CLASSIC BOOKSELLING BOOK AUCTION CATALOGUES
[This is a Mainly 20th-Century, General Reading & Reference File]
CLASSIC BOOKSELLING
Jenkins Company, booksellers, Austin. Bibliography, reference, biography. Austin: The Jenkins Company, [198?]. Folio.
$15.00
• Original wrappers. Ink markings on front cover.
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Jenkins Company, booksellers, Austin. The whole world: Books and manuscripts on many subjects. Austin: The Jenkins Company, 1980. Folio.
• Original wrappers. Some staining and sun discoloration on the cover.
Jenkins Company, booksellers, Austin. A group of three catalogues (Literature). Austin: The Jenkins Company, 1985. Folio.
$15.00
• Original wrappers, illustrated on nos. 176 and 183. All have ink markings on front covers; 183 also has markings on back cover.
Jenkins Company, booksellers, Austin. The South, Civil War, blacks, and slavery. Austin: The Jenkins Company, 1985. Folio.
$15.00
• Original illustrated wrappers. Ink and pencil markings on front cover. Address label on rear.
Jenkins Company, booksellers, Austin. States of the Union. Austin: The Jenkins Company, 1985. Folio.
$15.00
• Original illustrated wrappers. Ink markings on front cover.
Jenkins Company, booksellers, Austin. Railroad, steamboat, river, and canal: A catalogue of books and pamphlets on transportation. Austin: The Jenkins Company, [198?]. Folio.
• Original wrappers. Ink markings on front cover.
Jenkins Company, booksellers, Austin. Women. Austin: The Jenkins Company, 1985. Folio.
• Original illustrated wrappers. Ink markings on front cover.
Kraus, H.P., bookseller, New York. History of Science, Natural History, Medicine. New York: H.P. Kraus, (19--). 4to.
$20.00
• Stapled in wrappers with cloth shelf back.
Kraus, H.P., bookseller, New York. I: History of Medicine; II: European Works Since the 15th Century. New York: H.P. Kraus, (19--). 4to.
• Stapled in wrappers with cloth shelf back.
Kraus, H.P., bookseller, New York. Arts: Art, Architecture, Archaeology, Festivities, Music, Drama, Film. New York: H.P. Kraus, (19--). 4to.
• Original wrappers.
Kraus, H.P., bookseller, New York. Nautica: Books about Navigation, Ships & the Sea, including the Related Sciences.... New York: H.P. Kraus, (1951). 4to.
• Stapled in wrapper with cloth shelf back.
Kraus, H.P., bookseller, New York. Illustrated Books & Fine Bindings. New York: H.P. Kraus, (19--). 4to.
• Original wrappers.
Kraus, H.P., bookseller, New York. Books about Books, Bibliographies, History of Libraries—Library Catalogues.... New York: H.P. Kraus, (19--). 4to.
• Stapled in wrappers with cloth shelf back.
Kraus, H.P., bookseller, New York. England: The First Three Centuries of Printing. With a supplement: A Selection of Manuscripts. New York: H.P. Kraus, (19--). 4to.
• Original wrappers.
Kraus, H.P., bookseller, New York. 19th Century Photographs, including Daguerrotypes, Civil War Photographs, Early American Views, Technology, French Portrait Photographs, etc. New York: H.P. Kraus, [1977]. 4to.
• Stapled in original wrappers.
Kraus, H.P., bookseller, New York. New Acquisitions: Incunabula, XVI Century Books, Americana, etc. New York: H.P. Kraus, (1946).
• Stapled in original wrappers; staining to wrappers along spine.
Kraus, H.P., bookseller, New York. History of Medicine [and] Medical Biographies. New York: H.P. Kraus, [1954]. 4to.
• Original wrappers. A few page corners dog-eared.
Kraus, H.P., bookseller, New York. A Selection of Rare Books & Manuscripts: Mostly Recent Acquisitions, IXth to XIXth Century. New York: H.P. Kraus, (1964). 4to.
• Original wrappers. Small library receipt stamp on front cover.
Kraus, H.P., bookseller, New York. Selection of choice French books, most of them recently acquired from two distinguished European private collections. New York: H.P. Kraus, [1961]. Folio. [3] ff., 124 pp., [1] f.
• Original boards. Abrasion with loss to paper spine, front cover sunned.
Kraus, H.P., bookseller, New York. Bibliography. New York: H.P. Kraus, [1987]. Fol.
$10.00
• Original wrappers.
Kraus, H.P., bookseller, New York. Remarkable manuscripts, books and maps from the IXth to the XVIIIth century, including many first descriptions of hitherto unknown items recently discovered. New York: H.P. Kraus, (1958). Folio. [2] ff., 156 pp.
• Original paper covered boards. All pages cockled from having been wet sometime. Faint mildew at end.
Kraus, H.P., bookseller, New York. Books from Many Fields: Americana, Voyages, Geography, Art & Architecture, Bibliography, Bindings, Classics.... New York: H.P. Kraus, [1958]. 8vo.
$20.00
• Original wrappers.
Kraus, H.P., bookseller, New York. From Trothemius to Proctor bibliography and reference books before 1900. Part I of the private library of Hans P. Kraus. New York: H.P. Kraus, [1990]. Fol.
• Original wrappers.
Kraus, H.P., bookseller, New York. One Hundred and Eighty Rare Books & Manuscripts. New York: H.P. Kraus, [1970]. 4to.
