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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 Cost by David Graham Phillips HC 1904 old book
$12.99
Floods Of Spring By Henry Bellamann 1942 1st ed
$12.99
The Queen's Physician by Edgar Maass HC 1948
$12.99
Six Little Bunkers at Miller Ned's by Laura Hope HC1924
$12.99
Curtain by Agatha Christie HCDJ 1975
$12.99
Maiden Voyage by Kathleen Norris HC 1941
$12.99
Point of No Return by John P. Marquand HC 1949
$12.99
Stratford on Avon Shakespeare 16 Colour Views pub.1932
$9.99
Pathways in Science: Our Earth and Its Story 1932
$9.99
Vintage (Cooking) Guide for U.S. Grades for Beef
$0.99
THE SOUL OF EGYPT - Boutros 1936 wDJ
$4.95
Dina Cashman by Kathleen Norris HC 1942
$12.99
Presidential Wit/Bill Adler/Vintage 1966
$2.49
Benjy and The Barking Bird - Margaret Bloy Graham -1971
$3.99
1926 LOLLY WILLOWES First US Edition DUST JACKET
$27.60
My Book House Through Fairy Halls 1937 Olive Miller ill
$9.99
COME AND GET ME-JOHNNY LAREDO 1956 1st. ed. popular lib
$9.99
TEXAS MILITARY HISTORY, VOL. 6, 1967, all 4 issues
$25.00
Vintage Vermont Cookbook August 1958 50s illus.
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Fiddler's Green by Ernest K. Gann HC 1950
$12.99
J. LANE LINKLATER The Bishop's Cap 1948 HB Silas Booth
$4.90
Imperial Woman by Pearl S. Buck HCDJ 1956
$12.99
The Key of Heaven - 1936 Prayer Book Made in Belgium
$24.95
JANWILLEM VAN DE WETERING The Perfidious Parrot HB DJ
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Floridays Don Blanding 1943 Great illustrations LOOK!
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Five Little Peppers Midway by Margaret Sidney HC 1918
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Dorothy Vernon Haddon Hall by Charles Major Theatre ed
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Under the Lilacs by Louisa May Alcott HC 1928
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Reveries of a Bachelor by IK. Marvel HC ND
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Mercedes Benz Roadsters 230 250 280 350 450 Osprey Auto
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Crop Circle Enigma UFO's Circular Evidence Illus. LOOK!
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Crimson Gondola by Nathan Gallizier 1915 1st edition
$15.00
TRACTOR LUBRICATION 1919
$9.99
1st Edition "The Omen" Book signed by "Harvey Stephens"
$399.99
Direct Current Fundamentals France Electronics 1955
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Encore Vintage Cookbook w/ dj 1958 1st/1st illus. NICE!
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College of St. Scholastica Yearbook 1962 Towers Duluth
$9.99
RARE AMERICAN 1935 THE PSYCHOLOGY OF THE AUDIENCE BOOK
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The Queen is in the Kitchen Vintage Cookbook 1954 1st
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Garry Grayson's Winning Touchdown E. Dawson HC 1930
$12.99
The Diamond Cave Mystery by Troy Nesbit HC 1956
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ROYAL ROGUES,Alberta Bancroft,1901,rare antique book!!!
$1.99
BOOK Saskatchewan Provincial Police - F W Anderson
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LIQUOR TAX LAW New York State 1916
$4.95
Cat Who Could Read Backwards by Braun RARE 1st Ed + DJ!
$16.01
Dramatic Works, Shakespeare, Appleton, 1872, 6 Volumes
$1000.00
LEWIS CARROLL-FRANCO MARIA RICCI-PHOTOS & LETTERS -RARE
$47.66
The Calling of Dan Matthews by Harold Wright HC 1909
$12.99
Down in the Valleys Wisconsin Back Country Lore/Humor
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Mary Dyer Biography of a Rebel Quaker 1994 NICE!
