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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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Vintage Mr. Joey and the Pig by Gates & Clark 1939
$6.99
Pristine 1946 MERRY ADVENTURES OF ROBIN HOOD - H. PYLE
$3.49
3 Vols Canadian History Halifax Dartmouth Nova Scotia N
$24.95
HORSEMENS' DICTIONARY
$2.99
A HOMETOWN CHRISTMAS by ideals 2000 see below
$0.99
Mordecai, Schon MILITARY COMMISSION TO EUROPE 1855-6
$275.00
1834 Waverly Novel - The Betrothed - Tale of Crusader
$24.99
1872 American Girl Abroad - Adeline Trafton - Girlhood
$12.99
2 Vols Canadian Medical Osler Banting Grenfell Bethune
$24.95
WONDER BOOK by Nathaniel Hawthorne-HB-1931
$3.99
Dead Sea Scrolls Catalogue/ San Diego Natural History
$9.99
Genealogy RHODE ISLAND WILL INDEX. V16 1992 1636-1850
$49.99
RARE 1957 MINIATURE LITTLE WEBSTER DICTIONARY ENGLISH
$19.99
1969 BOXED SET ART BOOKS- LIVES OF THE PAINTERS-CANADAY
$12.99
RARE 1922 BOOK - NUMBER 87 by HARRINGTON HEXT - VGC HC
$0.99
Carl Sandburg by Harry Golden - Two Signed Copies
$35.00
The Children's Hour w/ Uncle Arthur Book 1 & 2 1945-47
$0.99
1962 Playtime Books #616 TRIANGLE OF LUST Bonfils? NF
$5.00
1st ed Little House Cookbook HC/DJ/ VGC
$5.99
The Name on the Bracelet, Judy Bolton by M. Sutton DJ
$9.99
The Sistine Chapel-A Glorious Restoration-HB/DJ
$7.99
Vintage book - CRUCIFIXION OF PHILIP STRONG C. SHELDON
$1.99
1864 CIVIL WAR ERA - LIFE OF BLESSED VIRGIN-GENTILUCCI
$21.50
RARE 1907 ILLUST BOOK- WEATHER OPINIONS BY HAINES- CUTE
$17.99
1997 CHRISTMAS AN ANNUAL TREASURY vol 67 story book etc
$0.99
FRENCH POETRY CALIFORNIA MONTEREY SAN FRANCISCO PRINTS
$30.00
LG 1969 BOOK- THE GLORIOUS BURDEN- AMERICAN PRESIDENCY
$5.99
Tom Slade's Double Dare by Percy Keese Fitzhugh 1922
$8.88
2 Vols Canadian History Sudbury Kapaskasing Ontario NR
$19.95
1896 Boats Ships Sailors Passengers Pastimes At Sea
$19.63
2 Vols 1st Russian History Czar Cossacks Bolsheviks NR
$19.95
Comrades on the Great Divide or The Aztec Search book
$3.99
1896 Curious Public School Customs in England
$19.63
Old Dominion Echoes, Virginia Poems, signed, 1960
$5.00
1999 1st American History Goldman Sachs Endlich NR
$19.95
SHERLOCK HOLMES - BAKER STREET JOURNAL, SEPT. 1998
$4.50
1896 English Horse Races Photo's of Prince's Derby
$24.63
Cocteau THE BLOOD OF A POET Pons trans 1st hb dj 1949
$150.00
1988 History St. Joseph's Hospital London Ontario NR
$19.95
Academy Classics 1917 MERCHANT OF VENICE Samuel Thurber
$1.99
2 Vols 1996 Raybestos Import Anti-Lock Brake Manuals NR
$19.95
KIPLING selected stories and Poems 1956 NR
$0.75
SHERLOCK HOLMES - THE SHOSO-IN BULLETIN, VOL 8, 1996
$4.50
Peter Matthiessen At Play in Fields of Lord '65 1st/1st
$50.00
Fresh from the Country, First American Edition 1961
$0.50
1997 1st Pictorial History Canadian Tire Toronto NR
$19.95
Presbyterian in CALIFORNIA 1927 PIONEER CHURCH
$9.75
Carl Sandburg Film Proposals / Biographies / Scripts
