce me to dealers/sources he had long cultivated, he took one further step. Just a few weeks before Grace and I left for our trip abroad, he volunteered his Rolodex of dealers I had not yet visited. He did so with “Have a

flower arrangements Marj created for their many show booths. Most of all, he enjoyed spending his down time with his daughters Stephanie and Samantha, his beloved wife Marj, and his many friends. On a personal note, I must say that I was the beneficiary of one of Mark’s most extraordinary gifts — one not easily found in the antiques trade — his boundless generosity. In the late 1970s or early 1980s Mark invited me to accompany him on one of his regular buying trips to England and Holland. Needless to say, I learned a great deal as he showed me the ropes. Upon returning home, I

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ball” and indeed we did. In fact, such was Mark’s boundless enthusiasm for the antiques business, and for the many friends he made over the years that, knowing he had only days to live, he chose to spend some of his last hours following online the auction of his longtime client and friend, Bill Du Pont. In his final hours, he was happy that Bill’s sale did so well and that many of the objects there bore his provenance. A fitting end to a life well lived. —Elliott Snyder Editor’s Note: An obituary to Mark Allen will appear in a future issue.

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International Antiquarian Book Fair Returns To New York, April 21-24

The New York International Antiquarian Book Fair at the Park Avenue Armory. NEW YORK CITY — The New York International Antiquarian Book Fair (NYIABF) — officially sanctioned by Antiquarian Booksellers’ Association of America (ABAA) and International League of Antiquarian Booksellers (ILAB) and produced and managed by Sanford L. Smith + Associates — is making its much-anticipated return to the Park Avenue Armory from April 21-24 for its 62nd edition. Returning to the in-person format in a time when print books and ephemera have mattered more than ever and continue to serve as a source of comfort and escape during a period of uncertainty, the fair has never been more relevant. NYIABF will showcase nearly 200 exhibitors this year from around the world, continuing to live up to its reputation as a highly international fair. This year, as world travel

restrictions are lifted, the fair organizers are working closely with their international dealers to ensure a seamless return to the United States and will welcome exhibitors from 14 different countries. A number of US exhibitors also highlight the wealth of material available stateside. Exhibitors will present rare books, maps, illuminated manuscripts, incunabula, fine bindings, illustrations, historical documents, prints and print ephemera. Several of the 2022 exhibitors have participated in the NYIABF since its inception, attesting to the fair’s longevity and relevance to its dealers and audiences. However, the fair continues to attract new antiquarian booksellers and attendees as it evolves, welcoming 19 new exhibitors this year, including Auger Down Books, Autographes des Siècles, Brenner’s Books – Rare &

Raptis Rare Books, the Manney copy of the first edition in English of Dumas’ The Count of Monte-Cristo in the rare original cloth. Collectable, Bull’s Head Rare Books, Cleveland Book Company, Daniel / Oliver Gallery, Evening Star Books, First Edition Rare Books, Johnson Rare Books, Le Bookiniste, Le Zograscope, Liberty Book Store, lizzyoung bookseller, Riverrun Books & Manuscripts, Stéphane Clavreuil Rare Books Ltd, studio montespecchio di jan van der donk, Temple Rare Books, Voewood Rare Books and William Chrisant & Sons. The fair’s specialties encompass art, science, medicine, literature, history, gastronomy, fashion, first editions, Americana, philosophy, children’s books and much more. From the historic and academic, the religious and spiritual — to the bedrock of secular culture, finance, politics — the fair boasts offerings in every conceivable genre and subject. In recent years, NYIABF has

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anbookfair.com/dealers. Preview: $60 (includes one daily readmission); daily admission: $30; students: $10 (with valid ID – at the door only); run of show: $45 (at door only); special event — Discovery Day — Sunday, April 24 1 to 3 pm. A NYIABF tradition, Discovery Day offers ticketed visitors the opportunity to bring their own rare books, manuscripts, maps, etc. (up to five items) Exhibitors will be on hand to offer expert advice and free appraisals. The Park Avenue Armory is at 643 Park Avenue. For information, www.nyantiquarianbookfair.com or 212-777-5218.

