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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 Broken Soldier & The maid of France H Van Dyke 1919
$24.95
1945 printing American Red Cross First Aid Textbook NR
$1.99
Gloxinias & How to Grow Them Peggie Schulz 1953 1st Ed
$9.95
The Hound of the Baskervilles Pub. 1902 A. Conan Doyle
$24.99
Rare book "Minutes of the Curfew Club" 1940-1941
$6.95
SIGNED 1973 K.R. DWYER/DEAN KOONTZ SHATTERED 1ST DJ NPC
$149.99
The Illustrated Horse Doctor Mayhew 1873
$14.95
Images a la Sauvette/Decisive Moment H. Cartier-Bresson
$465.00
Easton Press TWO PLAYS Anton Chekhov
$13.50
Easton Press THE HISTORIES Shakespeare
$35.03
The Late Comers by E.M. Nathanson-Doubleday and Company
$4.95
LA FIDELLE,OUVERTURE DE L'ART,KEY AND ESCUTCHEONS ART
$1400.00
Famous 1925 Richard Halliburton book of adventures
$9.99
THE SISTERS 1891 GEORG EBERS (A ROMANCE)
$14.99
Des anges sur la neige by Sujet de Jolanda Colombini
$9.99
National Geographic Magazine January 1907
$26.01
THE ETHICS OF CONFUCIUS "THE SUPERIOR MAN" HRDBACK 1915
$24.99
UNSOLVED TEXAS MYSTERIES WALLACE CHARITON TEXANA BOOK
$2.50
SWPA RAMP 3rd Engineer Special Brigade Philippines
$9.95
(1914) Machinery's Handbook for Machine Shop & Drafting
$134.48
Murray's Adventures in the Wilderness
$5.00
YEAR WITH THE BIRDS BY ALICE E. BALL ILLUS HORSFALL1916
$9.98
H.G. WELLS THE TIME MACHINE & THE WAR OF THE WORLDS
$59.99
1973 DEAN KOONTZ "TERRA PHOBIA" ANDROIDS DJ 1ST N-FINE
$124.99
LA COMEDIE HUMAINE HONORE DE BALZAC
$2.99
National Geographic Collection Vol 148 July-Dec 1975
$2.99
FAULKNER LIGHT IN AUGUST Ugly true 1st 1932
$79.00
2 TOM SWIFT JR/C APPLETON II/FLYING LAD-54/SATTELITE 56
$4.75
Richard Matheson The Night Strangler Jeff Rice!
$15.00
A history of the United States circa 1909
$9.99
Current Biography Yearbook 1997 Collectible Book
$2.99
1923 THE GOLDEN BOUGH-SIR JAMES FRAZER -BV?? LOW MIN
$0.99
Easton Press THE COMEDIES Shakespeare
$21.61
TRAVELING WITH THE BIRDS BY RUDYERD BOULTON ILLUS WEBER
$9.98
1895 Travelog Europe Africa Asia Jerusalem 100's Photos
$40.00
RARE AND UNUSUAL FLY TYING MATERIALS BY PAUL SCHMOOKLER
$222.00
Vision by Radio - Radio Photographs c 1925 - No Res
$5.00
SIGNED PROOF w/PROOF DJ: DEAN KOONTZ - THE BAD PLACE
$99.99
Little Wood Friends by Eva Mayne (c) 1906
$4.99
1909 Kellogg's Funny Jungleland Moving Picture Book
$19.99
HOMCO Houston Oil Field Material Company Houston Texas
$26.00
1948 Illustrated Jack and Jill Louisa May Alcott
$5.00
Tom Swift in the caves of Ice 1911 1st? ill.V. Appleton
$4.99
Louisa May Alcott " Aunt Jo's Scrap Bag" from 1873 1ed.
