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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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The Essential Guide To Stevens Decoys Decoy Book Newell
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The Unfailing God By Ernest C. Earp 1956 First Edition
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1928 1ST ED. USA MAINE GEORGIA TENNESSEE PENNSYLVANIA
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" Higher Arithmetic" Copyright 1919
$0.99
1952 SATURDAY EVENING POST NORMAN ROCKWELL
$4.95
Ziegler, Philip: The Black Death - Folio Society, boxed
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CLOVERDALE INDIANA CENTENNIAL HISTORY 1839 - 1939
$17.95
Songs of Stephen Foster 1946
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Bishop Percy's Folio Manucript
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Giants In the Earth by O.E. Rolvaag 1929
$1.99
1940 YEARBOOK- WILSON COLLEGE- CHAMBERSBURG, PA
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handwriting quran
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Vintage-Richard Scarry's Animal Mother Goose-Goldn Book
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The Outdoor Handy Book By D.C. Beard 1900
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TADANORI YOKOO All things in the Universe Art Book
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SCRIBNERS MAGAZINE VOLs I - VI 1887-1889 BOUND LEATHER
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Vintage-Tales from Storyland Edited by Watty Piper
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American Commonwealths Indiana Redemption From Slavery
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EBENEZER BAPTIST CHURCH HISTORY MARTIN LUTHER KING JR
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MAE WEST, LIMITED, SIGNED, 0492/2000,MINT, MOVIES
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In The Palace of the King by F.M. Crawford 1900 1st Ed.
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1968 FISHING GUIDE-SKIPPERS HANDBOOK-SOFT COVER
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MARY T S SCHAFFER OLD TRAILS OF CANADIAN ROCKIES
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KENNETH ROBERTS 1951 Maine TOYNBEE Don’t say that!
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CHARLIE BROWN - SNOOPY ! CHARLES M. SCHULZ 3 BOOKS !
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UNHOLY FIRE NOVEL OF U S CIVIL WAR ROBERT J MRAZEK 1ST
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BLACK WALNUT TREES HISTORY AND USES 1995 HARDBACK BOOK
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4 Assorted Vintage Cookbooks + 300 Household Hints !
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Archaeological Ceramics of Yucatan, 1958
$24.99
COLUMBUS By Ingri & Edgar Parin D'Aulaire 1955 HC
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Harvard Classics Don Quixote by Cervantes
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1973 Vintage Book w/ a Collection of Wildlife Prints
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Vintage book ~ "AIR WAR in the WEST: 9/39-5/41" DUPUY
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Danger To Windward by Armstrong Sperry 1947 Ist Edition
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TUNNEL TIGERS by PATRICK CAMPBELL
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RARE 1907 ALCOHOL DISTILLATION LIQUOR BEER MANUFACTURE
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THE SECULAR CONGREGATION WITH LETTER/ LOOK NO RESERVE
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1958 1ST EDITION WILLIAMSTOWN VERMONT GRANITE INDUSTRY
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Book on Hawaii's Birds Audubon Society
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Landstrom, Bjorn: Columbus
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FORD /THE MEN AND THE MACHINE
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1936 Story of Annapolis Football Hardcover Book-Navy
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Tales From Washington Irving's Traveller 1913 First Ed.
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Trees of Christmas Published by National Wildlife Fed.
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TASHA'S ARTISTIC GARDEN Tasha Tudor fold out garden pl
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TEDDY KENNEDY / THE LAST BROTHER
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1888 Frederic Remington TEDDY ROOSEVELT ranch WEST 1st
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Richard Burton: Lake Regions of Central Africa, 1859 (!
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2 TROTTER PACER RACING PROGRAMS 1904 1913 Mass & NY
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RAY BREMSER BEAT POETRY X-RAY BOOK CO. BROADSIDE
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1909 Hallowell MAINE Reform School GIRLS History CRIME
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"HAMLET" - RARE 1902 ROYCROFT HAND-MADE 1ST EDITION!
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A SLIP UNDER THE MICROSCOPE (1930'S) H G WELLS
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Black Beauty,1916,Charles E. Graham,Barbara Welch,illus
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NOTRE DAME ALUMNI CHRONICLE 1842-1973 INDIANA COLLEGE
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Little Big Book Buck Rogers & the Depth Men of Jupiter
$10.00
Her Majesty's Tower By W.H. Dixon Vol. one 1884
$3.99
Vintage-Make Your Own PopUp Book-Little Red Riding Hood
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Apron Strings, ADELE & Cateau deLEEUW, 1959,1st Edition
$19.99
LIFE MAG./SIXTY YEARS ANNIVERSARY CEL. 1936 - 1996
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The Island Stallion, Walter Farley, 1948, 1st.
$9.99
Wild Flowers of the US Vol. 1: Northeastern States
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VINTAGE KINDERGARTEN STORIES N PLAYS BY ALLARDYCE
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A 1888 copy of Remember the Alamo By Amelia E.Barr
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Zoological Record for 1875-Volume 12-London
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Pictorial History of the American Indian 1956
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THE CASE OF THE CURIOUS BRIDE POCKETBOOK #177
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FORT LEE VIRGINIA 1953 QUARTERMASTER BOOK
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1938 Trending into Maine KENNETH ROBERTS N C Wyeth dj
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Very Old The Three Bears & Goldenlocks & Others Book
$11.99
New Standard Arithmetics Grade Eight Copyright 1945
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TEMPLE ISRAEL BOSTON 1854 1954 GROWTH AND ACHIEVEMENT
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Forsythia Finds Murder, Rachel Payes, 1960
$9.99
DESSERTS- 500 RECIPES -CREATIVE COOKING /NEW
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Norman Mailer's Letters on AN AMERICAN DREAM, 1963-69
$50.00
Encyclopedia of Polymer Science Technology 16 Volumes
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1915 Puss In Boots Antique Picture Book Sam Gabriel
$18.74
BARACK OBAMA HISTORY MAKING NEWSPAPER KANSAS CITY STAR
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Two Years Before the Mast Richard Henry Dana First 1840
$75.00
Sandra Day O’Connor Signed Majesty of the Law Book PSA
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1969 Tales of the Gridiron Football Hardcover Bk-Sayers
$2.99
79 Park Avenue by Harold Robbins 1966
$15.00
Vintage-Walt Disney's Nursery Tales-A Big Golden Book
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@ MAKI NOMIYA Art Photo Book Pizzicato Five
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1908 SHAKESPEAR'S TRAGEDY OF KING RICHARDS II
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EL CORDOBES BULLFIGHTER BOOK LARRY COLLINS SIGNED 1st
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The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope 1839 Philadelphia
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The Eternal City/Part One/Hall Caine/1901
$6.99
Our New Friends by William S. Gray 1940
$15.00
*MINT* Living Shakespeare books *RARE* 1962
$5.99
Football Playbook by S.Deluca. 1972
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1940 OSA & MARTIN JOHNSON Africa Big Game Hunting Lion
$9.95
GALAHAD COPYRIGHT 1926 BY JOHN ERSKINE L@@K NO RESERVE
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Two Leatherbound Collectible Christmas Books
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1947 united states news magazine
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