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Strange Times: Photos Capture Covid-Era New Haven with an art degree from Skidmore College. Notably, after 30 years of photography, the moments he captured in the last 18 months reflect a relatable shift in the history of the Elm City. Living most of his adult life downtown, he had always known the area as a bustling hub of students, workers, academics, businesspeople, tourists and transients, hosting homeless and well-heeled alike. Exciting, and sometimes troubled, New Haven was rarely quiet. “The Covid era changed all that,” Topping says. “For the first time in my memory

increasingly captured the attention of young collectors seeking one-of-a-kind offerings at more accessible price points. Prices range from $50$1 million. In its 62nd Edition, in addition to 99 US booksellers, NYIABF enjoys strong international participation with booksellers hailing from the United Kingdom (32), France (19), Italy (8), Germany (5), The Netherlands (4), Austria (3), Denmark (2), Spain (1), Argentina (1), Canada (1), Czech Republic (1), Georgia (1), Hungary (1) and Japan (1) A full list of exhibitors may be found at www.nyantiquari-

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SANTA FE, N.M. — Santa Fe Art Auction’s February 5 sale offered a diverse selection of historic to contemporary Native American arts, including jewelry, textiles, pottery and paintings. Highlights ranged from monumental ancestral Pueblo pots to jewelry, concha belts, Nineteenth Century textiles and more. Leading the action was a Cochiti large storage jar, circa 1820, that sold for $49,200. The fired clay vessel with pigment stood 17-1/8 inches high and had a diameter of 19 inches. It came from the collection of Philadelphian Henry Block, having descended in the family and was the catalog cover photo of a Bonhams 2005 Native American, Pre-Columbian and tribal art sale. A further review of this sale will follow.

NEW HAVEN, CONN. — By most accounts, by the spring of 2020 the Covid-19 pandemic was unraveling our collective sense of political, social and economic “normality.” In March 2020, New Haven resident Roderick Topping began to casually document that new reality. His images are on view in a new exhibit, “Strange Times: Downtown New Haven in the Covid Era,” at the New Haven Museum (NHM) through March 25. Topping emigrated from Scotland as a child and moved to New Haven in the late 1980s

Raptis Rare Books, first edition of Ian Fleming’s first book Casino Royale, signed by him.

the city was silent.” For Topping, the backdrops of everyday life in New Haven — buildings and alleyways, sidewalks and sewer grates —gained new prominence as the populace deserted the streets and revealed the skeleton of the city. Many of his photos are black and white, some with an ethereal, cinematic feel evoking the mood at the height of the pandemic: bleak, lonely and surreal. The New Haven Museum is at 114 Whitney Avenue. For more information, 203-562-4183 or www.newhavenmuseum.org.

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APRIL 4, 2022

ABAA New York International Antiquarian Book Fair

New York International Antiquarian Book Fair is on for April 21 - 24, 2022 and the over 180 exhibitors will bring a vast selection of rare books, maps, manuscripts, illuminated manuscripts and ephemera to the historic Park Avenue Armory in New York City. The diversity of specialties includes art, medicine, literature, photography, autographs, first editions, Americana, and much more. This book fair is officially sanctioned by the Antiquarian Booksellers' Association of America and the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers. This means that the consumer can rely upon the experience and professionalism of participating dealers and the authenticity of the items available for purchase.

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Events Calendar By Mel Studach

New York International Antiquarian Book Fair April 21-April 24, 2022 Park Avenue Armory New York, NY, USA Bibliophiles, rejoice! The New York International Antiquarian Book Fair, with its 200-plus exhibitors of rare books, maps, manuscripts, illustrations, and more, returns to the Park Avenue Armory this April for its 62nd edition.

https://www.architecturaldigest.com/event/new-york-antiquarian-book-fair

APRIL 20, 2022

NYC International Antiquarian Book Fair to Showcase LGBTQ+ History The fair will feature over 200 exhibitors from 14 different countries. By Alex Cooper

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A collection of historic images of LGBTQ+ life will be on display at the New York International Antiquarian Book Fair taking place April 21 to 24 at the Park Avenue Armory. More than 200 exhibitors from around the world will have their books and items on show for the international event. Exhibitors from more than 14 countries will be at the fair. Treasures to showcase and purchase will include rare books, maps, illuminated manuscripts, incunabula, fine bindings, illustrations, historical documents, prints, and print ephemera, according to a release. Also featured will be a collection of images from Walter Reuben Inc. While the company specializes in movie star photos, movie scripts, rare books, lobby cards, vintage movie posters, and Hollywood movie memorabilia that focus on the history of the European and Hollywood Motion Picture Business, they also work with materials related to Black cultural history, theater and stage, and LGBTQ+ film. https://www.advocate.com/books/2022/4/20/nyc-international-antiquarian-book-fairshowcase-lgbtq-history

