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Rare & Collectible Books

Rare & Collectible Books Article

The antiquarian book trade in the United States is an aspect of book collecting and publishing. The term antiquarian, in general, refers to antiquities and collectible items usually considered old and rare, usually in reference to books, but is not limited to books. The word antiquarian could also be used to describe a person who collects rare books or other antique items.

Two key figures who have written largely on the U.S. antiquarian book trade specificically are Leona Rostenberg (1908 - 2005) and Madeleine B. Stern (1912 - 2007), both of whom were also in the business of collecting and selling rare books. Other histories having covered the topic include Isaiah Thomas, writing in 1810 his History of printing in America; Henry Walcott Boynton's Annals of American Bookselling, 1638-1850, first published in 1932; Hellmut Lehmann-Haupt's The Book in America: A History of the Making, the Selling, and the Collecting of Books in the United States (1939).

The antiquarian book trade has roots in Colonial America, and may be considered in the study of American history and literature, print culture, and book history. Antiquarian book fairs have long been an important aspect of the trade. Today, the Antiquarian Booksellers' Association of America (ABAA) is the primary organization of the trade in the United States. Other organizations include the Society for the History of Authorship, Reading and Publishing (SHARP). The Rare Book School at the University of Virginia is the premier institution for those seeking an advanced education in the field.

