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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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Peter Max Poster Book Psychedelic 1970 Hippie Rare
$56.00
Among the Mongols - Gilmour, 1880s
$20.00
FLEISCHMANN'S BREAD RECIPES 1915 Yeast Cookbook BAKING
$5.50
10 WAYS TO MEDITATE 1969 WOOD COVERS Odd Book
$24.75
Perrins Ledge Crematory Archaeological Site Artifacts +
$9.00
Hell Beyond The Seas~retold by Aage Krarup-Nielsen~1938
$3.99
EXQUISITE VINTAGE CHRISTMAS CARD ~ TASHA TUDOR ~ 1948
$258.00
Pharmaceutical Latin Prescription 1925 Hugh Muldoon
$9.50
THE MEN ON DECK, MANUAL MERCHANT SERV.- RIESENBERG 1918
$24.99
Serbian Surrealism Stanislav Vinaver Nova pantologija
$119.99
1787 Philadelphia Quakers handwritten Parvin family
$57.09
1916 MAKERS OF MANY THINGS EVA MARCH TAPPAN ANTIQUE
$0.99
STUDIES IN ETHICS FOR NURSES Charlotte Aikens 1937 hc
$20.00
OUR MOST SKILLFUL ARCHITECT Taliaferro CLAUDE LANCIANO
$25.00
10 Volumes Vicki Barr Series by Helen Wells with DJ
$32.55
Lawrence Lipton, Rainbow At Midnight, Poems, lst Ed/DJ
$12.50
1 of 1200 1ST - THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS TASHA TUDOR
$528.00
West Indian Xenodontine Colubrid Snakes Herpetology VN+
$9.00
HAND SIGNED ~ EDGAR ALLAN CROW ~ TASHA TUDOR 1ST, RARE
$528.00
1904 THE ADMIRABLE TINKER EDGAR JEPSON CURTIS PUBL.
$0.99
ALL ABOUT PATSY 1930 1ST ED BLACK AMERICANA CHILDRENS
$150.00
A Christmas Carol
$10.00
Science of Life Vol 2 by HG Wells J Huxley G Wells 1931
$7.00
CLASSIC WINDEMERE READERS - KING ARTHUR, PLUS 8 OTHERS
$7.99
VINTAGE/SMALL BUSINESS MANAGEMENT/1982
$0.99
DAW Kenneth Bulmer The Diamond Contessa Ken kelly
$4.50
"RUSTIC CHORES" English Crummles Box, Tasha Tudor Rare
$258.00
Samuel Beckett, Worstward Ho, lst US Ed in DJ
$10.00
National Geographic Magazine 40 Bound Volumes 1919-1941
$199.99
MY COUSIN RACHEL BY DAPHNE DU MAURIER GREAT BOOK
$10.99
Stunning 13th Century illuminated manuscript Leaf.
$199.00
SYLVIE ANN DOLL FROM ~ PUMPKIN MOONSHINE ~ TASHA TUDOR
$300.00
1931 MITCH AND MAC A TRIBUTE 3 BOOKS 1 SIGNED BY AUTHOR
$0.99
1881 Bureau Ethnology Native Americans Indians 1st
$9.99
1892 Hamlet of Wapping England St Katherine's
$19.99
1st 1918 ed. MORGENTHAU STORY Armenia Armenian Genocide
$140.00
The works of browing
$30.00
LONESOME CITIES 1967 ROD MCKUEN 4TH PRINTING
$0.99
Popular Library Robert Moore Williams Return Of Jongor
$3.95
Works of L. Muhlbach,1910 McCLURE CO.,13 VOLUMES, -NR-
$0.99
1947 - Saggy Baggy Elephant Golden Book 1st Ed.