“On display in their booth at the NYIABF will be a curated collection of photos of same-sex couples and groups showing deep affection, friendship, and forms of intimacy which fall under the umbrella of LGBTQ study. Many are from the earliest days of photography and the bulk of the collection consists of images from the late 19th and early 20th Centuries,” a spokesperson for the company said. The images at the fair will show the intimacy between the subjects through their body language, dress, and positionings. Some of the postcards were even directed to family members, who seem to have been aware of these relationships. “As many are from a period in which photography was not common, that these people choose to be photographed together for formal photos and for reallife postcards indicates that they are couples wishing to celebrate their union,” a description of the collection states.

https://www.advocate.com/books/2022/4/20/nyc-international-antiquarian-book-fairshowcase-lgbtq-history

APRIL 4, 2022

New York International Antiquarian Book Fair APRIL 21–24, 2022 PARK AVENUE ARMORY / NEW YORK

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https://airmail.news/arts-intel/events/new-york-international-antiquarian-book-fair-5930

After a coronavirus-forced hiatus, the New York International Antiquarian Book Fair is back at the Park Avenue Armory. Hosted by the Antiquarian Booksellers’ Association of America, the 62nd fair will include more than 200 booksellers. The range of titles is wide, from rare Chinese art books to illuminated manuscripts to spiritual guides. For just four days, vendors from around the world—France’s Knuf Rare Books, for instance, Germany’s Rotes Antiquariat, and the Czech Republic’s Steermans—will convene in Manhattan. The range in prices matches the range in books: from $50 up to $1 million. —J.D.

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Antiquarian Book Fair returns to NY April 21-24 The New York International Antiquarian Book Fair (NYIABF) makes its much anticipated return to the Park Avenue Armory from April 21-24, 2022, for its 62nd edi-

tion. Widely considered the world’s finest antiquarian book fair, this year’s NYIABF is thrilled to showcase nearly 200 exhibitors from around the world, continuing

its legacy of being a highly international event. Exhibitors will present a vast treasure trove of items: rare books, maps, illuminated manuscripts, incunabula, fine

bindings, illustrations, historical documents, rare prints, print ephemera, and more. For more information and for tickets, visit www.nyantiquarianbookfair.com.

Ailey, Alvin. (1931–1989) & de Lavallade, Carmen. (b. 1931) [Rapport, Will]. Blues Suite - Signed Photograph. Original ca. 1960 Will Rapport photograph of the dancers in performance in “Blues Suite” (sometimes also titled “Roots of the Blues”) which launched the Ailey company in 1958 and is often documented as the choreographer’s first masterpiece.

Signed Swedish reissue of the jazz drummer’s 1960 album, “We Insist!” inscribed on the back “For Ken, Max 11/26/80” and also signed at a later date by singer Abbey Lincoln, whose signature is dated 1983. Jazz drummer Max Roach and singer Oscar Brown began work on the “Freedom Now Suite” in early 1960, intending to perform it in 1963 on the 50th anniversary of Emancipation. A recording was released in December of 1960 under the title “We Insist!” The work was consciously and explicitly political, with movements spanning slavery, emancipation, the Civil Rights Movement, and African independence movements. The photograph on the cover evokes the lunch counter sit-ins that were a regular feature of civil rights protests.

“Humanity” Cast-Iron Tobacco Box. An English tobacco box bearing the kneeling captive iconography of the abolitionist movement, dating to the mid-19th century.

Ira Aldridge. African tragedian. Member of the order of Art and Science conferred by his Majesty King William 4th of Prussia and holder of the medal of Leopold and the White Cross etc. A rare, inscribed portrait of the famous actor. Dated Berlin 1861, it is inscribed to “Madame Arline Bach with the best wishes of Ira Aldridge.” Born in New York City, Ira Aldridge (1807-1867) attended the African Free School and opted for a career on the stage rather than the clergy, as his father preferred. While he got his start in the Brown’s Theatre (known as the African Theatre), New York, his prospects were brighter in England and he emigrated in 1824. Aldridge’s debut came the next year in a production of “The Revolt of Suriname” in which he played the enslaved prince Oroonoko. Other roles followed quickly, such as “The Ethiopian,” “The Libertine Defeated,” and “The Negro’s Curse,” which was written for him. For the next seven years he performed under the stage name the “African Roscius.” Importantly, his first performance as Othello was in 1826, making him the first actor of African descent to perform the role.