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Vintage Hymnals Gospel Songs 1942 Bruch Glad Favorites
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Intruder From the Sea by Gordon McDonell HC 1953
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A Journal of the Seasons on an Ozark Farm Leonard Hall
$39.00
Cerradura de cobre excelente de la tortuga
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Farewell to Valley Forge by David Taylor HC 1955
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Pondoro Last of the Ivory Hunters Big Game Hunting 1st
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Electrical Contractors Notebook Antique Book 1930s
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Aviation Medicine Harry Armstrong 1952 Vintage illus
$9.99
Chips Off the Ol' Block Bob Becker Wisconsin SIGNED!
$9.99
1921 The Chronicles Of America Roosevelt Edition
$4.00
DON'T FOLLOW THE CROWD by W. WIEDEKING PORSCHE CEO
$14.95
Vintage Cookbook Epicure's Book of Cheese Recipes 1931
$9.99
Klaus Suomela 1912 Olympics Gymnastics Finnish Book
$19.99
THE TROUBLE WITH LAZY ETHEL Ernest Gann Hc/Dj 1st 1958
$9.99
DAYS OF OUR YEARS By Pierre Van Paassen
$4.99
20th Century Bookkeeping James Baker 1910 8th Ed. Early
$0.99
College Reader Biography/Exposition 1948 John Steinbeck
$9.99
(1891) Practical Application Slide Valve & Link Motion
$19.99
College of St. Scholastica Yearbook 1961 Towers Duluth
$9.99
Oops! or Life's Awful Moments A Linkletter 1967 Jacket
$7.99
Original Love Molly Peacock Poems MINT 1st/1st 1995
$9.99
Mary Margaret McBride Vintage Cookbook 1st w/ dj 1957
$9.99
Wives & Chefs Vintage Cook Book 1957 Waukesha Wisconsin
$15.01
The Old Gentleman of the Black Stock Thomas Page HC1900
$24.99
1973 RINGLING BROTHERS CIRCUS 103rd Souvenir Book 13x10
$14.99
Folk Medicine by D.C. Jarvis HC 1959
$11.99
NOVEMBER 1887, VOL. VIII. NO. 2, THE CHAUTAUQUAN
$0.99
History of Rochester and Monroe County NY leather 1908
$300.00
The High School Left End by H. Irving Hancock HC 1910
$12.99
Don Sturdy Among The Gorillas by Victor Appleton HC1927
$12.99
Footsteps: One at a Time Phyllis Miletich SIGNED family
$9.99
The Matriarch by G.B. Stern HCDJ 1925
$12.99
Minneapolis Electrical Contractors Local Union 1947
$9.99
Discourses & Sayings of Our LORD - John Brown VG+
$8.50
EASTON PRESS *RARE-1991* DICKENS: A BIOGRAPHY- KAPLAN
$66.00
Down to Earth An Introduction to Geology 1936 illus.
$9.99
PRACTICAL BOTANY FOR BEGINNERS*BOWER &VAUGHAN,1926
$24.99
1897 Milton Paradise Lost Book 1 & 2 By Henry Boynton
$3.00
The Vehement Flame by Margaret Deland HC 1922
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WALT DISNEY SNOW WHITE & THE SEVEN DWARFS ART IN MAKING
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2005 DORIS CHRISTOPHER "THE PAMPERED CHEF" 1st EDITION
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The Boy Allies with Uncle Sam's Cruisers by R.Drake HC
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Glad in the Lord Vintage Christian Bible 20s pictures
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College of St. Scholastica Yearbook 1963 Towers Duluth
$9.99
Five Years to Freedom James Rowe Viet Cong Nam First ed
$9.99
THE SECRET OF THE FLAMBEAU H.M. Appel HCDJ book
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Bell & Gossett Handbook 1949 Hot Water heating plumbing
$12.49
COUNTRY SONG ROUNDUP MAGAZINE-1972 LORETTA LYNN MORE
$6.99
Vintage The New Good Housekeeping Cookbook 1963 1st/1st
$9.99