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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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Readers Digest (December 1945) in display box.
$1.50
DOVER HARBOUR * THOMAS ARMSTRONG,1949
$24.99
REZANOV, by GERTRUDE ATHERTON, 1906, ANTIQUE BOOK,RARE
$2.99
Lost Wolf Max Brand Frederick Faust HC DJ FE VG ++++
$17.00
Vintage Cookbook - 500 Tasty Snacks
$0.99
MARGARET OF AUSTRIA EUROPEAN HISTORY BOOK NOVEL 1ST
$4.99
4. H.C. MARY JANE BKS. CLARA INGRAM JUDSON AUTHOR
$4.99
Music on my Beat - Taubman + Schauffler letter
$9.99
1969 IM A SOONER BORN HB W DJ CHLOE HOLT GLESSNER
$8.00
JULES VERNE FLOOD AND FLAME HARDCOVER & JACKET 1962
$19.99
SO MANY LOVES * LEO WALMSLEY,1945
$12.99
The Sundowners by Jon Cleary Jacketed
$9.99
Farewell to Valley Forge by David Taylor (1955)
$0.69
1864 The Poetical Works of Tennyson Volume 2 4657
$4.99
THE ENGLISH AT TABLE BRITAIN IN PICTURES 1944 BOOK
$4.99
BOOK - Outlaws of Saskatchewan - Anderson
$1.04
aventures de Fido caniche, Valentine Hugo, 1947, #239
$145.00
WILLIAM CAMPBELL GAULT The Canvas Coffin 1953 HB
$9.90
1902 book Glengarry School Days
$1.00
WITS AND THE WOMAN, by,Violet Irwin, 1919, Rare Antique
$3.00
THE COMING MEXICO - JOSEPH KING GOODRICH - 1913 1st ED
$3.95
HARVESTS OF JOY-CALIFORNIA WINE- ROBERT MONDAVI SIGNED
$279.99
WALT DISNEY SNOW WHITE & THE SEVEN DWARFS ART IN MAKING
$20.50
Paul Brown CRAZY QUILT CIRCUS PONY 1934 HC/DJ
$85.00
Profiles In Courage - Young Readers Edition, JFK - 1961
$25.00
Business Book-keeping & Practice 1894 W.H. Sadler Rowe
$0.99
Life of Robert Burns, Thomas Carlyle, 1880 Robbie
$10.00
A CHILD'S GARDEN OF VERSES- 1948 ROBERT LEWIS STEVENSON
$19.99
Jean Craig & Pippi Langstrumpf Gept an Bord books
$6.50
Old Antique Cookbook 1846 Virginia Housewife
$1.75
ADVENTURES IN THE KITCHEN WOLFGANG PUCK SIGNED COOKBOOK
$79.99
1888 RAILWAY PIONEERS railroad ENGLAND rr train LEATHER
$9.99
LITTLE DAVID The Tiny Library SW Partridge Illustrated
$9.99
WOMENS INSTITUTES McCALL BRITAIN IN PICTURES 1943 BOOK
$4.99
UNCLE WIGGLY AND PAPER BOAT BOOK
$9.99
Rabbit, Run John Updike Franklin Library Signed
$47.54
The Web Of Days by Edna Lee 1947
$9.99
Accident Arnold Bennett 1929
$4.99
THE LONG NIGHT,by Stanley J. Weyman,1903, Antique Rare!