APRIL 21, 2022

Antiquarian Book Fair returns to NY April 21-24 By AmNews Staff Reports

The New York International Antiquarian Book Fair (NYIABF) makes its much anticipated return to the Park Avenue Armory from April 21-24, 2022, for its 62nd edition. Widely considered the world’s finest antiquarian book fair, this year’s NYIABF is thrilled to showcase nearly 200 exhibitors from around the world, continuing its legacy of being a highly international event. Exhibitors will present a vast treasure trove of items: rare books, maps, illuminated manuscripts, incunabula, fine bindings, illustrations, historical documents, rare prints, print ephemera, and more. For more information and for tickets, visit www.nyantiquarianbookfair.com. https://amsterdamnews.com/news/2022/04/21/antiquarian-book-fair-returns-to-ny-april21-24/

Ailey, Alvin. (1931–1989) & de Lavallade, Carmen. (b. 1931) [Rapport, Will]. Blues Suite – Signed Photograph. Original ca. 1960 Will Rapport photograph of the dancers in performance in “Blues Suite” (sometimes also titled “Roots of the Blues”) which launched the Ailey company in 1958 and is often documented as the choreographer’s first masterpiece. Roach, Max. (1924–2007) & Lincoln, Abbey. (1930–2010). “We Insist!” – Signed LP. Signed Swedish reissue of the jazz drummer’s 1960 album, “We Insist!” inscribed on the back “For Ken, Max 11/26/80” and also signed at a later date by singer Abbey Lincoln, whose signature is dated 1983. Jazz drummer Max Roach and singer Oscar Brown began work on the “Freedom Now Suite” in early 1960, intending to perform it in 1963 on the 50th anniversary of Emancipation. A recording was released in December of 1960 under the title “We Insist!” The work was consciously and explicitly political, with movements spanning slavery, emancipation, the Civil Rights Movement, and African independence movements. The photograph on the cover evokes the lunch counter sit-ins that were a regular feature of civil rights protests. The First Actor of African Descent to Play Othello: A Signed Copy [Aldridge (Ira).] Barabás (Miklós): Ira Aldridge. African tragedian. Member of the order of Art and Science conferred by his Majesty King William 4th of Prussia and holder of the medal of Leopold and the White Cross etc. A rare, inscribed portrait of the famous actor. Dated Berlin 1861, it is inscribed to “Madame Arline Bach with the best wishes of Ira Aldridge.” Born in New York City, Ira Aldridge (1807-1867) attended the African Free School and opted for a career on the stage rather than the clergy, as his father preferred. While he got his start in the Brown’s Theatre (known as the African Theatre), New York, his prospects were brighter in England and he emigrated in 1824. Aldridge’s debut came the next year in a production of “The Revolt of Suriname” in which he played the enslaved prince Oroonoko. Other roles followed quickly, such as “The Ethiopian,” “The Libertine Defeated,” and “The Negro’s Curse,” which was written for him. For the next seven years he performed under the stage name the “African Roscius.” Importantly, his first performance as Othello was in 1826, making him the first actor of African descent to perform the role. “Humanity” Cast-Iron Tobacco Box. An English tobacco box bearing the kneeling captive iconography of the abolitionist movement, dating to the mid-19th century.

https://amsterdamnews.com/news/2022/04/21/antiquarian-book-fair-returns-to-ny-april21-24/

APRIL 4, 2022

NEW YORK ABAA INTERNATIONAL BOOK FAIR

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APRIL 13, 2022

Tiny Charlotte Brontë Book Could Fetch Hefty $1.25 Million The miniature book made when the author was a teen, and contains what may be her last unknown poems, goes on sale this month at the New York Antiquarian Book Fair. By ANTIQUE TRADER STAFF

Brontë's tiny book was "sold by nobody and printed by herself." - Courtesy of James Cummins Bookseller

Before British novelist and poet Charlotte Brontë wrote her most famous work, Jane Eyre, she self-published numerous miniature books as a teenager to entertain the toy soldiers she and her siblings played with. Fans and collectors have long desired these miniature books. The last one of more than two dozen written that have remained in private collections and had been thought lost will be revealed on April 21, the opening night of the 62nd annual New York International Antiquarian Book Fair, also the day of Brontë’s birthday. The asking price is $1.25 million. https://www.antiquetrader.com/antiques-news/tiny-charlotte-bront%C3%AB-book-couldfetch-over-1-million

