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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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Botanic Medicine Womens Anatomy Horton Howard 1836
$14.99
ROY BLAKELEY PATHFINDER ~ PERCY KEESE FITZHUGH ~ 1920
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Thrilling Wonder Stories - Fall 1944 - Nice
$14.99
LEATHER EASTON PRESS MOBY DICK HERMAN MELVILLE
$21.50
NANCY DREW #6 The secret of red gate farm 1961
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J.R.R. TOLKIEN THE LORD OF THE RINGS HOBBIT 4 VOL, RARE
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Handel Lamps - New - Hibel Fontaine & etal Great Ref.
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Startling Stories November 1947
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Four Girls at Chautauqua by Pansy - 1876 copyright
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Nancy Drew~The Secret of Red Gate Farm~Vol.6~1997
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Peterson's Lady's Book Color Civil War Fashion Plates
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1905 Recovery of Body of John Paul Jones
$9.99
Caroline Kennedy Best Loved Poems Onassis 1st SIGNED
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Audry by Mary Johnston 1902 1st Ed. Literary Romance
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VTG 1945 AMERICAN TECH SOCIETY FUNDAMENTALS OF MACHINES
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The Twisted Claw
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Nancy Drew~The Secret of Shadow Ranch~Vol.5~1997
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"RARE"Anne of Green Gables 1-3 Gift Set 1970 3rd Can Ed
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Astounding - Science Fiction October 1940
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BUREAU OF ANIMAL INDUSTRY 1901 U S DEPT AGRICULTURE
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Women of the War 1866 1st edition HC Civil War MOORE
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Vintage Crochet Knit Old Book Cape Stoles Wraps 1956
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PRECIOUS MOMENTS COLLECTOR'S VALUE GUIDE COMPANY DOLLS
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"Future" Science Fiction Magazine May/June 1950 *nice*
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NANCY DREW #7 The clue in the diary1962
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Vintage Old SF Paperback ACE F-197 Witch World PBO 63
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CAROLINE KENNEDY Signed BEST LOVED POEMS OF JACKIE
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ON THE KENTUCKY FRONTIER ~ JAMES OTIS ~1900 Illustrated
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Alexander Hamilton - Henry Cabot Lodge - H/C (1910)
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Life Of Johnson - Macaulay - H/C (1903)
$0.49
Behutet #16 Booklet O.T.O. Thelema Crowley Occult
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Scarce 1797 4vols Institutes Laws England History Coke
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1963 World of Flying Saucers Hardcover Book-Outer Space
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THE BANNER BOY SCOUTS SNOW BOUND ~ GEORGE WARREN ~ 1916
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The Old West: The Indians from Time Life Books
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lot vintage dictionary Webster, Fowler, atlas, 1892-
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RARE VOLUME--JOE BRENNAN-HOT ROD THUNDER 1962 1ST ED.
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1860 POLITICAL TEXT BOOK OR ENCYCLOPEDIA - CLUSKEY
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Folio Society Poems of Catullus, Very Rare, Fine
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Blood from a Stone by Donna Leon HC DJ 1st UK SIGNED
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ROY BLAKELEY'S ADVENTURES IN CAMP PERCY KEESE FITZHUGH
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Margaret Atwood ANIMALS IN THAT COUNTRY HC/DJ 1st 1968
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4 books of ART"Van Gogh,History Jigsaw, Whistler etc...
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TAMMANY-HALL N YORK 1894 RICH CROKER,TWEED,KELLY FRENCH
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Max Beerbohm ZULEIKA DOBSON Folio Society
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The Golder Era of JPS Jane Philiips Sorority 1937-1987
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SHIPS and AIRCRAFT U.S. FLEET Norman Polmar NAVY NAVAL
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Angels and Demons Dan Brown HC DJ TRUE 1st Nr FINE!