• Original wrappers.
Kraus, H.P., bookseller, New York. Varia. New York: H.P. Kraus, [1986]. Fol.
• Original wrappers.
Kraus, H.P., bookseller, New York. Classica et Medievalia...periodicals, standard collections...monographs.... New York: H.P. Kraus, [1961]. 8vo.
• Original wrappers.
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Laurence Witten Rare Books, bookseller, Bridgeport, Conn. One hundred important & manuscripts. 6th to 19th centuries. Bridgeport: Laurence Witten Rare Books, 1975. Folio. 140 pp., [1] f.
$15.00
• Printed green wrappers. Light damage to spine paper, with minor loss of paper. Very good copy.
Laurence Witten Rare Books, bookseller, Southport, Conn. Sixteenth century printed books. Southport: Laurence Witten Rare Books, 1977. Folio. 95 pp, [1] p.
• Printed brown wrappers. Pencilling and library receipt stamp on front cover. Small stains on both covers, and a little loss of paper to spine.
Laurence Witten Rare Books, bookseller, Southport, Conn. Precious books & manuscripts. Southport: Laurence Witten Rare Books, 1978. Folio. 128 pp.
• Printed green wrappers. Light wear at top of spine. Bookseller's questionnaire (one leaf) and addressed envelope laid in.
Laurence Witten Rare Books, bookseller, Southport, Conn. Incunabula, manuscripts, early illustrated books, early graphics & bindings. Southport: Laurence Witten Rare Books, 1979. Folio. 80 pp.
• Printed grey wrappers. Very light wear to top and bottom of spine. A bit warped.
Laurence Witten Rare Books, bookseller, Southport, Conn. Early manuscripts & illuminated leaves. Southport: Laurence Witten Rare Books, 1980. Folio. 60 pp.
• Printed orange wrappers. Minor loss of paper to top and bottom of spine. Light creases and tears along top edge of front cover. A bit warped.
Laurence Witten Rare Books, bookseller, Southport, Conn. Six centuries of illustrated & ornamented books, 1468–1979. Southport: Laurence Witten Rare Books, 1981. Folio. 112 pp.
• Printed wrappers. Faint creasing at top corner of front cover, and very light soiling on both covers. A bit warped.
Laurence Witten Rare Books, bookseller, Southport, Conn. Incunabula. Southport: Laurence Witten Rare Books, 1982. Folio. 96 pp.
• Printed wrappers. Two small spots of soil on front cover. A bit warped.
Laurence Witten Rare Books, bookseller, Southport, Conn. Three hundred printed books of the Renaissance & early Baroque, 1501–1650. Southport: Laurence Witten Rare Books, 1982. Folio. 84 pp.
• Printed wrappers. Light stains on both covers. Paper tearing at bottom of spine.
Laurence Witten Rare Books, bookseller, Southport, Conn. Rare books & manuscripts. Selected from our stock & exhibited at the International Antiquarian Book Fair, Europa hotel, London, 14, 15, 16 June 1983. Southport: Laurence Witten Rare Books, [1983]. Folio. 4 ff.
• Faint discoloration along edges; date circled on front cover and two small chips to fore-edge. Top outer corners lightly bent.
Maggs
Americana
Maggs Bros., London. An illustrated catalogue raisonné of one hundred and six original manuscripts, autographs, maps, and printed books illustrating the discovery & history of America from 1492 to 1814. Loaned by Maggs Bros., of London. Exhibited at the Library of Congress, Washington, D.C., Spring, 1929. Folio. 233 pp., [1] p.; illus.
Maggs Bros., booksellers, London. English literature & printing from the 15th to the 18th century. Part II (M–Z). London: Maggs Bros., 1928. 8vo. 876 pp.
• Original printed wrappers; front wrapper detached. Expectable wear.
"Bibliotheca
asiatica et africana"
Maggs Bros., booksellers, London. Bibliotheca asiatica et africana. Part IV. London: Maggs Bros., 1929. 8vo. 264 pp.
• Original printed wrappers, but clearly removed from a bound volume as evidenced by the spine.
Maggs Bros., booksellers, London. English literature & history from the 15th to the 18th century. Part I (A–L). London: Maggs Bros., 1929. 8vo. 544 pp.
$20.00
• Original printed wrappers, detached; "repaired" with cello tape, with usual discoloration. Expectable wear.
Maggs Bros., booksellers, London. Music: A catalogue of manuscripts & printed books. Part two: Late 18th to end of the 19th century. London: Maggs Bros., 1970. 8vo. 180 pp.
• Original printed wrappers. Some damage to spine paper.
Maggs Bros., booksellers, London. Three centuries of English literature and history. Part II. The seventeenth century, M–Z. London: Maggs Bros., 1937. 8vo. 152 pp. 
• Illustrated wrappers; spine damaged and repaired with tape.
Large
Format
Maggs Bros., booksellers, London. A selection of books, manuscripts, bindings, and autograph letters remarkable for their interest and rarity; being the five hundred and fiftyfifth catalogue issued by Maggs Bros. London: Maggs Bros., 1931. Large 4to. 230 pp., indices.
• Original printed wrappers with stains from cello tape once used. Expectable wear.
Maggs Bros., booksellers, London. English literatury & history from the 15th to the 18th century. Forming a supplement to Catalogue 550. London: Maggs Bros., 1931. Small 4to. 112 pp.
• Original printed wrappers. Expectable wear.
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