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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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FIVE DIGEST SIZE MAGAZINES -FROM 1940's, 50's & 60's
$5.00
The Snow Queen, Susan Jeffers, hc dj, 1st 1982
$34.99
CHINA: MODERN CHINESE MILITARY HISTORY & STRATEGY,HC/DJ
$6.50
1963 The Road to Huddersfield James Morris first print
$7.99
1911 Sir Roger De Coverly Papers From the Spectator
$9.99
THE NAKED AND THE DEAD signed by NORMAN MAILER - 1979
$35.00
1937 3rd edition ELEMENTS of ELECTRICITY HB Book 569 pg
$3.95
1896, THE AUTOCRAT OF THE BREAKFAST-TABLE, O. W. HOLMES
$29.95
BIBLIOGRAPHY OF GEOLOGY OF OREGON 1926 1ST IN WOOD BNDG
$24.99
STOW WENGENROTH NEW ENGLAND LITHOGRAPHS 1969 McCORD nr
$9.00
1894 ANDREW CLARK Eminent English Physician London
$18.95
1903 Frederick Almanac, Victor Remedies Maryland
$5.00
The Cost by David Graham Phillips vintage book
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AUDELS MASONS BUILDERS GUIDE COMPLETE 4 VOL SET 1944 NR
$19.99
Child's Book of Nature - Hooker -Harper & Brothers 1886
$19.99
1889 AMERICAN STATESMEN BY JOHN T MORSE JR. VOL 1
$4.99
1972-WIVES OF THE PRESIDENTS by ARDEN DAVIS MELICK
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The Life of Bret Harte 1911 1st 1st Henry Childs Merwin
$2.00
RARE! STORY OF LITTLE BLACK QUASHA,AUTHOR BLACK SAMBO
$19.95
1962 Ross PLAYERS' GUIDE Vintage HUGE Collectible RARE
$119.70
Mormon Church Doctrine Covenants Salt Lake City Utah
$5.99
Physics Made Easy (1939)
$3.99
All My Children 25th Anniversary Scrapbook
$5.99
THE ADVENTURES OF HUCKLEBERRY FINN BY MARK TWAIN (1948)
$0.99
TWELFTH NIGHT ENGLISH CLASSIC SHAKESPEARE FIRST EDITION
$9.95
Vintage The Bright-Eye Story Book, copyright 1941
$7.95
1953 ed., THE CHERUBINIC WANDERER by Angelus Silesius
$9.99
A Monograph Of Existing Crinoids by Austin Clark 1967
$24.99
1894 handcuffs
$18.95
To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee 1960 BCE 2 covers!
$42.00
1894 Queen of Holland and Palace Den Haag
$18.95
READERS’ GUIDE TO PERIODICAL LITERATURE Vo 21 1957-1959
$19.99
Congressional Directory,1929,70th Congress,Bert Snell's
$9.99
THE DINNER PARTY. Judy Chicago SF MOMA Exhibit 1979
$9.99
1765 1ST HISTORIE DE FRANCE LOUIS XIV BY M.VILLARET
$49.99
LOT OF 10 HARVARD CLASSICS LEATHER PUBLISHED BY GROLIER
$21.53
The Round of the Year
$1.25
Easton Press THE STORY OF THE CHAMPOINS/ ROUND TABLE
$20.49
1894 How Composers Work
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Beadles Dime New York Library #640 Vol L
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ANTIQUE JAMES DEEMS PARLOR ORGAN SHEET MUSIC BOOK 1879
$9.99
DISSENT IN EARLY MODERN CHINA, SCARCE BOOK, HC/DJ
$6.99
My Christmas Treasury, Big Golden Bk, 1968 Lowell Hess
$33.00
CABINET HISTORY OF ENGLAND, SCOTLAND IRELAND VOL 1 1830
$7.99
1878's Hymnal of the Methodist Episcopal Church w/Tunes
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VINTAGE I LOVE LUCY LUCILLE BALL LIFE MAGAZINE COVER
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The Good Master by Kate Seredy HC 1935 1st ed Newbery
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1863 Annals of Iowa Pioneer History of Scott County
