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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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GREAT TRUE HUNTS BY PETER BARRETT 1967 H/B
$0.45
Crimes of Passion, Verdict Press, 1975
$7.99
King Arthur Knights Round Table Rupert Holland 1919
$19.95
Don Quixote 1765 in Spanish very rare and collectible..
$107.50
Hunter S Thompson SIGNED Better Than Sex 1 st Ed
$103.51
The Deeside Field 3rd Annual 1927 Aberdeenshire
$50.00
Washington State Centennial History, 1988. Photos Fine!
$7.50
Vintage WDAY PARTY LINE CHRISTMAS CRAFTS,COOK BOOK LOT
$9.95
THE GOLDEN ARGOSY BY VAN H CARTMELL,C.GRAYSON 1955 H/B
$0.45
Do and Dare Horatio Alger Jr 1884 Porter & Coates
$9.99
first edition prince dakkar book the trotting twins 69
$5.00
HAM FAMILY IN VIRGINIA & NORTH CAROLINA-genealogy
$92.50
The Deeside Field 6th Annual 1933 Aberdeenshire
$50.00
Lot of 6 Books in German Language BIBLIOTHEK DER ANTIKE
$9.99
Nineteen Eighty-Four - George Orwell 1st British ed
$200.00
LOT OF VINTAGE & ANTIQUE MEDICAL BOOKS 1928 1942 & 1946
$75.99
ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS 1947 PAMPHLET "ALCOHOLIC HUSBAND"
$75.00
Antique Vintage The Real America in Romance Vols 2 -15
$9.99
Tarzan and the Castaways #24 Edgar Rice Burroughs 1965
$4.00
HB-Reading for Men Summons from Baghdad & 4 others
$0.99
1946 Anais Nin LADDERS TO FIRE-First Edition in DJ
$150.00
HB-The Patron Publ by The National Grange 1954
$0.99
Franklin Library Leather:Crime and Punishment 1975
$33.95
The Deeside Field 5th Annual 1931 Aberdeenshire
$50.00
My First Christmas Stories Board Book 2001 Nelson
$2.99
1897 Text Book "Marine Engineering Mechanical Drawing
$9.50
BIRDS OF BRITAIN 12 PLATES IN COLOR 26 ILLUS B&W HB DJ
$9.99
100 year old Religious Pub. Catechisms, Penny Sermons
$9.95
Easton Press - Fathers and Sons by Turgenev - used
$15.00
WALT DISNEY'S " ROBIN HOOD " # D-48 - 1955
$9.50
Easton Press - Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde - used
$20.50
BESSIE IN THE CITY BY JOANNA H. MATTHEWS - 1868
$4.99
v/HTF PRE-TRADITIONS PAMPHLET "MONEY--PART ONE,.. "
$75.00
Marian Children's Mass Book, by Sr. Mary Theola + BONUS
$10.99
Great-Grandfather in Honey Tree 1949 Sam & Zoa Swayne
$9.99
Vintage 1926 " Le Tour Du Monde" published by D.C.Heath
$0.99
PADDY CHAYEFSKY - Altered States - SIGNED 1ST ED
$300.00
POPPY Z. BRITE - Drawing Blood - SIGNED LETTERED 1ST ED
$300.00
Elegant Infidelities of Madame Li Pei Fou 1928 -Pettit
$0.99
ALEISTER CROWLEY - Magick in Theory & Practice - 1ST ED
$300.00
This is my Blood Signed By David Niall Wilson OOP
$9.99
1887 POETICAL WORKS JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL ILLUSTRATED NR
$25.00
Bound to Rise or Harry Walton's Motto 1873 Loring Alger
$9.99
The Water Babies - Charles Kingsley, ca.1920
$60.00
First Edition 1958 Notes from the Warsaw Ghetto *holoca
$12.75
VINTAGE 1927 BOOTHS CHICKS BOOKLETE~CLINTON, MISSOURI
$10.50
The World Bibliography of Sherlock Holmes & Dr Watson
$12.97
v/HTF PRE-TRADITIONS PAMPHLET "WHO IS A MEMBER..?
