Highlights

Each year our exhibitors bring rare, beautiful and unusual items for sale.

This year is now exception. Leading up to the fair new highlights will be added by our exhibitors every day. These are just a sample of the wide range of printed materials that will be available at the fair.

Please browse the highlights. They are all for sale. If you find something interesting, please contact the exhibitor, it might just be yours!


You can also browse the highlights by exhibitor by viewing the exhibitor's profile in the exhibitor directory


[27711] Prodromus Florae Novae Hollandiae et insulae Van-Dieman, exhibens characteres plantarum quas annis 1802-1805 ... edition secunda. ...
$4500
Brown, Robertus. Normibergae: Leonardi Schrag, 1827 second edition. Octavo, Contemporary half calf and marbled boards, all edges coloured, a few light spots, very scarce. The Prodromus is considered a masterpiece of botanical literature and "has a two-fold importance in the history of systematic botany. Its primary purpose was to record succinctly the plants of Australia collected by Robert Brown himself in 1802 and 1805 when naturalist on Flinders' voyage together with plants collected earlier by Joseph Banks and Daniel Solander on Cook's first voyage (1768-71.)
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Yachigusa - Volume 6 by Ueno Seikō
$1210
Uncommon work that appears to have ended up consisting of at least 14 volumes published over a few years from 1901. The book, in oblong format with decorative covers, contains 30 very nice, woodblock printed kimono designs with tissue interleaves numbered 151-180. Honda Kinnosuke of Unkindō in Kyoto published some of the most beautiful books in this genre. Kyoto. Honda Kinnosuke. 1902. 30 leaves of prints. 17.8 x 25cm. In very good condition with only minor wear. Tissue interleaves a bit darkened as expected and a couple with creases. Otherwise very good.
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