David M. Lesser, Fine Antiquarian Books LLC

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David M. Lesser, Fine Antiquarian Books LLC

Book Dealer: Antiquarian & Rare

One Bradley Road, Suite 302

Woodbridge, CT 06525

http://www.lesserbooks.com

dmlesser@lesserbooks.com

Specializing in Rare Americana

Visual Art

Robert Louis Stevenson figure and bench structure during the sculpting process

Robert Louis Stevenson Statue Set for Unveiling

Lawrence Klein Comic Books and Comic Book Art to Auction

Rare Iron Man, Captain America, and Batman Comic Art to Auction

Book People

Dave Eggers

Dave Eggers Archive Acquired by the Harry Ransom Center

Alain Riffaud's Molière Catalogue Wins 2026 ILAB Breslauer Prize for Bibliography

Bookshop Browsing Raises Wellbeing Reveals New Survey

Auctions

Edgar Allan Poe carte de visite after Mathew Brady, as published by Edward Anthony in New York, c. early 1860s, known as the “Ultima Thule” portrait (estimate: $10,000-$15,000)

Martin Luther King and Abraham Lincoln Letters Lead University Archives Auction

Chekhov Letter on Newfound Fame and Henry VIII Warrant Lead Autograph Auction

15th Century Clerk’s Manual and Project Blue Book: The Week in Rare Books

Book Arts

Miami Zine Fair 2025

Miami Zine Fair 2026 Details

Major New Samuel Beckett Biennale to Include First Ulster-Scots Translation of 'Waiting for Godot'

New Celebrations Mark 40 years of ‘Poems on the Underground’

Sponsored

On the Origin of Species

First Edition of “On the Origin of Species” Features at Ripley

1859 First Edition of Darwin’s "On the Origin of Species" to Lead Ripley Rare Books Auctions

Odfjell Collection Goes to Auction

Rare Books

Three books by John Dos Passos and finely bound by Hazel Dreis

Finely Bound Dos Passos Trilogy: Rare Books of the Week

Previously Unknown 15th Century Text by Gutenberg Associates Discovered

Tolkien Letter on Tom Bombadil: Rare Book of the Week

Maps

Abraham Ortelius, Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, Antwerp, 1601

Atlases and Maps: Five Rare Maps for Collectors

New Book Focuses on Historic First Detailed Map of 18th Century London

Top Secret Omaha Beach Invasion Maps to Auction

Photographs

May 1956, Ernest Hemingway and a 730lb Marlin

Hemingway's 'The Old Man and the Sea' Location Photos to Auction

'Henry Wessel: Photographs and Books' at the Grolier Club

Sports and Music Photographs by Michael Zagaris to Auction

Exhibitions

Zora Neale Hurston, Mules and Men (Philadelphia, London: JB Lippincott, 1935)

Two Centuries of African American Writers Celebrated at Grolier

New Permanent Exhibition Showcasing Rare Books on Alchemy Opens Today

Unseen Charles Dickens Items on Display for First Time

Americana

Captain Robert A. Lewis’s mission-used flight logbook from the Enola Gay

Enola Gay’s Hiroshima Logbook and Bob Dylan’s ‘Blood on the Tracks’ Lyrics Lead RR Auction Sale

Important African Americana Collection Leads at Freeman's

George Washington Wartime Letter to New York Governor Sold for $45,375