$40.00
VINTAGE FAVORITE POEMS of LONGFELLOW 1947
$0.99
SCARCE 1953 CAROLINE'S PARTY BY PIERRE PROBST
$296.65
1988 Signed WW2 Military Canadian Raleighites O’Neill N
$24.95
MCCC JOURNAL 107 JOURNEY INTO WHITE HELL
$2.50
1964 SCARCE Beehive Reader Imprint BR-101 NIGHT PARTNER
$5.00
SHERLOCK HOLMES - BAKER STREET JOURNAL, JUNE 1998
$4.50
4 SC BURROUGHS-MOON MAID,TANAR,CAVE GIRL LOST CONTINENT
$8.00
c1965 Rapture Books #301 LORI HOLLET: LESBIAN Weaver Cv
$5.00
RARE 1924 BOOK - AN ASTRONOMER AT LARGE -A.G. THORNTON
$2.99
Undated Lewis Carroll ALICE'S ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND
$7.50
1994 1st History Buxbaum Komoka London Ontario NR
$19.95
2 Vols Canadian History Long Point Port Rowan Ontario N
$24.95
TS Eliot The Cocktail Party Rare 1950 1st Ed w/ Errata
$39.99
3 Vols James Redfield Celestine Prophecy Insight Shambh
$19.95
1896 Idols illustrated Rudra Juggernaut Rama Ravana
$24.63
4 Vols Canadian Literature W O Mitchell High River AB
$24.95
SHERLOCK HOLMES - BAKER STREET JOURNAL, DECEMBER 1998
$4.50
1984 1st Canadian Art Glen Loates Brush With Life NR
$24.95
THE COMPLETE SHERLOCK HOLMES by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
$20.50
Polly In South America by Lillian Elizabeth Roy 1924
$4.99
L.M.Montgomery Chronicles of Avonlea H/C with D/C
$15.00
JAMES BOND:THE FACTS OF DEATH/ RAYMOND BENSON Sgd1st UK
$14.95
CAROLINE'S WONDERFUL JOURNEY RARE! PIERRE PROBST
$211.65
John Boyne BOY IN STRIPED PYJAMAS Signed Limited
$39.00
Bitter-Sweet Apoem by J.G. Holland 1859
$0.99
1983 1st Canadian History Toronto In Art Edith Firth NR
$19.95
1960 Valiant Publications #976 SAVAGE LOVE Mark Ryan
$5.00
1896 Idols Statues Sandwich Islands Hawaii Africa
$24.63
RUSSIA and the WEST UNDER LENIN & STALLIN KENNAN 1960
$0.99
OLD JUDAICA BOOK -----SET 3 VOL KABBALA AMSTERDAM 1815
$196.00
1962 Intimate Edition #707 ROCK ME BABY! Groupies VG+
$5.00
2 Vols Canadian History BCE Bell Telephone Grandpre NR
$24.95
East Lynne book~Alta Edition~The Earl's Daughter~Old~
$3.99
MCCC JOURNAL 108 A DCM FOR MESOPOTAMIA
$2.50
On the Waterfront SIGNED Play by Author, Budd Schulberg
$99.99
3 Vols Canadian History St Thomas Ontario Hepburn NR
$24.95
Here & There With Paul & Peggy - 1914
$3.99
1966 Pad Library IMP 761 THE WAGES OF SIN Hal Kantor
$5.00
1989 1st WW2 Canadian Military Cemeteries Memorials NR
$19.95
Archbishop Lynch's "Answers to Questions & Objects,1890
$6.99
3 Vols Canadian Military Peacekeeping History Bosnia NR
$19.95
SHERLOCK HOLMES - BAKER STREET JOURNAL, MARCH 1998
$4.50
George Muller of Bristol, Arthur Pierson, 1900`s
$11.99
Fire Mountain by Norman Springer
$8.88
CURRIER & IVES by Peters 1942 VG NR 192 plates
$5.50
1917 HUMAN PHYSIOLOGY RITCHIE STATE EDITION WORLD BOOK
$0.99
1967 Berkley Books #X1368 HOT HANDS French Erotica
$5.00
2 Vols Canadian History St. Albert Edmonton Alberta NR
$49.95
Converse STORY OF WELLESLEY M A Massachusetts 1st Ed
$30.00