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Antipodean Books, Maps & Prints, David & Cathy Lilburne

David D.R. Lilburne

(Cathy Lilburne)

29-31 Garrisons Landing
Garrison, NY 10524

Specializing in Fine & old books, maps, prints, ephemera & photographs in all fields, with specialties in Voyages & Travel, Australasia, Antarctica, China, the Hudson River, West Point & NY State. We handle and value items in every field. We have an open shop in the 19th century train station building at Garrison, N.Y., just over an hour north of NYC on the Hudson River Line.

Appledore Books

Bryan Bilby

Waccabuc, NY 10597

Specializing in Buying and selling widely in the areas of Children's, Art, Scholarly, Photography, Sports, Bindings. Have been actively selling for over 25 years and, though we're more generalists than specialists, we do place a particular focus on books and ephemera in the above areas. Will travel far and wide to look at interesting collections and always welcome inquiries.

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Bolerium Books Inc.

John R. Durham, Alexander Akin

San Francisco, CA 94110

Specializing in

American Labor & Radical History, Chicano Studies, Africa, Gay Literature and Nonfiction, African-American Studies, Spanish Civil War, Asian American Studies, Anarchism, Trotskyism, Lesbian Literature, Asian Studies in both Western and Eastern Languages

The Book Collector, Inc

Michael Utt

Fort Worth, TX 76110-3433

Specializing in We specialize in antiquarian and chess ephemera. Other specialties are Colonial America with a heavy emphasis on New Spain and their holdings. Early works on exploration and voyages with an emphasis on European first contact. Our selection in literature revolves around authors we have an affinity, and can be some what electric. Our last focus is anthropology and cultures primarily dealing with the Americas.

Taylor Bowie

Taylor Bowie

Seattle, WA 98122

Specializing in General Antiquarian, also including The USA in the 20th century, Performing Arts, Autographs, Illustrated Books, Western Washington State History, unusual ephemera, West Coast printers, esp. John Henry Nash. Restaurant menus and other food ephemera up to 1960. Books about printing, books and booksellers.

Bromer Booksellers & Gallery

Anne C. Bromer

(Philip C. Salmon)

607 Boylston Street
Boston, MA 02116

Specializing in Our specialties touch on all aspects of the art of the book, including fine printing, designer bindings, children's books and toys, miniature books, the works of Edward Gorey, and artist's books, as well as works on paper focused on issues of social justice.

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Caravan Book Store

Leonard A Bernstein


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Specializing in Rare Out-of-Print Books, and Ephemera on California, and the West, with emphasis on Early Los Angeles and Southern California History; General Americana, Travel, Voyages, Exploration, Gastronomy, Aeronautics, Railroads, and Transportation - in addition to Original Paintings, Prints, and Sculpture.

Cather Books

Patrick Cather

Birmingham, AL 35201

Specializing in Alabama, South, Civil War, Afro-Americana, Gay Books & Photos, Theatre / Theater, Ephemera

Chanticleer Books

Stephen Eric Blackmer

32857 Leofs Ln.
Fort Bragg, CA 95437

Specializing in Americana: West, California, Cookbooks & Cookery, Gastronomy, General Antiquarian, Illustrated Books, Press Books, Fine & Private

Colophon Book Shop

Robert Liska

101B Water St.
Exeter, NH 03833

Specializing in Books about Books; World War I; World War II; Custer & the Indian Wars; Military History; Aviation: Military & Civil; Literary First Editions; History of Printing; Book Design; Art of the Book; Press Books; Calligraphy; Typography; Papermaking; Books about the History & Craft of Bookbinding; Bibliography & Reference; Books about Illuminated Manuscripts; History of Book Collecting & Libraries; T. E. Lawrence; Bibliography & Reference; Jazz, Blues, Swing & Big Band