$35.00
ANTIQUE CHILDRENS BOOK/WOLFGANG MOZART ASCHILD/FIRST ED
$2.99
1976 SIGNED - DEAN KOONTZ - NIGHT CHILLS - 1ST w/DJ NPC
$124.99
Native Americans Plains People Beautiful Color Shields
$4.99
Oeuvres Futuristes et Cubistes, Gino Severini, 1956
$135.00
Marine Ostracoda Vineyard Sound by Joseph Cushman 1906
$24.99
National Geographic Collection Vol 152 July-Dec 1977
$2.99
THE RECTOR OF JUSTIN signed by LOUIS AUCHINCLOSS
$30.00
Heritage Press Pym by Edgar Allen Poe, Rare Classic
$5.95
1733 PSALMS OF DAVID WITH MUSIC & CATECHISM P. DATHENUS
$49.99
How I Raised Myself From Failure to Success in Selling
$1.99
1878 Ben Franklin Fifth Reader For Schools Illustrated
$3.99
Elgin IL, Phone book and directory 1912
$30.00
READERS’ GUIDE TO PERIODICAL LITERATURE Vo 22 1959-1961
$19.99
5 by Cornell Woolrich!
$15.00
The Unknown Way 1885 Victorian Era First Ed. Book
$9.99
SEEING LONDON by Dale Maxey
$18.95
Eoin Colfer "ARTEMIS FOWL: The Arctic Incident" PROOF
$9.95
SUSAN SONTAG "The Volcano Lover" SIGNED First Edition
$10.50
Bolinvar Vol 1 298 of 950 Published 1937 Derrydale
$14.95
The Story of the Roman People E.M.Tappan, 1938
$12.00
LOT OF 39 VINTAGE WESTERN PAPERBACKS 1950's, 1960's
$17.39
Ruth Fielding series #3, 4, & 12, Alice B. Emerson
$3.50
G. A. Henty The Cat Of Bubastes Tale Egypt Hard To Find
$4.99
THE POETICAL WORKS OF SIR WALTER SCOTT/DATED 1879
$0.99
TIME LIFE SET OF 23 VOLUMES MYSTERIES OF THE UNKNOWN
$13.24
True 1sts of Jack Vance's DURDANE trilogy - F&SF - NR
$17.50
Antique Magazines-2 Physical Culture May, June 1913
$16.83
Jane's Infantry Weapons 1976 Edited by Denis H R Archer
$5.95
1970 NO DRUMS OR THUNDER HB W DJ IRENE BROWN BARTEL
$8.00
Buffalo Bill's Wild West And Congress Rough Riders 1897
$99.95
LEYLA & MEJNUN,BY FUZULI, FAMED EPIC WORK, HC/DJ
$8.99
RIDE WITH ME by Thomas B Costain
$20.95
SAROJINI NAIDU - Poet Poetry Indian Bengali
$48.00
Women's Institute Library of Cookery Soup, 1929
$25.00
Dell Mario Puzo First Printing Dark Arena First Book!
$15.00
1973 1st print CHINA JOURNAL Emmett Dedmon EXCHCDJ
$6.00
THE ARABIAN NIGHTS Easton Press FINE!
$59.99
OUR COMMON BIRDS AND HOW TO KNOW THEM BY JOHN B. GRANT
$9.98
THE GUNFIGHTERS BOOK COPYRIGHT 1959
$1.99
Angel City,A Book For Children From Six to Sixty,
$14.99
TOLKIEN ILLUSTRATED ENCYCLOPEDIA ~ RARE PIX ~ LONG OOP
$69.98
Gray Herbarium Expedition Nova Scotia by M Fernald 1922
$19.99
WORDS Antique Little Golden Book Golden Press. 1948
$4.99
Easton Press OEDIPUS THE KING Sophocles NEW!
$21.61
THE HOUSE OF SIXTY FATHERS MEINDERT DEJONG 1956
$2.95
Rare 1985 Files Magazine - Doctor Who Season 18
$9.95
The Adventures of Pinocchio A splendor book Vintage!!!
$9.99
18 Vintage PBs-Pocket/Popular Lib/Avon-Movie Tie-Ins+
$9.99
The Story of Longfellow by Nellie McCabe
$4.99
READERS’ GUIDE TO PERIODICAL LITERATURE Vo 12 1939-1941
$19.99
Easton Press THE TRAGEDIES Shakespeare
$16.57
The Pirate Sir Walter Scott Andrew Lang 514/1000 Rare
$9.99
The Robots of Dawn ISAAC ASIMOV 1983 FIRST ED. W/ DJ
$9.99
Mister Sharptooth Rare Children's book Joe Kerr 1903
$9.99