Novelist and poet Charlotte Brontë. Courtesy of the Morgan Library & Museum

The volume was last seen at auction in 1916 in New York, where it sold for $520 before disappearing, its whereabouts unknown. It will be on view for the first time in more than a century at the booth of New York book dealer James Cummins Bookseller at the book fair. Cummins is selling the book with Maggs Bros. of London, one of the longest-established antiquarian booksellers in the world. According to a release by James Cummings Bookseller, the miniature book, A Book of Ryhmes [sic], by Charlotte Bronte, Sold by Nobody, and Printed by Herself, is a collection of ten poems written when Brontë (1816-1855) was 13. The fifteen-page manuscript, smaller than a playing card, is dated December 1829. Stitched together in its original brown paper covers, the book tells tales involving the "sophisticated imaginary world" of Brontë and her siblings. She and her sisters, Emily and Anne, wrote some of the best-loved novels besides Jane Eyre, including Wuthering Heights (1847) and The Tenant of Wildfell Hall (1948). "They wrote adventure stories, dramas, and verse in handmade manuscript books filled with tiny handwriting intended to resemble print," the release says. "The manuscript was last in the public eye in 1916, and we all love the story of an unexpected survival," Henry Wessells, an associate at James Cummins Bookseller, told CNN. "Now the owner wishes to ensure that it is preserved for future generations, and, ultimately, made available to scholarship."

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The table of contents. Courtesy of James Cummins Bookseller

"The following are attempts at rhyming of an inferior nature it must be acknowledged but they are nevertheless my best," Brontë writes on the manuscript's title page. And at the end of the book, she asserts creative control over the imaginary world created by herself and siblings. It’s that whomever takes possession of the book will permit its contents to be recorded for posterity. Previous “tiny books” have wound up in the possession of institutions like the Brontë Parsonage Museum, which purchased one designed to look like a literary magazine for more than $860,000 in 2019.

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FEBRUARY 15, 2022

International Antiquarian Book Fair Returns To New York, April 21-24

The New York International Antiquarian Book Fair at the Park Avenue Armory. NEW YORK CITY – The New York International Antiquarian Book Fair (NYIABF) – officially sanctioned by Antiquarian Booksellers’ Association of America (ABAA) and International League of Antiquarian Booksellers (ILAB) and produced and managed by Sanford L. Smith + Associates – is making its much-anticipated return to the Park Avenue Armory from April 21-24 for its 62nd edition. Returning to the in-person format in a time when print books and ephemera have mattered more than ever and continue to serve as a source of comfort and escape during a period of uncertainty, the fair has never been more relevant. https://www.antiquesandthearts.com/international-antiquarian-book-fair-returns-to-new-york-april-21-24/

NYIABF will showcase nearly 200 exhibitors this year from around the world, continuing to live up to its reputation as a highly international fair. This year, as world travel restrictions are lifted, the fair organizers are working closely with their international dealers to ensure a seamless return to the United States and will welcome exhibitors from 14 different countries. A number of US exhibitors also highlight the wealth of material available stateside. Exhibitors will present rare books, maps, illuminated manuscripts, incunabula, fine bindings, illustrations, historical documents, prints and print ephemera. Several of the 2022 exhibitors have participated in the NYIABF since its inception, attesting to the fair’s longevity and relevance to its dealers and audiences. However, the fair continues to attract new antiquarian booksellers and attendees as it evolves, welcoming 19 new exhibitors this year, including Auger Down Books, Autographes des Siècles, Brenner’s Books – Rare & Collectable, Bull’s Head Rare Books, Cleveland Book Company, Daniel / Oliver Gallery, Evening Star Books, First Edition Rare Books, Johnson Rare Books, Le Bookiniste, Le Zograscope, Liberty Book Store, lizzyoung bookseller, Riverrun Books & Manuscripts, Stéphane Clavreuil Rare Books Ltd, studio montespecchio di jan van der donk, Temple Rare Books, Voewood Rare Books and William Chrisant & Sons.

