Auction, Vol. V, No. 2, October 1971: A Book Hunter's Manhattan

Auction Communications, Inc., Published 1971. Wraps, 56 pp.; 28 cm; staple bound; illustrated with black-and-white photographs and reproductions throughout. Vol. V, No. 2, October 1971; Special Book Issue: A Book Hunter's Manhattan; Gilbert E. Kaplan, publisher; Linda Rosenkrantz, editor. In Good condition. Pop-art cover by John Sovjani depicting an aerial view of Manhattan with Book Row at its heart, in saturated magenta, purple, turquoise, and orange. Mild shelf wear with some bumping and creasing at edges and corners and some color loss along the spine and edges. Binding tight. Pages lightly toned but otherwise unmarked.The October 1971 issue of "Auction" magazine, an art and rare-books trade publication founded and edited by Gilbert E. Kaplan, devoted in full to book collecting. Contents include New Paths in Collecting Americana by Archibald Hanna (Yale's curator of Western Americana at the Beinecke, surveying the field after the seven-part Parke-Bernet sale of the Thomas W. Streeter collection, 1966-1969); Illuminations: A Practical Guide to Books of Hours by Paul Jordan-Smith, a substantive collector's primer with glossary and illustrated examples; A Book Hunter's Manhattan, a comprehensive directory of New York City's antiquarian booksellers organized by neighborhood, including ABAA member shops, auction galleries, and specialized libraries; Tauromaquia: The Bullfight Library of Lester and Edythe Ziffren by Jerry E. Patterson (with photographs by Peter Hujar); and Johnny Reb and Billy Yank: Collecting Civil War Autographs by John M. Taylor. Also includes Recent Prices coverage of major sales at Sotheby's, Christie's, Parke-Bernet, and Continental houses, and a 1971 auction Calendar by region. The Manhattan directory is itself a period artifact, documenting a NYC book trade most of which has since vanished.Contents: New Paths in Collecting Americana by Archibald Hanna; Illuminations: A Practical Guide to Books of Hours by Paul Jordan-Smith; A Book Hunter's Manhattan; Tauromaquia: The Bullfight Library of Lester and Edythe Ziffren by Jerry E. Patterson; Johnny Reb and Billy Yank: Collecting Civil War Autographs by John M. Taylor; Books; Coming Up; Recent Prices; Calendar. …