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Enchanted Books

Susan Weiser Liebegott

Brooklyn, NY 11229

Specializing in Fine Illustrated Books, Children's, Illustrated Judaica, Illustrated Foreign Language, Pochoir, Pop-ups & Moveables, Fairy Tales, Mythology, Folklore, Photography, Travel

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Gallagher Books

Sue Gallagher

Denver, CO 80210

Specializing in Fine, unusual books in many fields including Western Americana, Art, Architecture, Photography, Fine Bindings, History, Railroads, Classics, Military, Adventure, Children and Illustrated, First Editions, Special Collections, Original WWI & WWII Posters, Library Antiques. On Denver’s Historic Antique Row since 1994. </p> We provide help to collectors, new to the scene or embedded for years or anywhere in between, with building a library. Careful attention to your specifications, we help you find just the right addition.

Gilann Books

Gil Rodriguez

Darien, CT 06820

Specializing in Early Printing, Private Press, Children's Books, History, Literature, Art, Original Art, Autographs, African-American, China 1840-1870

Kurt Gippert Bookseller

Kurt D. Gippert

Chicago, IL 60618

Specializing in General antiquarian bookseller with a concentration on early Americana. We offer rare, collectible, out-of-print and unusual books including signed books in numerous categories. Also presidential and historic autographs, pre-1850 maps, and unusual works on paper including ephemera, select original watercolors, prints and the occasional oil painting.

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JD Holmes, ABAA - ILAB

JD Holmes

Sequim, WA 98382

Specializing in Since 1971, we have been specializing in antiquarian, secondhand and rare books (sixteenth to twenty-first century) in the following subjects:Religions of the World, Alchemy, Occult, Metaphysical, Theology, Aleister Crowley, Austin Osman Spare, esoteric and magickal arts and philosophy

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Beverly Karno Books, Inc.

Beverly Joy-Karno

Valley Center, CA 92082-9998

Specializing in Latin America, Mexico, Caribbean, South America with emphasis on: Archaeology, Art, Illustrated Books, Artists' Books, Architecture, Photography, History, Linguistics, Original Manuscripts & Documents, Travel & Voyages, Dscovery & Conquest, Religion, Basques, Spanish Civil War, Military, Reference, Music, Dance, Cinema, Afro-Latin Americana, Mining, Cookbooks/Gastronomy, Political Posters/Graphic Art, Taller de Grafica Popular, Jose Guadalupe Posada, First Edition Literature

Adrienne Horowitz Kitts

Adrienne Kitts

P.O. Box 647
New Hartford, CT 06057

Specializing in Austin Abbey Rare Books specializes in the artistic interpretation of book content with an emphasis on publisher's decorative cloth of the 19th and 20th centuries, fine bindings, historic bindings, illustrated books and private press. We also have a fascination for Americana, travel as well as art-based ephemera and manuscript material. We are exhibitors at book fairs in Boston, New York and Washington, DC as well as smaller fairs across the East Coast of the United States.

Kubik Fine Books Ltd

Owen D. Kubik

24 Park Ave.
Dayton, OH 45419

Specializing in Roman Catholic books, including Catholic theology, spirituality, biographies, history, Biblical studies, fiction, children's books, and much more. We also have extensive holdings of Military History, especially British and Napoleonic material. That's in addition to our selection of literature and general antiquarian books. We try to have something for everyone and our prices range from a few dollars to five figures per book. We regularly offer appraisals; contact us for details. And, yes, we buy estates and collections!

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Lion Heart Autographs

David Lowenherz

Sherman, CT 06784

Specializing in Specializing in Autographs and Manuscripts the areas of Music, History, Art, Literature, and Science. Our inventory includes High-Quality Manuscripts written by U.S. Presidents, Supreme Court Justices, World Statesmen, Business and Military Leaders, Monarchs, Composers, Musicians, Scientists, Nobel Prize Winners, Explorers, Inventors, Painters, Sculptors, Poets, Novelists, and Playwrights

Ken Lopez - Bookseller

Ken Lopez

Hadley, MA 01035

Specializing in Modern First Editions and Author Archives. We also deal in Native American Literature; Literature of the Beats, the Sixties and the Vietnam War; Latin American Literature; and Nature Writing, We like selling books with stories: unique copies of titles, such as association copies, that convey a specific moment in the book's history and add a human dimension exceeding even that of the author/reader connection.

