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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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Bk."The House of the Seven Gables" by Hawthorne-Gilt Cv
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Vintage Puss in Boots Pop Up Book Kubasta 1961Artia
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Subtle Shining Secrecies William Stone Booth 1st 1925
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1916 Analyzing Character By Katherine M. H. Blackford
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UNREST 1931 Conroy Cheyney revolutionary poetry HC 1st
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Vice & sin of New York night life in 1880 personal narr
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1841 AUTOBIOGRAPHY JOHN TRUMBULL Indian Sketches Maps
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Kazuo Ishiguro - Remains of the Day - HC/DJ US 1st 1st
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2 BOOKS AMERICAN GLORIOUS QUILTS VINTAGE COMPARE VALUE
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Gertrude Stein illustrated THE WORLD IS ROUND 1st/dj
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MEGIDDO & JEZREEL VALLEY Cline HC DJ Israel Palestine
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J. Emmor Harston, COMANCHE LAND. 1st, DJ Rare!
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LIVING UPCOUNTRY- DON MITCHELL, FARMING VERMONT,1986 DJ
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Westward Hoboes 1923 old auto travel by women
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BY GONE DAYS PONSETT-HADDAM Connecticut Genealogy 1914
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JONATHAN & HIS CONTINENT Grover Cleveland INGERSOLL
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4 FOR THE FUTURE KUTTNER Anderson STURGEON Powers SF PB
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Charles Heckethorn SecretSocietiesof All Ages&Countries
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Limited Editions Club Silas Marner, Eliot, Very Rare
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Dick Francis book * RAT RACE * British TRUE 1st 1970
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1952 GARDENS OF THE ANTILLES by John V. WATKINS
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GLORIOUS MOTHER Poems of Motherhood 1909 Wichita Kansas
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Peter Taylor - The Old Forest - 1985 HCDJ 1st - NR
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1907 Antique Rare Book Engineers Plumbing Heating Vent+
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MURDER CAN'T WAIT by Stokes 1955 Graphic Mystery PBO
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1954 - All The Mowgli Stories - Rudyard Kipling
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1944 E. Phillips OPPENHEIM The Great Impersonation PB
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1865-Lutze LEHRBUCH HOMÖOPATHIE-German homeopathy
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1886-1887 Rhode Island Manual with Color foldout Map
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ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON Medallion Edition 4 Vol. 1906
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Little Journeys 1906 To Homes of Great Lovers (6)
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Patriarchs of the Bible Abraham Jacob Joseph Moses 1890
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KISHIN SHINOYAMA Photo Bk "Venice" 1980,1st.
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J.M. Coetzee * DISGRACE * 1st/dj Booker & Nobel Prize
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1887 Sea of Galilee Tiberias Magdala Tabgah Capernaum
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A LITTLE GOLDEN BOOK Cowboy ABC #389 vintage 1960 "A"
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2 Vol LIFE of JOHN NEWMAN Complete VINTAGE! 1912
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Critique of Court Plays by CALDERON Greer PLAY OF POWER
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Doris Lessing THE GRASS IS SINGING U.K.1st/7th/dj 1950
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Thomas Mann - Mario Und Der Zauberer - GERMAN 1st 1st
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1924 Issue 76 SEP Harley-Davidson Enthusiast Magazine
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Rene Magritte book PHOTOGRAPHIES DE MAGRITTE 1st/dj
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Iron Will Jefferson Davis author signed w/ ephemera 1st
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Madame Sarah, by Cornelia Otis Skinner, 1966, 3rd Print
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FIRESHIP 1978 JOAN VINGE A DELL BOOK BCE.
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1859 antique KEYSTONE MONTHLY LITERATURE penn state pa
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J.M. Coetzee LIFE & TIMES OF MICHAEL K 1st/dj Booker
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New Astronomy and Cosmic Physiology 1930 scarce occult
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RARE Blacks Law Dictionary 4th 1968 Book Legal HC
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1968 - The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood - Howard Pyle
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2 Vol THE PRINCE OF INDIA Wallace HC VINTAGE! 1942
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Story Of Flag Addie Guthrie Weaver colonial book 1898
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Henry Miller TROPIC OF CANCER Paris ed. Obelisk 1952
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SHAME March Hastings Sally Singer BEACON GGA PBO 1st Ed
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John Muir book THE STORY OF MY BOYHOOD & YOUTH 1st 1913
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The World Chess Championship, A History, Horowitz, 1973
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Vintage Bicentennial Coloring Book Pittsfield MA 1975
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Dr. Seuss rare book * THE SEVEN LADY GODIVAS * 1st/dj
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1912 book Historic Summer Haunts Newport to Portland
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Reader's Digest Condensed Books, Volume 4, 1991
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BLACK BEAUTY rare ORNATE pocket ED Donohue EXC pre-1900
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10 Vol Small LITERATURE Reading Books Vintage 1896
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Life Magazine 8/12/46, Loretta Young
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Charles Heckethorn SecretSocietiesof All Ages&Countries
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Sylvia Beach book SHAKESPEARE & COMPANY 1ST/DJ 1959
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1906 antique LUMBER LOG timber ship boat farmer saw mil
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Albert Paine - Moments with Mark Twain - 1920 1st 1st
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INCOMPLETE ENCHANTER de Sprague & Pratt RICHARD POWERS
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Fitzgerald THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON 1st/dj
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J F Cooper TWO ADMIRALS Publishers Plate Renting Co.
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Natural Philosophy 1882 physics science optics etc.
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1611 bible leaf collection going out of business
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MISTAKE Marvelous Merry Go Round Little Golden Book "A"
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SURVIVE! 1961 PB Death-Defying Survival True Adventures
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1850 antique TRAPPERS NY bio N.STONER/FOSTER hunt bear
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2 Vol THE GREEKS & ROMANS R.H. Barrow HC Slip VINTAGE!
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Gabriel Garcia Marquez * THE WORLD OF MARQUEZ * 1st/dj
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SIGNED I Want To Tell You by OJ Simpson 1st/1st AS NEW
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THE NEW CENTURY PERFECT SPEAKER, '01 ORATORY, ELOCUTION
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RARE 1937 EZRA POUND Fifth Decad of CANTOS HB 1st
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William Faulkner - The Reivers - Pulitzer HCDJ 1st - NR
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Caravan to Xanadu MARCO POLO Kublai Khan Dell PB Novel
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John Muir A THOUSAND-MILE WALK TO THE GULF 1st 1916
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Robert Frost - A Witness Tree - Pulitzer Prize 1st 1st
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Hermann Hesse book * SIDDHARTHA * 1ST 1ST/DJ 1951
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Reader's Digest Condensed Books, Volume 5, 1991
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Henry Miller TROPIC OF CAPRICORN Paris ed. Obelisk 1958
$200.00
Classics Illustrated #75 Lady of The Lake /Sir W Scott
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c1890 Barnaby Rudge and Hard Times By Charles Dickens
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24 Vol WORKS OF J. FENIMORE COOPER Literature VINTAGE!
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1938 Big Little Book WASH TUBBS and Captain Easy #1455
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The Girl With the Swansdown Seat Cyril Pearl VICTORIANS
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THE ADVENTURES OF PETER BEARD IN AFRICA 1st/dj photos
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7 Vol HARVARD CLASSICS Collectors Edition HC Gilt 1985
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1955 1956 University ALABAMA Corolla Yearbooks 2 VOL
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Vintage Hallmark 1972 Treat the Earth Gently by Bearly
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1919.RARE.E.Boyd Smith Mother Goose.Nursery Rhymes.
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