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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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Utilization OF Southern Pines by Peter Koch 2VOL 1971
$24.99
CHILDREN BOOK INDIAN STORY CREEK YUCHI NATCHEZ CHEROKEE
$0.99
SKREBNESKI PORTRAITS FIRST ED.MATTER OF RECORD 1978
$99.99
HOUNDING THE HUN FROM THE SEAS/1919/ELECTRIC BOAT COMPA
$9.99
1892 LAW MANUAL, GENERAL COURT, Massachusetts
$24.50
Collecting Perfume Bottles Price Guide Book -c md
$29.95
ATLANTIS history lost continent mythology 1915 Termier
$9.95
PERFUME BOTTLES (2ND ED.) PRICE GUIDE BOOK -c z
$23.96
Vtg Death of a Salesman, Arthur Miller,Viking sc,1963
$7.00
HAGAR Dramatic Poem in Three Acts Rollin Wells 1903 HC
$9.99
It Begins With an A by Stephanie Calmenson (1993)
$9.00
Stedelijk Museum#SOL LEWITT, Walldrawings 1968-1984#nm+
$395.00
VINTAGE 1970 THE HUNTING RIFLE BY JACK O'CONNOR
$13.50
Service Prayer Book & New Testament Bible Box Set
$7.99
OLD BOOKS COLLECTIBLE ANTIQUE LOT OF 12
$9.99
Bible/ New testiment and Psalms / Cambridge / Leather
$5.99
Wow! ABBA EBAN Signed AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY 1st Ed
$49.95
1822 JOHN NEWTON "OLNEY HYMNS", BIBLE "AMAZING GRACE"
$29.95
Lot of 3 Red Ryder Roy Rodgers and Boy Alone LOOK!
$5.99
History of the World War set of 5 1917 - 1920
$24.95
Frederick Lander: Great Natural American Soldier 2000
$25.00
RONLYN DOMINGUE - MERCY OF THIN AIR - SIGNED 1ST/1ST
$9.99
VICTORIAN AUTOGRAPH BOOK FROM ESTATE "LOVELY GIRL COVER
$9.95
J. W. anglund, a pocketful of proverbs '64 Slip cover
$5.99
1910 The Rosary Florence Barclay, OldEd Romance Classic
$7.49
KITCHEN GLASSWARE DEPRESSION YEARS PRICE AN ID. GUIDE
$5.99
1892 Stories of the Sea Told by Sailors HALE History
$19.16
Antique RARE Vintage old Books LOT 1916 Leather HArd
$2.00
Falsifications of Food by John Mitchell (1848) 1st Ed.
$100.00
UTILIZATION SOLAR ENERGY sun power heat 1915 Ackermann
$9.95
Gift Book-Friendship for X-mas/New Years-1850's-leather
$18.50
Wilken Family Whiskey Cook Book Drink Recipe PA Photos
$14.60
MASONIC Rosicrucian KNIGHTS Templar Freemason BOOKS DVD
$22.99
DICTIONARY OF CANADIAN BIOGRAPHY IX - 1861-1870
$0.01
GINGER MY STORY BY GINGER ROGERS SIGNED BY MISS ROGERS
$100.00
Boccaccio, The Decameron, Heritage Press, 1940
$4.50
Army of the Potomac: Mr Lincoln's Army
$5.00
The Conquest of the Antarctic by Norman Kemp
$0.99
MA’S COOKIN’ MOUNTAIN RECIPES OZARK HILLBILLY COOKBOOK
$5.00
"The Republican Party and Its Leaders" 1892 1st edition
$9.95
1940 Harvard Freshman Yearbook- John F. Kennedy
$127.50
DOLL VALUES: ANTIQUE TO MODERN 10TH PRICE GUIDE BK -c z
$13.56
TOM HORN TRUE WEST 10 PAGE ARTICLE WITH GREAT PHOTO'S
$12.95
The Boys of Fort Schuyler -Otis-1897- Illustrated- Nice
$9.00
Ninetheenth Century Furniture - Book - Hard Back
$4.95
1937 ERNEST HEMINGWAY TO HAVE AND HAVE NOT 1ST EDIT HC
$84.00
1960 THE STORY OF GEOLOGY Changing Earth through Ages
$0.99
Narrative of Military Operations
$5.00
NOEL COWARD-PRESENT INDICATIVE-1ST ED '37 AUTOBIOGRAPHY
$19.22
Jewels from James Whitcomb Riley 1907
$5.00
1877 December Term, ALABAMA Law State Supreme Ct. Cases
$24.50
HERBERT BEERBOHN TREE - THOUGHTS AND AFTER THOUGHTS
$0.01
1872 LAW Cases NEW YORK State Court
$24.50
A Fancied Truth by Saul Raskin, in yiddish, 1956
$8.50
old,rare,1st paperbacks,louis l'amour lot of 10
$39.99
MINETTE WALTERS - ACID ROW - SIGNED 1ST ED/1ST PTG (US)
