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We are proud members of The Manuscript Society and the IOBA [International Online Booksellers Association] following their ethical guidelines of fairness and integrity.


 
 
 

Welcome to M. Benjamin Katz, Fine Books/Rare Manuscripts

Welcome to the home of M. Benjamin Katz, Fine Books/Rare Manuscripts. We pride ourselves on having a diverse and eclectic collection of historically significant handwritten manuscript books, diaries, journals and ephemera. We also have some of the rarest fine books anywhere online.

We have chosen to categorize our offerings in five main areas: Books, Manuscripts, Diaries, Judaica and Ephemera within the historical measure of the centuries. There is also a 'General Overview' button that will list all our items to allow you to browse through the store. We honour Emile Zola, the master of French literature and Naturalism with his own category in our store.

We recommend using the 'Keyword' and 'Description' searches for manuscript or ephemera items using significant terms that are important to your search. Please note: ours is a personal service so don't hesitate to fill out our off-line search form and we will search our off-line inventory as well as create a permanent 'wants' search for you. Alternatively, you can, at any time, email us at info@mbenjaminkatzfinebooksraremanuscripts.com.

Thank you for your consideration of our Fine Books and Rare Manuscripts.

 


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LATE 19th EARLY 20th C. RENOWNED 140+ DECORATIVE & HISTORICAL BOOKPLATE COLLECTION INCLUDING EX LIBRIS STAMPS AND ARMORIAL CRESTS OF PARTICULAR INTEREST TO COLLECTORS OF RARE AMERICANA EPHEMERA
MAJOR EDWARD WILLIS [John Edward Whitridge Linneus Willis]
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4425.99 USD

1809 - 1833 HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT BOOK OF THE NOTED BRITISH ARMY 94TH REGIMENT OF FOOT - REGIMENTAL ORDERS, OFFICER COMMUNICATIONS, MEMORIALS, STATUS REPORTS, CORRESPONDENCE OF IMPORTANCE
MULTIPLE OFFICERS OF THE 94TH REGIMENT OF FOOT
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6255.99 USD

1928-1929 HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT NOTEBOOK JOURNAL OF POEMS BY THE MOST CELEBRATED COMPOSER FROM WALES AND BEST FRIEND OF DYLAN THOMAS WITH ANNOTATIONS BY BOTH MEN
DANIEL JENKYN JONES, OBE
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8685.99 USD

CYRANO DE BERGERAC - THE AUTHOR'S PERSONAL COPY OF THE 1898 1st ENGLISH EDITION SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY THE TRANSLATOR AND DATED BY ROSTAND
EDMOND ROSTAND
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9225.99 USD

Traitté de la peinture, donné au public et traduit d’italien en françois par R. F. s. d. C., [i.e., Roland Freart sieur de Chambray],
DA VINCI, LEONARDO (Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci)
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16995.99 USD

1914 HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT TRAVEL DIARY DETAILING THE AWFUL DAYS LEADING UP TO THE START OF WORLD WAR I AS WITNESSED BY THIS MASSACHUSETTS WOMAN AND HER FAMILY IN PARIS
MRS. ANNE C. SULLIVAN
1545.99 USD

c1850-60 HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DIARY OF ONE YOUNG WOMAN'S TRIALS AND TRAVAILS DURING THE IRISH POTATO FAMINE AND TALES OF STORMS, SHIPWRECKS, CASTAWAYS AND BEAR MEAT DURING AN EVENT FILLED EMIGRATION TO NORTH AMERICA
UNIDENTIFIED
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6285.99 USD

1914 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY BY THE COMMANDER OF THE FAMED AND NOTORIOUS HMS AGINCOURT FROM DETERMINED MOBILIZATION TO THE DANGEROUS NORTH SEA
GEORGE NAPIER TOMLIN, RN REAR ADMIRAL
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5585.99 USD

