[Rarebooks] Announcement: New Catalogue

Charles Agvent agvent at erols.com
Mon Mar 31 12:04:16 EDT 2008


Our new Internet-only Catalogue--SPRING 2008: NEW YORK BOOK FAIR with 77 
items—is now posted on our website: http://www.erols.com/agvent

Highlights include Inscribed copies of SISTER CARRIE, ASK THE DUST, 
DEATH IN THE AFTERNOON, and THE JUNGLE, as well as books signed by Susan 
B. Anthony, Martin Luther King, Jr., Samuel Morse, Franklin and Teddy 
Roosevelt (several), William Carlos Williams, Virginia Woolf, and W. B. 
Yeats.  There is also a Second Edition of Adam Smith's THE WEALTH OF 
NATIONS and beautiful Hand-colored Plate books including Guerin's 
DICTIONNAIRE PITTORESQUE D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE, Michaux and Nuttall's 
NORTH AMERICAN SYLVA, and the First Edition of Wilson's AMERICAN 
ORNITHOLOGY.  Rare manuscript items include drawings by Sylvia Plath 
when she was eight years old and Casey's Stengel's notes for his 
induction speech into the Baseball Hall of Fame.

We will be exhibiting at the ABAA New York Book Fair, April 4 - 6, at 
the Park Avenue Armory at 67th St.  We will be bringing a variety of 
items including leather sets, hand-colored plate books, early printed 
books, Presidential signed books, etc.  Come visit us in booth E-17.
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All books subject to prior sale.  Cash with order; institutions may be 
billed.  Postage additional:  $9.00 for the first book, $5.00 each 
thereafter.  Overseas postage billed at approximate cost. Pennsylvania 
residents must add 6% sales tax.  Mastercard, Visa, American Express and 
Discover accepted.  Books may be returned within 10 days of receipt for 
any reason provided they are in the same condition as sent and prior 
notice is given. Please insure returns for their full value.  We carry a 
diverse stock with major specialties including Modern and 19th Century 
Literary First Editions, Autographed Books, and Limited Editions Club 
books.  We are celebrating our 20th year of business and are proud to be 
members of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America (ABAA) and 
the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers (ILAB) as well as 
the Manuscript Society and the Universal Autograph Collectors Club 
(UACC).  Please feel free to contact us with any wants or offerings. 
Thank you.

CHARLES AGVENT
291 Linden Road
Mertztown, PA  19539-8750
610-682-4750
agvent at erols.com
Visit our home page:  http://www.erols.com/agvent





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