Raptis Rare Books, the Manney copy of the first edition in English of Dumas’ The Count of Monte-Cristo in the rare original cloth. https://www.antiquesandthearts.com/international-antiquarian-book-fair-returns-to-new-york-april-21-24/

The fair’s specialties encompass art, science, medicine, literature, history, gastronomy, fashion, first editions, Americana, philosophy, children’s books and much more. From the historic and academic, the religious and spiritual – to the bedrock of secular culture, finance, politics – the fair boasts offerings in every conceivable genre and subject. In recent years, NYIABF has increasingly captured the attention of young collectors seeking one-of-a-kind offerings at more accessible price points. Prices range from $50 and goes up to the millions. In its 62nd Edition, in addition to 99 US booksellers, NYIABF enjoys strong international participation with booksellers hailing from the United Kingdom (32), France (19), Italy (8), Germany (5), The Netherlands (4), Austria (3), Denmark (2), Spain (1), Argentina (1), Canada (1), Czech Republic (1), Georgia (1), Hungary (1) and Japan (1) A full list of exhibitors may be found at www.nyantiquarianbookfair.com/dealers. Preview: $60 (includes one daily readmission); daily admission: $30; students: $10 (with valid ID – at the door only); run of show: $45 (at door only); special event – Discovery Day – Sunday, April 24 1 to 3 pm. A NYIABF tradition, Discovery Day offers ticketed visitors the opportunity to bring their own rare books, manuscripts, maps, etc. (up to five items) Exhibitors will be on hand to offer expert advice and free appraisals. The Park Avenue Armory is at 643 Park Avenue. For information, www.nyantiquarianbookfair.com or 212-777-5218.

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MAY 3, 2022

‘Baby Bronte,’ Wine Book Collection Headline NY Antiquarian Book Fair NEW YORK CITY – From April 21-24, 182 exhibitors from four continents, specializing in every genre and vintage of books, manuscripts, maps, documents, ephemera and anything that could be considered even remotely related returned to the Park Avenue Armory for the 62nd Annual New York International Antiquarian Book Fair (NYIABF). Skipping just one year – 2021 – because of the pandemic, vendors were nonetheless happy to return and many reported a brisk trade, with some rating this edition among the best in the show’s history. Sanford Smith, the fair’s long-time manager, was pleased with how the show turned out. “According to most dealers, it was the best book fair we’ve ever had. For a number of years, many have said it’s the best antiquarian book fair in the world and we had some unbelievable sales.” Smith populates the drill floor of the armory with three different categories of dealers, from those who do it professionally, semiprofessionally, or those for whom it is a part-time endeavor. Visitors can expect to find a broad range of values, from $25 or $50 to seven figures, but because the fair is sanctioned by the Antiquarian Booksellers’ Association of America and the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers, visitors can buy with confidence knowing that any purchase, regardless of price point, has been guaranteed and presented in the most accurate manner possible. A few changes distinguished this edition from previous ones. On a purely aesthetic note, Smith had increased the height of the side walls from three feet to eight feet tall, and had carpeting only on the booth interiors, leaving the aisles bare. There were a few new faces, but the field of vendors was notably smaller than previously, down from about 205 or 208. Smith attributed this to the several factors, including lingering concerns about Covid-19 among more senior exhibitors and the increased expense and freight time for international vendors. If the floor saw fewer dealers, the gate was higher than it has been, a good 50 percent higher than it had been in 2020, Smith reported. Doubtless some of the enthusiasm could be chalked up to the excitement of returning to a live event after a long winter and even longer pandemic closeting but also in part, Smith thought, to how much people love the show. “They can stay all day and browse. There is the congeniality of talking with exhibitors, all of whom are experts and collectors want to talk to people who know what they are doing.” https://www.antiquesandthearts.com/baby-bronte-wine-book-collection-headline-nyantiquarian-book-fair/

