Yesterday's Muse, Inc.
Specializing in Literature, American & Military History, General Antiquarian
About
An independent used and rare bookseller in operation for nearly 15 years, we opened our first brick and mortar storefront in December of 2008 in our hometown of Webster, NY. Owner Jonathan Smalter is a member of the ABAA, and former vice president of the Independent Online Booksellers Association (IOBA). He is also a 2011 graduate of the Colorado Antiquarian Book Seminar (CABS). He has over twenty years of experience in the book trade.Appraisals
Available for appraisals
Members
- Jonathan David Smalter
Recently Added Books
Rochester: The Big Picture
by Zikos, Christina; Klinsky, Arnold
Go Pullman: Life and Times
by Knoll, Charles M.; Smith, Charles M
A Panoramic History of Rochester and Monroe County New York
by McKelvey, Blake
The Great American Carousel: A Century of Master Craftsmanship
by Fraley, Tobin & Nina
![Yale Class of 1869 [Yearbook]. Vol. II. [Volume 2], First Canandaigua National Bank President Frank H. [Harwood] Hamlin's Copy](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/513/511/1722511513.0.m.jpg)
![Plane Names & Bloody Noses: The 100th Bomb Group (Heavy), United States Army Air Force, Thorpe Abbotts, England, 1943-1945, Plane Names - Volume 2 [100BG]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/512/511/1722511512.0.m.jpg)
![100 Years of the Hard Working Dollar: The History of First Federal Savings and Loan Association of Rochester [New York]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/511/511/1722511511.0.m.jpg)
![Brown's Self-Interpreting Family Bible, with Numerous Notes, Re-Edited with Additions... [Old and New Testaments] [Pulpit Bible]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/508/511/1722511508.0.m.jpg)
Brown's Self-Interpreting Family Bible, with Numerous Notes, Re-Edited with Additions... [Old and New Testaments] [Pulpit Bible]
by Brown, John; Cooke, Henry; Porter, J.L.; Rawson, Albert Leighton
Recently added catalogues
A selection of 158 new acquisitions, including: a first edition of the first Uncle Remus book; a folio edition of The Cooper Vignettes, believed to be the first published book to employ bank note printing techniques; signed first editions by women authors (Byatt, Dillard, etc.); a signed copy of Mary Poppins.
Seasonal miscellany featuring Nicolay & Hay's Lincoln with a signed document by John Hay laid in, a 1701 medical work by Thomas Willis, a strong selection of works by William Osler, military and world history, etc.
New acquisitions, including the first book appearance of the Star-Spangled Banner, the first American publication on surveying, a signed limited fine press poetry volume featuring signed numbered prints by eight artists, various signed modern first editions, etc.
Highlights from new acquisitions: first American Through the Looking-Glass; early Frankenstein; many signed first editions.
A collection of works spanning several centuries (and languages), depicting the landscape, architecture, art, and social aspects of various regions of Italy.
New acquisitions: Bradbury firsts; sammelband of early Scottish chapbooks; Harrison Fisher; Edward Parry; signed women authors
First editions and signed limited editions by notable women authors of the 20th century.
195 items, almost all of which belonged to a collector of WWI & WWII airplane replicas and toys. Includes items focusing on aircraft identification which provide extensive information on characteristics of particular models, often with detailed illustrations.