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ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER 1979 BODYSHAPING FOR WOMEN
$45.75
1939 PROCTOLOGY /THE GENERAL PRACTIONER MEDICAL BOOK
$5.00
1903 sex education TALKS ON NATURE jh greer BOOK
$9.95
1978 EASTON PRESS Leather BRONTE JANE EYRE Great Gift!
$36.00
Coins And Medals Numismatic journal, Vol I No 2, 1965!
$2.99
THE CHRISTMAS STORY Metropolitan Museum of Art 1972 HC
$1.99
The Pageant of the Packets by Garnett Laidlaw Eskew
$0.99
1798 Reports Cases Courts Pennsylvania, Philadelphia hb
$197.50
Indian SITTING BULL Custer LITTLE BIG HORN New Ulm 1891
$9.99
ANTIQUE HB BOOK THE UNDERSTANDING HEART BY PETER KYNE
$0.99
1947 Learning To Write Reed Smith MacMillan Canada
$8.00
ANNE'S HOUSE OF DREAMS L.M. Montgomery 1st Stokes1917
$12.95
Great Speeches of Col. R.G. Ingersoll , !881.
$10.00
1931 VEHICLE CODE BOOK FROM HARRISBURG, PENNSYLVANIA
$0.99
Inside the Works By Edward lee, Tom Piccirilli,
$34.33
Nancy Drew Mystery Stories By CAROLYN KEENE 1930 - !965
$14.99
WWI FIGHTING FRANCE Edith Wharton 1917 Book 3
$0.99
GREEN SHADOWS,WHITE WHALE:A NOVEL,BY RAY BRADBURY
$150.00
SHAKESPEARE 1898 OTHELLO THE MOOR OF VENICE
$9.75
ANTIQUE THE LITTLE COLONEL'S KNIGHT RIDING BOOK 1909
$0.99
Little Black Sambo Book
$20.00
1948 JUNGLE BOOKS VOL 2 BY RUDYARD KIPLING HDCVR
$0.50
1948 - Bertram & the Ticklish Rhinoceros - Vintage Book
$25.00
SIX MONTHS IN A CONVENT Massachusetts 1835 Charlestown
$9.95
1958 WOMEN AND THOMAS HARROW BY JOHN P MARQUAND 1ST ED
$0.50
DR. BOB IN "LIMITED" EDITION BOOK W/PHOTOS/ARTICLES
$24.99
Beatrice Cenci 1925 vol I Corrado Ricci Illus
$9.99
MARY CASSETT / Catalogue Raisonne of the Graphic Work
$9.95
The Complete Poems of Laurence Dunbar
$15.00
Lee at Appomattox & Other Places, Charles F. Adams,1903
$19.89
1944 YOUR DADDY DID NOT DIE BY DANIEL A. POLING
$0.99
Daniel Drake (1961) Emmet Field Horine - Pioneer MD
$4.99
1917 HERALD OF PRAISE Church Song Book Hardback
$0.99
ANTIQUE BOB CHESTER'S GRIT , FRANK V WEBSTER BOOK 1911
$0.99
Lonesome Roads By Peter Crowther
$4.99
STARS AND STRIPES FOREVER Harry Harrison Easton Press
$49.99
1988 ~ Jim Henson ~ MUPPET BABIES ~ McDonalds Book
$2.99
Elmer Gantry Sinclair Lewis movie tie in Burt Lancaster
$12.99
ANTIQUE HB BOOK A VIRGINIAN BY OWEN WISTER
$0.99
1901 THE WOMAN BEAUTIFUL or MAIDENHOOD MARRIAGE MATERNI
$4.99
THE NATIVITY Metropolitan Museum of Art 1st ed. 1969 HC
$1.99
Rare 1933 DECEMBER NIGHT by Willa Cather
$9.95
In the Forbidden Land: Tibet Capture, Torture, Release
$15.00
Pageant of the Gun by Horold L. Peterson
$4.99
5 VINTAGE WHITMAN CHILDREN'S BOOKS , HEIDI, RIN TIN TIN
$0.99
1946 THE HILLS OF PEACE- ANNIE STEVENS JONES Autograph
$0.99
Marcel Duchamp, Salvador Dali & Surrealist Exhibitions
$29.95
1966 THE THOUSAND HOUR DAY BY W S KUNICZAK HDCVR
$0.50
SELECTED PLAYS OF SHAKESPEARE
$5.00
Emersons Essays Copyright 1899
$5.00
RARE 1941 ALICE JERRY Workbook for 1st Basic Reader
$1.99
WWII BATTLE FOR THE SOLOMONS Ira Wolfert HB Book
$0.99
The COUNT of the SAXON SHORE Church 1887 HB Nr
$8.99
A NORTHERN CHRISTMAS,ROCKWELL KENT,ALASKA 1983 BOXED
$24.99
1872 book @ the truth about the man in the iron mask
$59.95
ANTIQUE BOOK THE X BARXBOYS ON THE RANCH HB WESTERN
$0.99
Western Forests Roger Tory Peterson Field Guide A5436
$14.95
SHAKESPEAR BOOKS 4COUNT VINTAGE, CLEAN AND NICE.
$4.99
the three musketeers 1935 whitman feature movie book
$7.00
1844 Greek and English LEXICON Schneider donnegan BOOK
$14.95
1975 octopus THE BEATLES book
$14.95
If I Were a Cowboy - a Surprise Book (1950)
$0.99
A. E. VAN VOGT - Slan - 1ST ED ARKHAM HOUSE
$350.00
NAVIGATION AND NAUTICAL ASTRONOMY by Cdr. Benj. Dutton
$9.99
ENRICO BAJ - The Garden of Delights - 1991 HB Monograph
$19.95
Victorian sketches from Schliemann in Mycenae 1877
$6.50
ON THE ROAD Signet T2937 1957 10th printing Kerouac
$9.95
1939 ERNEST HEMINGWAY ~ SPANISH CIVIL WAR Rare !!!
$49.99
FAVORITE NEW ENGLAND RECIPES,YANKEE MAGAZINE,1972,1ST.
$9.99
1960 LIGHT FROM GOD'S LAMP W R BEACH DEVOTIONAL
$0.50
CRISIS THE LAST YEAR OF THE CARTER PRESIDENCY HAMILTON
$0.99
I ALWAYS WANTED TO BE SOMEBODY by Althea Gibson
$15.00
The Black Arrow book~Robert Louis Stevenson~1921~Old
$3.99
RARE ANTIQUE 1 YEAR BOUND COLLECTION OF DER BAZAR 1871
$61.00
THE BEST OF BEARDSLEY R.A. WALKER SPRING BKS 133 PLATES
$19.99
Readings in Ancient History - Rome And The West
$5.99
ANTIQUE BOOK THE X BAR X BOYS AT ROUND UP HB WESTERN
$0.99
1918 Cumulative Speller Shorthand Vocabulary Pitman
$8.00
1883 2VOLS ANCIENT EGYPT ARCHITECTURE ART COLOR PRINTS
$176.25
Report of the Adjutant General of Virginia 1944
$4.99
1954 RAINBOW ON THE ROAD BY ESTHER FORBES
$0.50
The Boat Club book~Author Oliver Optic~year unknown
$3.99
Through Looking Glass Lewis Carroll Macmillan 1899 Fine
$19.00
Rare JANSEN DECORATION First Edition Book dunbar eames
$1495.00
DIRK GRINGHUIS ( THE BIG HUNT)
$15.00
1972 FABULOUS ONASSIS BY CHRISTIAN CAFARAKIS HDCVR
$0.50
ALEXANDER CALDER - GOUACHES - 2006 PACE Exhib. Catalog
$24.95
NORMAN ROCKWELL Large POST COVERS 1912 to 1928
$24.75
Singing Waters 1925 Elizabeth Stancy Payne
$9.50
THE APOLOGY, PHAEDO, Plato, Leather, DISPLAY
$13.75
THE SPELL OF FRANCE,1912,C. MASON,DECORATIVE COVER GILT
$17.49
John Gartner Numismatic Australian Coin Catalogue 1964
$2.99
ANTIQUE HB BOOK WILL ROGERS AMBASSADOR OF GOOD WILL
$0.99
ESSAYS OF ELIA BY CHARLES LAMB- ROYCROFT 1899
$26.00
Plain Fact Kellogg Sex Chastity Odd Remedy Vice Salvage
$14.60
KJV Holy Bible Authorized King James navy blue index
$24.99
DIRK GRINGHUIS (THE BIG DIG)
$15.00