It’s been fun doing these virtual book fairs. They bring the promise of big sales numbers, new customers, and an abundance of fresh material that “real” book fairs deliver, with little of the physical labor, less cost, and much less anxiety. But by now their limitations have become obvious.
I don’t know about you, but when I’m tending my virtual booth, answering questions or filling a photo request, packing and shipping the occasional sale, selecting and cataloging stock for the next VBF, not to mention attempting to shop the fair myself, I can’t do much else. I recently realized, to my shock and shame, that I hadn’t issued a catalog since August 25! In the words of my friend Mishka Shubaly, “I Swear I’ll Make It Up To You.”
So, here’s a selection of 54 books, photos, paintings, prints, and ephemeral items – common to rare, cheap to not-so-cheap, pristine to well-loved. I think you’ll find there’s something for everybody. Or, at least the first 54 everybodys.
(We suggest email orders – to tenpound@tenpound.com, or through the “Contact” tab on our home page. These electronic messages are time stamped and readily answered. Telephone communication is a little less certain, but may be attempted by dialing 978 283 5299. All items will be shipped postpaid and insured. Larger orders, and those requiring special handling will be shipped at cost.)
Allen, William.
Picturesque Views in the Island of Ascension.
Smith, Elder and Co., ( 1835), London
Oblong folio, 36.5 cm. (16) pp., title page, hand colored lithograph plates.
Item #:42475
Price: $2500
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Andrews, William Loring.
Paul Revere and His Engravings.
Charles Scribner's Sons, ( 1901), New York
8vo. 24.5 cm. xiii, (4), 5-170, (2) pp. Color frontispiece, engraved title, b/w engravings, printing in red and black
Item #:42578
Price: $250
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Anon.
Flag Book: Containing Three Hundred and Six Flags of all Nations.
Woolley and Cook, ( n.d. (circa 1850)), London
4to. 28 cm. 10 color plates, 2 pp. text.
Item #:42491
Price: $200
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Baker, Virginia.
The History of Warren, Rhode Island, in the War of the Revolution, 1776-1783.
Author, ( 1901), Warren, RI
8vo. 19.5 cm. 68 pp. b/w halftone frontispiece.
Item #:42579
Price: $45
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Banfield, Edwin.
Barometers: Stick or Cistern Tube (and) Barometers: Wheel or Banjo.
Baros Books, ( (1996 and 1999)), (Trowbridge, UK)
8vo. 24 cm. vii, 150 pp. (and) vii, 246 pp. b/w plates in both volumes.
Item #:42453
Price: $30
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Bierstadt, Edward.
Picturesque St. Augustine. Views in the Old Florida City.
Artotype Publishing Co., ( (1891)), New York
Oblong 4to. 26.5 cm. Unpaginated. b/w plates.
Item #:42442
Price: $50
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Blane, Gilbert.
Observations on the Diseases of Seamen.
Joseph Cooper, ( 1789), London
8vo. 21 cm. xv, (iii)-vii, 560, 4, xv, 20 pp.
Item #:42473
Price: $1000
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Christie's.
The Frank S. Streeter Library. Important Navigation, Pacific Voyages, Cartography, Science.
Christie's, ( 2007), New York
Two 4to vols. 27 cm. 349; 321 pp. Color and b/w plates.
Item #:42576
Price: $45
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Connett, Christina.
Thou Shalt Knot
Old Dartmouth Historical Society/New Bedford Whaling Museum, ( 2017), New Bedford
Square 8vo. 83, (1) pp. Color and b/w plates.
Item #:42384
Price: $50
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Curry, Manfred.
Die Aerodynamik des Segels und die Kunst des Ragatta-Segelns.
Verlag Jos. Huber, ( 1925), Diessen vor Munchen, Germany
8vo. 24.5 cm. 269 pp. b/w photo plates and duotone ills.
Item #:42600
Price: $100
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Downs, John W.
Sprays of Salt.
( (1944)), n.p
8vo. 23.5 cm. 167 pp. b/w plates.
Item #:42601
Price: $50
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Du Guay-Trouin, Rene.
Memoires de Monsieur du Guay-Trouin, Lieutenant General des Armees Navales.
De l'imprimerie Privilegiee, ( 1740), Amsterdam
12mo. 17 cm. xl, 377, (1) pp. b/w folding engraved plates and map.
Item #:42597
Price: $450
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Du Pont, A. Felix.
Under Sea with Helmet and Camera.
Dodd, Mead & Company, ( 1940), New York
8vo. 23 cm. xiv, 87 pp. b/w photo ills.
Item #:42598
Price: $100
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Ephemera.
The Barbara Johnson Collection of Scrimshaw and Whaling Artifacts.
Rafael Osona, ( 1993), Nantucket
4to. 70, (2) pp. b/w ills.
Item #:42457
Price: $25
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Ephemera. Clipper Ship Sailing Card.
Rare Clipper Ship Sailing Card – Lady Washington, Sigsbie, Master, is receiving her cargo at Pier 12 East River, (Old Slip)…
Colored card stock 4 x 6 1/2 inches. Published by Nesbitt & Co., New York, circa 1865.
Item #:40017
Price: $2750
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Feher, Joseph (editor)
Hawaii: a Pictorial History
Bishop Museum, ( 1969), Honolulu
Folio. 32.5 cm. 504, (14) pp. b/w and duotone ills., plates.
Item #:42458
Price: $50
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Fortier, Norman (photography), Introductions and Captions by Calvin Siegel and Llewellyn Howland III.
Limited Edition of “On the Wind,” Plus 6 Vintage Yachting Photos by Fortier.
David R. Godine, ( (2007)), Boston
Oblong 4to. 25.5 cm. xxv, (1), 127, (1) pp. b/w photo plates.
Item #:42449
Price: $125
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Fortier, Norman.
Two Watercolors of New England Lights and Beacons.
Item #:42519
Price: $350
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Frank, Stuart M.
Classic Whaling Prints.
Old Dartmouth Historical Society, ( 2016), New Bedford
Oblong 4to. 28 cm. 72 pp. Color plates.
Item #:42520
Price: $75
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