$9.99
Brave Men by Ernie Pyle
$0.99
1882 WESTERN ELECTRIC - replica catalog phone etc.
$6.00
THE UNKOWN LIFE OF JESUS CHRIST BY NOTOVITCH 1907
$12.00
Grammar for Everyday Use 1938
$7.30
Rare HB DJ 1952 Swing the Clubhead Ernest Jones Golf
$59.95
The Two Gun Man Hardback Book by Charles Alden Seltzer
$2.99
TIME RECKONING astronomy meridians zones 1886 Fleming
$9.95
My Years with General Motors Alfred P Sloan 1964 HC/DJ
$5.00
READERS DIGEST CONDENSED BOOKS..1957..VOL 2..SPRING SEL
$6.95
Jan. 1869-Apr 1870 LAW-KANSAS State Supreme Court Cases
$24.50
ANNE RICE'S INTERVIEW WITH A VAMPIRE IN ROMANIAN
$0.99
Mary Cary Frequently Martha 1910 1st edition Illus
$9.00
LQQK vintage 1944 THE GERMAN SOLDIER infantry journal
$6.27
Pensees: Blaise Pascal : FRANKLIN Library Leather NOTES
$52.00
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$19.19
NO VACANCY by NELLY GRAF TRAVEL TRAILER MOTEL RARE
$5.00
Original ANTIQUE HOLY BIBLE 1848 Leather Bound
$12.50
Daughter Of The Sun By Jackson Gregory W/DJ Rough
$2.99
Breathless Moments News Photos Philip Van Doren Stern
$10.99
Tale of the Body Thief Advance Reader's Edition
$5.99
Mark twain 1983 effanbee 16" doll
$75.00
NARAK DONGTRUK mending & apology GURU CHOWANG hell
$9.99
1949 ART IN ILLUSTRATION ART REFERENCE BOOK
$24.99
LITTLE LORD FAUNTLEROY HC/DJ 1913 BY BURNETT RARE!
$4.95
BERLIN UNIVERSITY founding history Germany 1894 Virchow
$9.95
ELSIE VENNER: ROMANCE OF DESTINY/Oliver Wendell Holmes
$9.99
1935 The Life & Adventures of Robinson Crusoe D Defoe
$0.99
HERBERT BEERBOHN TREE - HIS LIFE AND LAUGHTER
$0.01
Silicon Embrace - John Sirhley - Ziesing SIGNED Limited
$25.00
The Submarine Boys and the Spies, Victor G. Durham 1909
$5.00
1994-1995 EDITION PRICE GUIDE TO AMERICAN ANTIQUES
$10.00
1896 WAR IN CUBA SPANISH AMERICAN SLAVERY Plates MAP
$169.99
The History of MOUNT RAINIER. Large.HC 1st/1911
$5.95
BRAVE MEN by ERNIE PYLE WWII GROSSET & DUNLOP 1945
$6.90
Cardome by Anna C. Minogue (1904) Scarce Book
$8.99
1960 WONDERS OF LIFE ON EARTH GOLDEN BOOK EDITION LIFE
$0.99
DILGO KHYENTSE RINPOCHE essance ocean PADMA mind TIBET
$9.99
ANNE RICE'S INTERVIEW WITH A VAMPIRE PRINTED SPANISH
$0.99
DOUG MARLETTE - THE BRIDGE - SIIGNED 1ST ED/1ST PRTG
$9.99
Crisis at Crossroads: First Day at Gettysburg Hassler
$13.00