Stuart Lutz Historic Documents, Inc.

Stuart Lutz

South Orange, NJ 07079

Specializing in Household Famous Autographs (Presidents, Civil War, Declaration Signers, Writers, Scientists, Entertainers, Judaica, Aviators, Explorers, Judges, Royalty, African-American) & Great Content Letters. I also appraise all of the above for estate, donation and insurance purposes; I am Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice (USPAP) qualified.

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Nancy L. McGlashan

Nancy L. McGlashan

Specializing in Autographs, Manuscripts, Performing Arts, American & European Historical Material, U.S. Presidential

Howard S. Mott, Inc.

Donald N. Mott

(Roswitha Mott)

170 South Main St.
Sheffield, MA 01257

Specializing in Rare Books, First Editions, Americana, Literature, Unusual Imprints, Caribbean (esp. Lesser Antilles), Autograph Letters & Manuscripts

Mullen Books, Inc.

Kevin Mullen

121-123 Walnut St.
Columbia, PA 17512

Specializing in Art, Architecture, Photography, History, Periodicals, Decorative Arts. I perform Collection Development and Appraisal Services. Our inventory occupies more than 7500 shelf feet, which means there is a fair chance we can assist you develop your collection within our specialties!

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Nudelman Rare Books

Edward D. Nudelman

P.O. Box 25339
Seattle, WA 98165

Specializing in Rare and unusual books in the very best possible condition. Illustrated Books, Children's Books, Fine Bindings, Press Books, 1890's, Pre-Raphaelites, Original Illustration (especially American illustrators, 1880-1930), High Spots in English and American Literature, Autograph Letters and Signed Books, German Children's Books, Jugendstil, Wiener Werkstatte. Building collections, Appraisals.

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Oak Knoll Books

Robert D. Fleck III

New Castle, DE 19720

Specializing in Bibliography, Book Collecting, Book Arts, Books about Children's Books, Book History, Bookplates, Book Trade, Forgery, Censorship, Libraries, Publishing, Bookbinding, Book Design, BookIllustration & Graphic Arts, Marbling, Color Printing, Printing & Printing History, Papermaking & Paper Specimens, Typography & Typeface Specimens, Private Press Books & Fine Printing.

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Philadelphia Rare Books & Manuscripts Co. (PRB&M), LLC

(Cynthia Davis Buffington)

The Arsenal, #4 - 2275 Bridge Street
Philadelphia, PA 19137

Specializing in APPRAISAL HAS ALWAYS BEEN PART OF PRB&M's REPERTOIRE, AND THE FIRM NOW CENTERS ITSELF ON THAT PRACTICE. All appraisals are performed by its IRS Qualified appraiser to USPAP standards as informed by PRB&M’s nearly 40 years of bookselling experience. Collection development services, especially as relating to our longtime specializations in <i>Early Books of Europe & the Americas</i>, <i>Books that are Early for What They Are</i>, and <i>Books that are Interesting for More Than One Reason</i>,” are also offered by the PRB&M partners.

Pryor-Johnson Rare Books

David Johnson

65-49 Grand Avenue
Maspeth, NY 11378

Specializing in We are a generalist shop, with several concentrations of material. On the modern side, signed first editions, including poetry and Beat literature, art & photography, fine press and the book arts, and a few Children's books. On the antiquarian side, English literature, exploration and natural science, and English Gardening books before 1800 (with a good deal else besides).

