Collectors Corner Rare Books

The Bryn Mawr-Wellesley Book Sale is renowned for treasures in the Collectors Corner rare book room. Don’t miss FIRST EDITIONS and unusual collectibles. Come browse just for the fun of it! Entrance is first come, first served.

THREE SPECIAL COLLECTIONS:
Buyers will find books from the estate of Alfred Bush, an editor of the Papers of Thomas Jefferson and longtime curator of Western and Native American materials at the Princeton University Library. There are also volumes from the estate of Bryn Mawr graduate Dr. Susan Auth, a classical archaeologist and Newark Museum curator. The final private collection that will be on sale is from the estate of Susan Casteras, Professor Emeritus of Art at the University of Washington (Seattle), an expert on British art, especially Victorian and pre- Raphaelitism.

EXCEPTIONAL BOOKS
Exceptional books available this year include an original 1894 “Peacock” edition of Pride and Prejudice with an exquisite gilt cover design, a celebrated example of late Victorian pictorial covers. Also on offer is an original 1704 edition in excellent condition of the Index Librorum Prohibitorum, or Index of Forbidden Books. This book lists volumes considered heretical at the time by the Catholic Church.

Buyers will find plenty of art books, including a book on Maxfield Parrish and a Dictionary of Artist’s Models, which includes brief biographies of 200 artists’ models from the Renaissance to the present. Homeschoolers can stock up on books for learning, while travelers can find small paperbacks to tuck into bags for upcoming trips.

Collectors Corner is open during regular sale hours, Wednesday to Friday. On Saturday it is open from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00, then closes for the year. Selected items will be discounted on Saturday.