One of the most talked about works at the fair was Charlotte BrontÃ«’s A Book of Rhymes, referred to as the “Baby BrontÃ«” because it fits easily in the palm of a small hand and was written in October 1829, when BrontÃ« was 13 years old during her childhood at Haworth Parsonage. The manuscript was last seen in public in 1916 when Walpole Galleries, New York City, auctioned it. The tiny 15-page manuscript was signed by BrontÃ« no less than 12 times and was the last of two dozen miniature books made by the young BrontÃ« in private hands. Smaller than a playing card, the volume contains ten previously unpublished poems. Carefully ensconced in a glass case in the booth of New York City bookseller James Cummins, the volume had been priced at $1.25 million. After the show, it was revealed that the book sold to the Friends of the National Libraries, a British charity, which is donating the book to the BrontÃ« Parsonage Museum in Haworth, Yorkshire. A press release issued by the museum quoted chief curator, Ann Dinsdale, as saying, “It is always emotional when an item belonging to the BrontÃ« family is returned home, and this final little book coming back to the place where it was written after being thought lost is very special for us.” Another work that attracted considerable media attention before the show, and sold for $2 million, was an archive of more than 700 historic wine reference books and manuscripts that dated back to the Sixth Century. Belonging to California winemaker Sean Thackrey and assembled over decades, the Thackrey Library is one of the world’s largest privately owned collections of wine texts; it includes a Sixth Century papyrus leaf from Egypt that records the sale of grapevines from a monastery to an Egyptian farmer, a Fifteenth Century edition of De Vinis by Arnaldus de Villanova, as well as several Sixteenth Century manuscripts previously owned by the writer and wine merchant, AndrÃ© Simon. The buyer was not disclosed. London dealer Peter Harrington reported three high-ticket sales, including a first edition of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby, which had been priced at $360,000. The 1925 volume, which was part of an original run of just 20,870 copies, was in original, untouched mint condition, a particular rarity given a past trend for restoring damaged editions. The volume was featured in an article written in advance of the fair that appeared in Bloomberg. Harrington’s two other noteworthy sales were a leaf of the Gutenberg Bible, from the Mannheim copy, which New York book dealer Gabriel Wells divided into single leaves or larger fragments and inserted into a Morocco leather portfolio by Stikeman and Company. Rounding out his top trades was a Kelmscott Press 1896 copy of Geoffrey Chaucer’s The Works, one of 425 copies that was the result of a four-year collaboration between William Morris and Edward Burne-Jones. The volume is considered one of the most important books published by Kelmscott Press. Americana and historical manuscripts dealer Seth Kaller had several enticing pieces in his small booth, including a Suffrage satin tricolor parade sash with provenance to the Cornelia Rose estate, a broadside titled “Some Account of the Bloody Deeds of General Jackson,” a copy of Paul Revere’s “Boston Massacre,” and an advance text of Martin Luther King’s “I Have A Dream” speech. Cincinnati, Ohio, dealer Ted Twyman of First Edition Rare Books was making his Antiquarian Book Fair debut and had an impressive White House Historical guide from 1962 that was signed by John Fitzgerald Kennedy, Jacqueline Kennedy and Caroline Kennedy. Barry Harlow’s 1970 White House photograph was signed by members of the White House staff, many of which were involved in Watergate, and he had a copy of Richard Nixon’s memoirs that was inscribed to John McCain’s father, John S. McCain Jr. Twyman said he had had a good show before it even opened, selling some Raymond Chandler books and presidential pieces during set up. https://www.antiquesandthearts.com/baby-bronte-wine-book-collection-headline-nyantiquarian-book-fair/

NYIABF encourages booksellers to stock a broad range of price points and you could find that without much difficulty. Brenner’s Books, Manasquan, N.J., fronted its booth with bookshelves prominently marked with books marked “$100 or less” to entice beginning collectors. Near the front, a framed circa 1942 Trader Vic’s menu from Oakland, Calif, was priced at $395. David Lilburne, Antipodean Books, Maps and Prints of Garrison, N.Y., is president of the Ephemera Society of America and has been doing the NYIABF since 1985. “The show was excellent,” David Lilburne said after the show. “It was both better than we expected and better than in previous years, by a long shot. Trade was aggressive and the show was busy throughout the weekend. Both Friday and Saturday were jammed and while Sunday was a little less crowded, it was still busy. We sold our last item at 5:05 pm on Sunday evening and first thing Monday morning, I got a call from someone saying, ‘I’ll take [a Toulouse Lautrec poster].'” Lilburne had a book of Chinese pith pictures in an album with heavily carved boards that he sold to a gentleman who is not in the China market but loved the carved boards and the color of the pith pictures. The same collector also purchased a large, limited edition of Edward Boynton’s History of West Point, which he purchased as a gift for a friend who attended West Point. Lilburne’s proximity to West Point has led to business and personal relationships with several of the military academy’s staff, including Colonel Dave Harper, who is a professor and head of the department of English and Philosophy. Harper brings the academy’s Rare Book Club to Lilburne’s shop where they can handle books or takes them to a local publisher to see how books are made. One year, Harper asked Lilburne if he could bring his cadets to the armory show; Sanford Smith makes tickets possible so now, every year, about 15 cadets attend. This year, Lilburne said they came with two of the academy’s librarians. “I’m so happy to be here,” said Princeton, Mass., bookseller James Gray, who noted he took advantage of the pandemic lockdown to research and blog about his inventory, which focuses on early printed books. Among the things in his booth that he proudly showed off was the adaption of QR codes that people could scan that would bring up information about each work he was selling. “I get alerts from the platform that hosts my blog that tells me how many ‘readers’ I have; on a good day, I see between 40 and 50 readers. Before 9 am on Saturday, I had 146 readers.” “It was a very good show. I wrote twice as many invoices at that show as I have at any show I’ve ever done; to new and old clients, as well as institutions. I had some substantial purchases, too.” Gray said the level of attention was “much higher” than usual and he was pleased to see that younger people were also buying, with about half of his buyers being younger than him. He met people from all over, including a woman from Melbourne, Australia, who came to New York just to attend the fair. He made sales throughout the weekend, selling out of all his catalogs – a first for him – and in the last two hours of the show, he reported “nice sales to famous collectors, one from New York, the other from Washington.” One of the sales Gray specified was A Sea Man’s Kalendar, which described navigational routes and would have been kept on board a ship for most of its life. Most were lost overboard or disintegrated from the elements, so it was a particularly rare survivor “It’s really cool because you can see cloth and tar, and lots of binding threads,” Gray point out. He sold it to a state university in the Midwest United States. https://www.antiquesandthearts.com/baby-bronte-wine-book-collection-headline-nyantiquarian-book-fair/