$75.00
MASAFUMI SANAI - Wakaranai ( I don't know ). Parr vol.2
$250.00
The Edge of the Unknown Arthur Conan Doyle 1st Edition
$250.00
1973-PETER MAX - SOUNDS JUBILEE - contemporary pop art
$40.00
Sir Gawain & The Green Knight FOLIO SEALED ILL. LARGE!!
$9.99
XXX-RARE HORROR NOVEL 1926 THE HAUNTED VINTAGE
$22.50
Strong's Exhaustiv Concordance Bible LARGE PRINT Strong
$29.99
Alvis Guitar Cartoon Flip book - Rockingstuffer
$10.00
ALCOHOLICS 1ST.PTG. V/HTF "OUR DEVILISH PERSONALITIES"
$65.00
Vintage Cookbook - Sunsweet
$0.99
Conditions of Human Growth 1963 Pearce & Newton
$9.50
JEHOVAH WITNESS YEARBOOKS
$15.00
RARE! MISS. ST. CONV. W/12TH. REG. CONV. (1956) "LOIS"
$24.99
1895-Wedmore ETCHING IN ENGLAND-Arts & Crafts,printing
$40.00
The Great Short Stories of Guy DeMaupassant Collector's
$0.99
ALCOHOLICS "TRUE STORY OF DRUNKEN MOTHER" SIGNED
$9.99
Hope Darrow by V.F.Townsend 1869 HB BOOK
$0.99
1911 Hilaire Belloc THE OLD ROAD
$75.00
THE MIDNIGHT MAN by Loren Estleman
$25.00
ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS 1947 PAMPHLET "ALCOHOLIC EMPLOYEE"
$75.00
GO NOW by Richard Hell (1996) HC 1ST / 1ST
$9.99
ALCOHOLICS INSCRIBED/SIGNED BY AUTHOR RARE W/SIG.
$49.99
3 By Irving by Jonh Irving (1980) HC 1ST / 1ST
$9.99
THE PLYMOUTH ADVENTURE BY ERNEST GEBLER (1950) H/B
$0.45
Large Lot 7 Occult Wicca books 1 Rare Candle Holder
$17.99
Scaramouche by Rafael Sabatini 1921 w/Movie Scenes
$0.99
Brewers Collection of Popular Songs Mar 15 1901 4 Cents
$3.99
"The King's General" by Daphne Du Maurier
$0.99
4 Perry Rhodan Sci Fi PB Book #57 - #60 1st Prt 1974
$3.99
1812 A Plea For Religion, Sacred Writings, Simpson, hb
$24.99
Balzac, Pere Goriot 1977. Green Leather. Illus. As New!
$18.50
How to Raise and Train a Briard By Mary Lou Tingley
$0.99
XXX-RARE HORROR NOVEL 1889 THE BLOSSOM & THE FRUIT
$49.50
The Easy How-To Book 3rd Ptg 1975 hb A Golden Book
$5.99
1940 pre-statehood THE STORY OF ALASKA ** wonderful**
$16.85
THE SPRINGER SPANIEL by Maxwell Biddle
$15.00
Kunst Chronik, 30 Issues, 1995 through 1999
$150.00
COLLIER'S NEW PHOTOGRAPHIC HISTORY OF WORLD'S WAR 1919
$3.99
HB-Reading for Men Summons from Baghdad & 4 others
$0.99
*Signed ... "AFTER ALL" MARY TYLER MOORE (ACTRESS)
$24.99
FIGHTERS WAR PLANES OF THE 2ND WORLD WAR GREEN 1968
$3.99
KJV BIBLE Personal large 12 pt Purple Leather DELUXE
$26.96
1962 Whitman The Forest Fire Mystery by Troy Nesbit
$3.00