Word: rosenbach
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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There are genteel murmurs, Jewish gestures. The murmurs ask: "How much is this book worth?" The gestures tell how much it is worth to famed Abraham S. Wolf Rosenbach, Harry Marks, Gabriel Wells or some other gentleman who collects books for profit or passion. Dr. Rosenbach (Alice In Wonderland inan) raised his hand vertically many times at the Kern sale* but three times he kept it in his pocket. Three times he refused to go on with the bidding, lost a coveted book to a braver bibliophile. Some top prices brought by Kern-collected editions and manuscripts: Shelley...
This is an opportune time for such an exhibition with all bibliophile stirred up with the recent sale of the manuscript of "Alice's Adventures Underground" by Doctor Rosenbach for $150,000. There is a very excellent facsimile of the manuscript for which this astounding price was paid on exhibition in the Memorial Room...
William Augustus White, for many years a benefactor of the library, died on May 6, 1927. He had occupied a leading position in the ranks of American private collectors. A. S. W. Rosenbach of New York, one of the most prominent bookmen of the country, wrote of him: "Mr. William A. White . . . was among the earliest of our collectors to gather the choice and alluring volumes of the great Elizabethans. His judgment was excellent and he had a vivid understanding of this golden period, equalled by few scholars: He did not hesitate to lend his finest volumes to any student...
...people behind the table started to pick up their hats but they stopped when the auctioneer pounded his pulpit and began to say something. "Dr. Rosenbach wishes me to announce that he is prepared to sell the book to the nation at the price for which he just bought it. . . ." At this, a few people clapped. Then they went out of the gallery. One of the last to leave was a small old lady in a black dress. Her name was Mrs. Alice Pleasance Hargreaves...
...Abraham S. Wolf Rosenbach, who bought the manuscript, is probably the most energetic bibliophile now at large. In addition to paying as he did for the manuscript of Alice one of the highest prices that has ever been given for an author's manuscript, he distinguished himself two years ago by setting the price-record for all book-auctions of any kind: $106,000 for a Gutenberg Bible (TIME, March 1, 1926). Other collectors are afraid of him; they know that he and his brother A. Rosenbach, who together make up the Rosenbach Co., have unlimited resources as well...