One of the younger dealers on the floor, Michael Jennings of Neatline Antique Maps, first did the NYIABF in 2020, before the pandemic so this was his second time exhibiting in New York, but he shows regularly in California and Europe. When asked why he started to focus on maps, he said he had trained as an archaeologist and had always loved them. Among the pieces he pointed out were a Belle Epoque travel poster for around the world travel. For earlier travel, he’d hung an entire wall with early maps. After the fair, Jennings reported selling a 1535 map to a client who looked at it during the show and called him the following day to say he wanted it. He said he had at least one sale in the works. “I think many people are very satisfied with how the fair has been managed. The set up was very well organized,” said Peter Blackman of White Fox Rare Books & Antiques. The New York City dealer characterized trade among dealers as “good.” After the fair closed, he said the energy was very much like previous New York book fairs and he thought that the expectation that visitors wear masks did not deter people from browsing. He saw strong institutional interest, though he thought attendance was down a bit because of Covid. When we inquired as to what Blackman had that was very rare, he produced a “Gemalde auf Spinnengewebe” or painting on cobweb that was done by Franz Unterberger (Austria, 1838-1902) circa 1870s and depicted a young boy in Tyrolean garb, in a cardboard frame that measured about 5 by 4 inches. According to the dealer’s website, paintings on material woven from cobweb are quite scarce, with fewer than 100 paintings known to have been done. He had acquired it from a private collection. One of Blackman’s sales was a set of four adorned engraved prints by Maerten de Vos (15321603), which featured Seventeenth Century prints with fabric woven into the paper in the Eighteenth Century. The prints were religious subjects and Blackman said they were scarce, with the Victoria & Albert Museum being one of the only other places to have them. The set sold to a university library in the United States. Occupying a large booth in the center of the drill floor was Bauman Rare Books. Among the treasures on offer with the Madison Avenue booksellers and priced at $16,500 was a rare Elizabeth I royal wax seal that had been discovered in a collection of Elizabethan ephemera. The seal was affixed by a ribbon to a single page of vellum granting in a secretarial hand the office of sheriff of the County Palatine of Chester to Thomas Aston, Esq. Of later vintage but also with Bauman was a presentation copy of Albert Einstein’s Relativity, The Special and General Theory, published in 1931 in New York City. The octavo volume in giltstamped navy cloth was inscribed with a rare inscription in Einstein’s characteristic tiny handwriting “FÃ¼r Herrn. J.M. Frankel, Albert Einstein, 1933.” Bauman was asking $35,000 for it. An Ernest Hemingway family archive with Stuart Lutz received a lot of attention. The group, which he had priced at $200,000, included letters written to his favorite sister Ursula and more than two letters between Ernest and his wife, Mary, written at the time of his suicide. The archive was being sold on behalf of Ursula’s family and had never been offered for sale previously. Of the 51 pieces, which were written between 1908 and 1966, 32 were written by Ernest and topics range from his writing and books to travel, awards, life in Cuba and his family and that of Ursula.