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Monday, November 4, 2013

Has An Unrecorded Thackeray MS Gift Book Been Discovered?

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by Stephen J. Gertz Hand-lettered titlepage. A small manuscript book with original art purportedly written and drawn by William Make...
Friday, November 1, 2013

Proust Gets Boost at Christie's

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by Stephen J. Gertz Written at age 9, to his grandmother, Feb. 1881. Est. $6,700-$9,300. Eight signed autograph letters written by F...
Thursday, October 31, 2013

The Marquis De Sade Gripes To Mrs. Marquis De Sade & His Kids

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by Stephen J. Gertz Oh Sade, poor Sade, mamma's hung you in the closet and I'm feeling so sad.* A revealing eleven-page s...
Tuesday, October 29, 2013

19th C. Breast Cancer Lithograph Makes Surgery Look Beautiful

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by Stephen J. Gertz A copy of the first edition of the most complete anatomical atlas and arguably the most beautiful of the nineteent...
Monday, October 28, 2013

The Great White Endpapers $35K-$50K

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by Stephen J. Gertz Binding A (1st state). An untouched copy of the first American edition, first issue of Herman Melville's Mo...
Friday, October 18, 2013

A Nation Of Political Fools, 1713 Edition

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by Stephen J. Gertz   "Although this Island of Folly cannot be found on the map, you will have no difficulty in guessing its re...
Wednesday, October 16, 2013

Scarcer Than A Battleship In A Bathtub

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by Stephen J. Gertz A copy of James Ralfe's Naval Chronology of Great Britain in the original parts has come to market. A book of...