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"Future" Science Fiction Magazine July/Aug 1950
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FOR WHOM THE BELL TOLLS~ERNEST HEMMINGWAY 1940 1ST EDIT
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1945 Atomic Bomb WWII Christian Religion Moody Bible
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Aleister Crowley The Banned Lecture Pamphlet 1981
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Harpers Monthly June to November - 1867 Edgar Allen Poe
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2 BIBLE CONCORDANCES IN ENGLISH, LONDON, 1578.
$51.00
1854 BOOK - COMPENDIUM OF THE 7TH CENSUS OF 1850
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1943 Victor & Bluebird Records Hardcover Book-Records+
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Rare Masonic Occult ~1816~ Leather Bound Webb Monitor
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1914 FACTS HISTORY RELIGION BOOK CIVIL WAR SCIENCE ART
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Heritage Rare Books&Manuscript Auction Volume 1&2
$9.99
1933 Alice Tisdale Hobart Oil for the lamps of China HC
$4.50
The Complete Andersen - Limited Editions Book Club
$389.99
MASONIC Library 350+ BOOKS Freemasonry CD DVD Freemason
$26.00
ENCYCLOPEDIA PRESSED GLASS ID & VALUE GUIDE 1860-1930
$11.95
WILLIAM GADDIS' JR - FIRST EDITION
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In a Mirror First Edition by Marry Stolz 1953
$40.00
1982 Luxury Trains Oversized Hardcover Book-Orient Exp+
$7.99
ROY BLAKELEY'S CAMP ON WHEELS PERCY KEESE FITZHUGH 1920
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Lackland Air Force Base yearbook 1984 HC
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Easton Press Tales of Maupassant, Traditional Ed
$17.95
Edna St. Vincent Millay Wine from these Grapes, 1st!
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Max Yavno: THE LOS ANGELES BOOK, First HC w/DJ, Shippey
$45.00
NANCY DREW #5 The secret of show ranch 1965
$1.04
WAUSHARA, WISCONSIN 1964 PLAT BOOK, COMPLETE
$12.50
Mr. Durrant, 1893, Blue Cover, Salt Lake, Utah, NICE
$5.95
The History of Pendennis by W.M.Thackeray 1917 HB
$2.50
Rosenberg Atom Spy Trial Sobell SIGND, Atomic Espionage
$100.00
1905 Strange Adventure of Mary & Percy Byshe Shelley
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Big League #7 - Courtney of Center Garden - 1915 Barse
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Ernest Maltravers/The Eleusinia Sir Edward Lytton 1840
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1911 Mothers Book A Mother's Year Book Best Mothers
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Avon #17 The Agony Column Earl Derr Biggers 1942
$4.99
LARRY McMURTRY: TERMS OF ENDEARMENT 1ST/H.C/1975
$49.99
French Chef, Stated First Edition, Julia Childs, 1968
$35.00
E. Nesbit FIVE CHILDREN AND IT UK Hardcover Edition
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1839 WORKS OF JOSEPHUS FLAVIUS - JEWISH HISTORIAN
$24.99
Heiresses and Coronets by Elizabeth Eliot
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The Godey's Lady's Book 1854 Color Fashion Plates
$24.00
SKENE: FOUR ANCIENT BOOKS OF WALES 2 VOL HC SET OCCULT
$149.99
The Story of South Africa, 1899 Large Illustrated Book
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MARGARET MITCHELL: GONE WITH THE WIND 1ST ED $1.49DJ
$29.99
McGuire and Sosa
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VTG ALA VOL.1 AUTO GREEN BOOK SCARBOROGH MOTOR GUIDE
$4.00
Lot of Two Vintage Advertising Cookbooks
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J.R.R. TOLKIEN THE LORD OF THE RINGS HOBBIT 4 VOL SLIP
$14.99
Hunter S. Thompson The Curse of Lono
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1936 UNDERSTANDING MORDERN ART Art Deco Cover Design
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1st Ed. OKLAHOMA Yesterday Today Tomorrow Morris NR
$20.00
Chambersburg FORT PENNSYLVANIA HISTORY 1730 - 1794 BOOK
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