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Rabelais: Fine Books on Food & Drink

Don Lindgren

2 Main St., Ste. 18-214
Biddeford, ME 04005

Specializing in Six centuries of printed and manuscript books on food and drink, including cookery, gastronomy, wine, spirits, mycology, farming and gardening. An extensive inventory of culinary ephemera includes menus, trade cards, photographs and more. We buy and sell fine and rare books on all fields related to food and drink, and work with clients worldwide to source rare books and develop private collections.

Rare Oriental Book Co., An Art and Intellectual Property Company Since 1967, ABAA, ILAB

Dr. Jerrold G. Stanoff


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Specializing in Far East: China, Japan, Korea, Taiwan, South East Asia: Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, Siam, Singapore, Philippines & most all other areas there in. Important, RARE and obscure books our specialty, Please register at our website for free color-illustrated e-catalogs of your choice of collecting interests. Want lists welcomed. We reward our loyal customers with promotions, discounts and special sales offers.

Kurt A. Sanftleben, LLC

Kurt Sanftleben


Virginia Beach, VA 23454

Specializing in Unique Americana, that is, we keep a selection of personal narratives such as diaries, work journals, correspondence collections, photograph albums, scrapbooks, and similar items that shed light on some aspect of North American life, culture, or society. Additionally, we always have a nice selection of philatelic material (primarily postal history) and other paper ephemera.

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Scientia Books

Malcolm Jay Kottler

Specializing in Scientia Books specializes in books on science, medicine, history of science and history of medicine, with a subspecialty of biology, including evolution, genetics, and molecular biology.

Marc Selvaggio, Books & Ephemera

Marc S. Selvaggio

P.O. Box 270
Winooski, VT 05404

Specializing in Eclectic mix, but especially ephemera such as trade catalogues, brochures, advertising material; Travel & History-- especially World's Fairs and International Expositions; France, Spain, Italy, 1800-1940; Archives, Photographica, especially annotated photograph albums; other usual items of divers interest. Also appraisals for tax or evaluation purposes.

Stellar Books & Ephemera

Andrew W. Nettell

143 Kasiana Way
Sequim, WA 98324

Specializing in Stellar Books & Ephemera is an on-line antiquarian dealer offering a wide variety of unique, unusual and rare artifacts of American History ranging from letters, manuscripts, archives and diaries to 19th century photography and 20th century letterpress. We specialize in the ephemeral and occasionally offer finer books which strike our fancy. If we stock it, you know it's unique.

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The Rare Book Sleuth

Kevin Sell

461 Cedar Lake Rd. South
Minneapolis, MN 55405

Specializing in The Rare Book Sleuth is a rare and antiquarian book dealer based in Minneapolis, MN, specializing in first editions, signed copies, and notable rarities. We offer a variety of professional services including curation, collection development and appraisal. Additionally, we are actively seeking fine books in all fields, from individual volumes to entire collections, either through purchase or consignment.

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John Waite, LLC

John Waite

P.O. Box 6
Ascutney, VT 05030

Specializing in Appraisal and/or sale of fine & unusual books of all kinds, autographs, documents, manuscripts and ephemera. Particular interest in the appraisal of family and scholarly papers and archives.

Weller Book Works

Tony Weller

607 Trolley Square
Salt Lake City, UT 84102

Specializing in New books, as well as a large selection of inexpensive used books. Also a rare book room with a general selection in most fields, especially Mormonism, Western Americana and Literature and books dealing with Utah, Grand Canyon, Colorado River, Rocky Mountains and Great Basin. Also, Juvenile, Illustration and Fine Press. Nearly all topics represented in new, used and rare.

John Windle Antiquarian Bookseller

John Windle

(Rachel Eley)

San Francisco, CA 94108

Specializing in Books and manuscripts in all fields, especially medieval manuscripts; California, Hawaii, and Pacific voyages; illustrated books and fine bindings of all periods; children's books from 1750 to 1950; fine press printing; antiquarian Bibliography. William Blake, Mary Wollstonecraft, and Thomas Frognall Dibdin are special interests. Appraisals for Institutions and private collectors

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