Founded in Hastings-on-Hudson, New York in 1978, Riverrun was purchased in 2016 by Thomas Lecky after a 21-year career in the auction world. Tom ran Doyle New York’s Books and Prints Department in the 1990s before moving to Christie’s as a senior specialist and later Head of the New York Books and Manuscripts Department. Tom received his Master’s in American literature from Stanford in 1994 after studying English lit as an undergraduate at Columbia.
Riverrun handles fine, rare, and unusual books from all periods and genres. There are large holdings in art, illustrated books, photography, literature, early printed books, Americana, illustrated books, and fine press. We have thousands of books not listed online in these and many other fields, and are constantly sourcing new material from private collections and public auction. Please let us know if we can help you locate something not listed in our stock.
Tom Lecky is a member of the Appraiser's Association of America, is certified in the field of printed books and manuscripts, and provides USPAP compliant appraisals for estate tax, charitable donation, and insurance. Tom has been a member of The Grolier Club and has appeared as an appraiser on WGBH’s Antiques Roadshow since 1999, and is a member of the Bibliographical Society of America.
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First Edition
Hand-Bound Books. A Guide for Amateur Bookbinders
by BUFFUM, Clara
Providence, RI : The Author , 1935 (click for more details)
First Edition
Handmade Papers of Japan. Including an Abridged Reproduction of One of the Old Classics of Japanese Literature About Paper-Making by Hand KAMISUKI CHOHOKI THe Handbook of Paper Making Originally Published at Osake in 1798
by JAPANESE PAPER – C. H. MITCHELL
Tokyo : IIS Crafts , 1963 (click for more details)
First Edition
Printed Paste-Papers for Three-Piece Bookbindings
by BIRD & BULL PRESS
Newtown, PA : Bird & Bull Press , 1990 (click for more details)The Estivation of Two Mao Tzu. Being an informal and occasionally frivolous account of our vacation in China during the Summer of 1934. Set down by Melbert B. Cary, Jr.
by CARY, Melbert B., Jr.
New York : The Press of the Wooly Whale , 1935 (click for more details)
First Edition
Selections from His Writings and Including a Portion of an Hitherto Unpublished Notebook; Edited and Prefaced by Gerald M. Stevenson, Jr.
by COBDEN-SANDERSON, Thomas James
Iowa City : Qara Press , 1961 (click for more details)Recent Catalogs
The Bart Auerbach Collection
500 items: fine literature, dedication copies, and books and letters relating to the book trade.
Recent Catalogs
Smallrun Riverrun: Scarce limited editions
Limitations of fewer than 100 copies