$15.00
The Divine Armory of Holy Scripture,Rev.Kenelm Vaughan
$18.00
PROOF: DEAN KOONTZ - ODD HOURS - 2008 N-FINE UNREAD
$39.99
1944 Gene Autry Book w/Dust Jacket 1st Ed.?
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Antique Lot of 5 John L. Stoddard's Lectures 1897-1898
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Toward Sanctuary by Bill Barnes (1945) Rare WWII Book
$9.99
BICENTENNIAL NORFOLK ACADEMY COOKBOOK
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JOHN WAYNE A NOVEL BY DAN BARDEN SOFTCOVER
$4.99
HISTORY OF GERMAN LITERATURE by Robt Webber Moore 1903
$5.00
1911 The Poems of Henry Van Dyke
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"THE NIV NEW TESTAMENT" By Zondervan Publ.
$7.95
~6~Harold Bell Wright HB~Printer Udells~Shepherd Hills~
$10.45
Old(1875) SOUTHERN BAPTIST BOOK - Teachings on Baptism
$8.50
Annawan Illinois Centennial Book 1853-1953
$20.00
"THE SUPER GIANT PRINT NEW TESTAMENT & PSALMS", OTGH
$13.95
1894 Edward Lloyd English Concert Opera Tenor Singer
$18.95
Great VINTAGE Book: BURROS Copyrt 1902 by H.H. Tammen
$4.99
DUFFY'S FIRST READER by Archie 1943 Ed Gardner
$2.99
Easton Press THE STORY OF KING ARTHUR AND HIS KNIGHTS
$31.00
1909 Patriotic Primer Foster Whitehall MI Citizenship
$9.00
1894 British Embassy in Paris Diplomatic Service
$24.00
Four Square Book Edgar Rice Burroughs Tarzan Triumphant
$15.00
ARCTIC ADVENTURE/MY LIFE IN FROZEN NORTH/1ST/P FREUCHEN
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FISHING 1889 BADMINTON LIBRARY 120-YR BEAUTY EXEL COND
$20.50
Little Workers & What They Work With by Annie Chase
$4.99
Les Lutins De Noel, Henriette Major, Poulin hc 1987
$22.00
1919 Chums of Scranton High at Ice Hockey HC/DJ
$18.00
1944 Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain Samuel L Clemens
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Favorite Tales for the Very Young, hc, Miller, 1961
$18.99
POPE JOHN PAUL II HOLY BIBLE COPYRIGHT 1977
$24.99
My Big Book of the Seasons, Eloise Wilkin, 1966 A
$28.99
COSTA RICAN LIFE by John & Mavis Biesanz 1946 7-007
$4.99
Easton Press THE STORY OF THE GRAIL/ PASSING OF ARTHUR
$33.22
The Lonely Doll Learns a Lesson, Dare Wright, hc 1961
$44.00
1894 Charles Dickens Signatures
$18.95
1904 Board of Supervisors - Dutchess County NY - NR
$3.75
40TH ANNIVERSARY ISSUE OF READERS DIGEST FEB. 1962 !!!!
$5.00
LIFE AND THOUGHT OF CHANG HSUEH-CHENG - PHILOSOPHER
$9.99
Rapunzel, Bernadette Watts, 1975 hc, Crowell Co.
$13.99
1957 Ross PLAYERS' GUIDE Vintage HUGE Collectible RARE
$119.70
GENERAL ELECTRIC REFRIGERATOR RECIPES & MENUS 1927
$4.99
ADVENTURES OF ARAB Merry go-round Horse. Slobodkin 1946
$9.99
Holy Bible Catholic Family Edition Printed 1953
$24.99
1960 Ross PLAYERS' GUIDE Vintage HUGE Collectible RARE
$119.70
1918 The New Revelation Arthur Conan Doyle
$9.99
1883 1st Ed LIFE ON THE MISSISSIPPI. MARK TWAIN INDIANS
$249.95
Man World Light of Anthroposophy Easton Rudolf Steiner
$9.00
BEST OF THE HOME EC TEACHERS 1976 BICENTENNIAL COOKBOOK
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1894 Angela Burdett-Coutts Wealthiest Woman in England
$24.00
The New Wonder World Encyclopedia - Vol.3 (1960)
$2.99
Easton Press THE STORY OF SIR LAUNCELOT/ HIS COMPANIONS
$35.00