$0.99
DAW Michael Moorcock The Mad God's Amulet
$3.95
Lyrics of Lowly Life 1901 Paul Laurence Dunbar
$18.00
1954 TEEN-AGE TALES BOOK 2 RUTH STRANG RALPH ROBERTS
$0.99
1901 Theater Art of Make up Actors Acting
$19.99
"The Golden Fleece" by James Baldwin Copyright 1905
$59.97
James Baldwin, Just Above My Head, lst Ed in DJ
$10.00
Serbian Avant-garde Ljubisa Jocic Polomljena kola
$39.99
VINTAGE/SUMMER DOCTOR/CHARLES H. KNICKERBOCKER/1963
$0.99
Pilots Help Our Nation~Vol.II~The Sky's The Limit~1993
$0.99
1942 THE ROBE LLYOD C DOUGLAS FORTY-FIRST IMPRESSION
$0.99
DAW William Chester One Against The Wilderness
$4.95
1935 IT CAN'T HAPPEN HERE SINCLAIR LEWIS VINTAGE BOOK
$0.99
THE NORMAN ROCKWELL ALBUM ~ 1961 ~ WONDERFUL CONDITION
$19.95
Jane Smiley, At Paradise Gate, lst Ed in DJ
$21.00
Huntington LIBRARY OF FERDINAND COLUMBUS 1905 ltd ed
$300.00
VINTAGE ART GUILD XMAS CARD by TASHA TUDOR, DARLING
$45.00
HOW TO BE AN ADOLESCENT AND SURVIVE 1971 JOHN SCHIMEL
$0.99
The Nature Almanac - 1927
$0.99
1909 THE CALLING OF DAN MATTHEWS HAROLD BELL WRIGHT
$0.99
A SWORD OF THE OLD FRONTIER BY PARRISH, FORT CHARTRES
$20.99
Mefisto -Still Life Collection NEW Hard Cover w/ Jacket
$25.00
1956 SEAMANSHIP T.F. WICKHAM
$0.99
1916 TOLD IN A FRENCH GARDEN AUG 1914 MILDRED ALDRICH
$0.99
American Red Cross First Aid Text-Book 1937 rev.1940
$5.99
Eleanor:The Years Alone by Joseph P. Lash
$4.99
VINTAGE CANDLE MAKING XMAS CARD - TASHA TUDOR, ADORABLE
$68.00
1924 SELECTIONS FROM BROWNING ALLYN AND BACON
$0.99
1 is ONE ~ H/SIGNED + ORIGINAL DRAWING ~ TASHA TUDOR
$600.00
Ace Fritz Leiber Swords Against Wizardry Jeff Jones
$3.95
1928 1ST EDIT. THEODORE ROSEVELT DIARIES BOYHOOD PRINTS
$25.00
Homer the Iliad and Suetonius Twelve Caesars
$10.00
Lizard Karyotypes from Galapagos Islands Herpetology VN
$7.00
1847 MINUTES 27 Baptist State Convention Beulah Church
$7.99
1961 THEIR MUSIC IS MARY CLIFFORD J LAUBE MONTFORT
$0.99
NANA, EMILE ZOLA,1928,Modern Library,NO RESERVE----
$0.99
Encyclopedia of Automatic Musical Instruments-Q D Bower
$9.99
Serbian Avant-garde Ljubisa Jocic Ljubav i sloboda
$49.99
1868 Views In Bible Lands Books
$0.99
The works of browing
$10.00
1842 SCRIPTURE ALPHABET ANIMALS Graphics ABC Bible GOD
$16.99
STRIDE OF MAN BY THAMES WILLIAMSON 1928
$10.99
art books metropolitan museum prints learn learn 1958 z
$45.00
1848 The Complete Works of The Rev ANDREW FULLER 3 vols
$149.99
1949 A HANDY ILLUSTRATED GUIDE TO FOOTBALL SAM NISENSON
$0.99
VINTAGE GULLIVER'S TRAVELS JUVENILE LIBRARY SWIFT
$0.99
H/SIGNED ~ FOREVER CHRISTMAS ~ TASHA TUDOR / DAVIS, 1ST
$320.00
1920 WOMENS DATE BOOK & MECH PENCIL PHOEBE SNOW NY
$9.99
LITTLE MEN LOUISA MAY ALCOTT JUVENILLE LIBRARY
$0.99
gospel of Mark
$2.75
VINTAGE/THE LITTLE SHEPHERD OF KINGDOM COME/JOHN FOX,JR
$1.49
"THE TWENTY THIRD PSALM" TASHA TUDOR, MINIATURE, RARE
$128.00
EXPO '92 Seville ART Exhibition MASCARAS MASKS Book
$5.00
James Norman Hall,The Forgotten One & Other Tales,lstEd
$12.50
1959 THE HARDY BOYS THE TOWER TREASURE FRANKLIN W DIXON
$0.99
Desilu Story Lucy Ball Desi Arnaz Show I Love First 1st
$17.60