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Recent Additions to Our Collection
1920s ORIGINAL SKETCHBOOK, HAM RADIO OPERATIONS BOOK AND CHARMING CATCH-ALL BOOK OF A DELIGHTFUL MILWAUKEE 8 YEAR OLD
JAMES PETRAN
New Item
1685.99 USD

1936 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY OF A BITTER, RESENTFUL, SELF ABSORBED NEW WIFE OF A MEDICAL DOCTOR WORKING HIS WAY OUT HIS MARRIAGE
MRS. DR. WILLIAM SCHILLER[?]
New Item
1255.99 USD

1936 and 1937 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARIES HANDWRITTEN BY A NUN WHO SERVES FORMER FLORIDA FATHER JOHN FRANCIS CONOLEY - A MAN OF GOD WHO STOOD AGAINST THE KLAN
UNIDENTIFIED BRIDE OF CHRIST
New Item
2245.99 USD

1884 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY A PENNSYLVANIA WOMAN WHO IS FALLING IN LOVE WITH DENVER
ELLA C. KING
New Item
1355.99 USD

1843 - 1845 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT TRAVEL JOURNAL DETAILING THE NEWBURYPORT TO OAHU HAWAII LEG OF A NOTED VOYAGE OF CAPTAIN JOHN H. COUCH
WILLIAM CUSHING
New Item
2085.99 USD

1943 -1952 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARIES HANDWRITTEN BY THE WIFE OF A BELOVED AFRICAN AMERICAN PRESBYTERIAN MINISTER IN ALABAMA AND NEBRASKA
MRS. CHARLES E. TYLER
New Item
2245.99 USD

1859 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT BOOK OF HANDWRITTEN RECIPES, FORMULAES, PROCESSES AND TRICKS OF THE BLACKSMITHING, METAL WORKING AND CRAFT TRADES INCLUDING SPECIAL PAINTS, INKS, GLUES AND WASHES
UNKNOWN
New Item
2285.99 USD

1942 - 1945 ORIGINAL GERMAN WORLD WAR II HOME FRONT DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY OPERA STAR AND THEN GERMAN-AMERICAN WAR BRIDE FROM THE CITY THAT WAS THE SPIRITUAL HEART OF HITLER'S THIRD REICH
AUGUSTA [GUSTY] MARIE RAINHOFF [later WATZLAWIK and then HART]
New Item
5255.99 USD

1897 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT YOSEMITE VALLEY TRAVEL JOURNAL AND POEM HANDWRITTEN BY NOTED POET TO HER CHILDHOOD BEST FRIEND
Sadie Knowlson Caster
New Item
1385.99 USD

1912 - 1923 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT JOURNAL AND DIARY OF A YOUNG NEW YORK CITY JEWISH GIRL WHO YEARNS FOR LOVE, FEELS UNDESERVING OF LOVE BUT THEN REJECTS THE ONE MAN WHO PLEDGES HIMSELF TO HER AND MUCH MUCH MORE
BEATRICE STAHL
New Item
2155.99 USD

1930 THROUGH 1955 ORIGINAL TRAVEL DIARY OF A YOUNG JEWISH GIRL FROM REBELLIOUS HITCHHIKER TO A MATURE MIDDLE AGED MOTHER OF TWINS
ANNE BERNSTEIN [MRS. BEN BRADLEY later]
New Item
1455.99 USD

1941 - 1942 ORIGINAL WORLD WAR II MANUSCRIPT DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY A JAPANESE SOLDIER NOTING THE REACTIONS OF THE PEOPLE IN THE STREET WHEN NEWS OF THE WAR WITH AMERICA IS BROADCAST
ITOH MASAO
New Item
3345.99 USD

 

 

WE ARE ALWAYS BUYING HANDWRITTEN LETTERS, DIARIES, JOURNALS, MANUSCRIPTS, BUSINESS PAPERS, MILITARIA AND HISTORICAL DOCUMENTS.

ONE LETTER OR AN ENTIRE ESTATE. PLEASE USE THE 'CONTACT US' BUTTON TO GET IN TOUCH WITH US.

 


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