Burnside Rare Books
Specializing in General antiquarian with a focus on Modern Literature,Signed, Non-Fiction and Cocktail books
About
We are a general antiquarian bookshop located in Portland, Oregon, welcoming visitors by appointment only. We specialize in 20th Century literature and non-fiction.Terms of Sale
All items are offered subject to prior sale. All items are guaranteed to be as described. All items may be returned in the same condition within seven days of receipt for a full refund. Please contact us first to arrange a return.
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Recently Added Books
Caribbean Review (Seven early issues)
by Wagenheim, Kal [Editor]; Barry Bernard Levine [Editor]; Pablo Neruda; Jorge Luis Borges; Oscar Lewis
Millennial Restoration of Israel's Lost Tribes
by Godbey, William Baxter; Rev. W.B. Godbey
The Hunt for Red October: A Novel
by Clancy, Tom
In a Narrow Grave: Essays on Texas
by McMurtry, Larry
Black Unity (Vol. 1 No. 1, August 1970)
by [Black Unity Party]; Emory Douglas [Artist]
The Strange Career of the Chevalier d'Eon de Beaumont
by Telfer, J. Buchan
Among Friends
by Fisher, M.F.K.
E.D. Ward: A Mercurial Bear
by Gorey, Edward; Dogear Wryde [Pseudonym]
Recently added catalogues
Highlights include a number of scarce works by authors such as Georgia Douglas Johnson and Sarah Farro (the third known published African-American woman novelist), Nancy Cunard's Negro Anthology, signed books by polar explorer Matthew Henson and Martin Luther King, Jr, and a second edition of Narrative of Sojourner Truth in the original wraps.
An eclectic mix of new arrivals featuring a signed first edition of Irma Rombauer's The Joy of Cooking, a signed first edition of Isaac Asimov's sci-fi classic I, Robot, and a lock of Richard Brautigan's hair.
An eclectic mix of new arrivals. Highlights include a number of books by eminent biologists and scientists inscribed to evolutionary biologist Stephen Jay Gould, a signed first edition of Betty Friedan's The Feminine Mystique, and a first edition of T.S. Eliot's Prufrock.
A collection of our recent acquisitions, featuring a broad range of literature, poetry and non-fiction. Highlights include rarities from Sylvia Plath, Charlotte Bronte, Charles Bukowski, Henry Miller, Kahlil Gibran, and one of The Brothers Grimm.