$3.00
1928 Tennyson's Idylls of the King Pocket Book 4649
$3.99
the factory book by jack lynn 1982
$4.99
MY AMERICAN JOURNEY-BUSH SEC STATE COLIN POWELL-SIGNED
$79.99
COPTIC FELLOWSHIP Huge Lot (37) BOOKS Occult PYRAMIDS
$10.49
Complete Home Repair Handbook 617 Pages Tools Paint Etc
$11.00
12 Old vintage Children books
$8.00
Easton Press Short Stories by Oscar Wilde, Rare, Fine
$37.01
THE RUBAIYAT ILLUSTRATED BY ELIHU VEDDER
$51.00
THE 1956 ILLUSTRATED MUTUAL BASEBALL YEARBOOK
$3.95
the time for decision by sumner welles 1944
$6.99
Captain Adam by Donald Barr Chidsey
$9.99
THOMAS B. DEWEY The Love Death Thing 1972 UK ED HB DJ
$4.90
1945 THE REAL F.D.R. FRANKLIN DELANO ROOSEVELT 1st Ed
$7.99
Barbara Michaels (Eliz. Peters), GREYGALLOWS. 1st, DJ
$16.95
PRESIDENT LINCOLN SECY STATE HAY PEACE SPEECH BOOK 1904
$9.99
Winogrand, Figments from the Real World, Szarkowski
$45.00
1902 Diary of a Saint old vintage book by Arlo Bates
$7.00
The Shades of The Wilderness Joseph A. Altsheler
$15.00
TOUGH CHOICES HEWLETT PACKARD CEO-CARLY FIORINA-SIGNED
$59.99
Pathways in Science: Our Earth and Its Story 1932
$9.99
PERE GORIOT by Honore De Balzac - J H SEARS & CO Publis
$2.00
Norway/ History of Norwegian-American People 1st Lovoll
$12.50
LOT OF 1966 JANET & MARK SCHOOL BOOKS-LIKE DICK & JANE
$4.24
1966 Santa's Surprise Book by Joan Potter Elwart
$4.99
Vintage Cookbook - Margaret Mitchell's Mealtime Magic
$0.99
The Rock of Chickamauga Joseph A. Altsheler
$15.00
Antique 1880's Autograph Book
$9.99
Essays of Ralph Waldo Emerson Heritage Press 1934 Mint!
$6.49
Searchlights Jefferis J.L. Nichols 1896 Sexual Science
$6.50
Harley Davidson Motorcycles Collectible Stamps
$27.00
Voyage To Santa Fe by Janice Holt Giles Vintage 1962
$2.00
On Land And Sea- Vintage Autographed Book
$9.99
Surgeon, U.S.A. by Frank G. Slaughter Vintage HB 1966
$2.00
SMOKY MOUNTAIN MEMORIES DOLLY PARTON STORIES BOOK
$4.25
GHOSTS ~ HG WELLS Asimov STOKER ~ LEATHER GIFT EDITION!
$36.89
BRUCE HAMILTON Hanging Judge 1948 1st Edition HB
$4.90
BRITISH BOTANIST BRITAIN IN PICTURES 1944 BOOK
$4.99
The Story of Duxbury Massachusetts 1637 - 1937
$24.99
RARE Dog Book Field GORDON SETTER B/Tan Bombshell Sorby
$74.99
THE ENGLISH BALLET BRITAIN IN PICTURES 1944 BOOK
$4.99
TREASURY OF STORIES FOR CHILDREN Ltl Black Sambo Book
$8.99
1968 Softly Roars The Lion First Edition Book Ellis
$9.99
STEPHEN GREENLEAF Death Bed 1980 1st Printing HB DJ
$4.90
Sword And Scalpel by Frank G. Slaughter Vintage HB 1957
$2.00
1952 Douglas MacArthur Biography First Edition Book
$9.99
The World's 100 Best Detective Stories all 10 Vols. '29
$15.99
That Day Alone By Pierre Van Paassen
$4.99
RARE Dog Book Whippet Breed Photo History Pegram FE1976
$19.99
1953 A Childs Book of Ballet Violet La Mont
$0.99
Vintage Collectors Guide to Post Cards Reference Book
$7.50
The Odyssey of Homer - Modern Library 167
$3.99
Arkham H P Lovecraft Derleth Cthulhu Mythos Vol 2 pb 69
$5.00
Air Babies Elvy Kalep Saalfield Publishing Original
$13.50
SEVEN FAMILIES IN PUEBLO POTTERY & CONT. PUEBLO INDIAN
$9.95
Life King Henry V Shakespeare Heritage Press MINT 1951
$4.99
Road Runner by D. J. Arneson 1980 Paperback
$6.99
1938 SERMON ON MOUNT~EMMET FOX ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS AA
$20.45
Presidential Wit/Bill Adler/Vintage 1966
$2.49
History East Africa Oxford University Press Zanzibar HC
$9.99
OBLAGON - Concepts of Syd Mead, Techno-Fantasy Book
$220.00