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Member Catalogues


Our latest list includes two useful and massive references: the 37-volume British Museum General Catalogue of Printed Books, and a 21-year run of Charles Hamilton Auction Catalogs

November 18, 2025

This catalog is focused on Roman Catholicism and can generally be divided into three sections: the first documents the late 19th/early 20th century animus against Catholicism by the Ku Klux Klan, Protestants, nativists, ex-Catholics and others who believed that a Papal conspiracy was underway to subjugate Protestant Americans. The second section focuses on the anti-Semitic and anti-Communist tendencies within Catholicism based on the belief that Jews and Communists were conspiring to eradicate Catholicism. And the third section chronicles some of the Traditionalist Catholic groups that emerged after Vatican II and their pursuit of a less modern Catholicism.

November 18, 2025

31 books with fore-edge paintings, mostly from a private collection. Special attention is paid to illustrating every item, noting their histories and how to understand their histories.

November 18, 2025


Rabelais was in Boston to exhibit at the 47th Boston International Antiquarian Book Fair, sponsored by the Antiquarian Bookseller’s Association of America. For the occasion, we assembled a list of one hundred+ exceptional culinary books, manuscripts and ephemeral items. The five centuries of items hail from 1549 to 1999, and include books, manuscripts, photographs, maps, account books, menus, trade cards, labels and more. This time around, our emphasis is on Boston and Massachusetts.

November 16, 2025

A CATALOGUE OF SIGNIFICANT AND UNUSUAL IMPRINTS RELATING TO AMERICA

November 14, 2025

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November 11, 2025


76 books from a private collection. The library is strong in the natural sciences, natural history, insects, flowers, birds, animals. Featured are both inexpensive books and important contributions to these fields of science. Many of the books are difficult to find in today's market, giving the catalogue strength in unusual items.

November 9, 2025

First & Early Editions of Printed Music Rare Books on Music Portraits of Composers, &c. 16th-20th Centuries 67 new offerings ...

November 5, 2025

I am happy to announce a new listing of 45 items for you to take a look at. You will find everything from some classic Western Americana sets, to a few illustrated books, California history, and a few poetry books. I hope you enjoy browsing, and please let me know if you find anything of interest.

November 5, 2025

Discover “The Extraordinary Lives of Everyday People” — featuring Max’s 1879 Map, made in Manitowoc. It’s a celebration of everyday people who make life extraordinary — one story at a time.

November 4, 2025

Catalog of rare and exceptional maps exhibited at the Boston International Antiquarian Book Fair.

November 4, 2025


143 items on food, drink, cookery and closely related subjects from Europe, Mexico, and the US from the 16th to the 20th century. The first Aldine Libri de re Rustica, books on bread from the 17th and the 20th centuries, collections of dried mushrooms, and a group of rare food books which, as the best cookbooks often do, show evidence of enthusiastic use. Also, an extensive section of Mexican books including a colonial era manuscript cookery and an early cantina book -- AND a Dieter Roth rabbit-poop-rabbit.

November 3, 2025