This features a short list of Witches … Witches, Witchcraft, and general witchery to celebrate the season. The list includes a handsome 17th century copy of The Mystery of Witch-craft to modern British witch Doreen Valiente’s ABC of Witchcraft and much more. Please let us know if you have questions or would like images. Thank you, as always, for your consideration.

This week we offer a rather long but very interesting list of items celebrating the ABAA’s 75th anniversary. As these items were included in the recent virtual fair, there are images available of all. We are trying something new, and there is a link in each listing to our website with images and some additional information. Thank you, as always, for your consideration.

This week we offer a new list featuring European Continental books, including works published in French, German, Latin, and Italian. Highlights include an early anthropodermic binding with a detailed provenance (1668); history of Italy (1592) with manuscript material bound in; a description of famous natural baths (springs) in Switzerland (1880); a treatise on childhood illness (1778) and a German book of children’s stories with handcolored plates (1825). The first few pages are the illustrated Highlights followed by the text only Long List. Additional images upon request.

We are bringing many wonderful things to the NYABAA book fair, most of which are listed in our Long [long] List. Here is a short, pithy list of highlights with a handful of images.