We currently list nearly 10,000 books, letters, manuscripts, and artworks on this website, with fresh stock added weekly. T he annual new york international antiquarian book fair is a maze of glass shelves and display case lighting, a bounty of time portals in the arrangement of a sprawling jewelry convention. Joshua mann and sunday steinkirchner have been buying and selling books in new york city since 2003. The rarebook world descends on new york over the weekend of march 58, 2020 for the 60th new york international antiquarian book fair at the park avenue armory.
A tiny new york town with not one, but 5 indie bookstores the village of hobart, home to fewer than 500 people, serves as a modest reminder that books can change people and places. Aug 19, 2015 bauman rare books, as youd assume from the name, trafficks in rare books, first editions, and extraordinary finds. Guide to new york citys best vintage and rare bookstores to buy antique books, signed and first editions. Argosy book store is now in its third generation of family ownership. Get cozy and expand your home library with a large online selection of books at. Bauman rare books first editions, signed and inscribed. Complete traveller antiquarian bookstore used books and. Free online searching by author, title, publisher and keyword. If youve got a thing for musty old books, this is your fair, with literary works from approximately 200 international vendors displayed inside one of. Top 10 best rare books in new york, ny last updated april 2020. It is perhaps fitting that new york city should have such a fine assortment of independent booksellers, as it is widely regarded as the publishing and intellectual capital of the united states. Over 200 american and international dealers will exhibit at the abaa new york international antiquarian book fair, and bring a vast selection of rare books, maps, manuscripts, illuminated manuscripts and ephemera.
We also have thousands of books in all other fields of interest. Press new york international antiquarian book fair. Until the first decade of this century, one of the primary mechanisms on which libraries and collectors relied. Mar 05, 2020 the new york international antiquarian book fair, held every march at the park avenue armory in manhattan, is the worlds premier gathering of buyers, sellers and lovers of rare books. The hotly anticipated documentary about the rare book world, the booksellers, opens in new york city this week, just as the rare book world itself descends on the city for the 60th annual new york international antiquarian book fair. Jordan antiquarian books welcome to jordan antiques.
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However, many of the books in the shop were printed prior to 1850, or are about events that occurred prior to 1850. Americas burgeoning book village with six bookstores for less than 500 residents, the catskills town of hobart hopes. The store moved within the city many times, and in 1956 samuel weiser publishing was founded, and began producing new and reprint esoteric titles. Receive automatic email notification as new stock goes online. All members agree to abide by the abaas code of ethics.
While waiting to discuss the used book trade with vince mccaffrey, owner of avenue victor hugo books in lee, an excited customer entered the store and said, hello. Visit us online, at our galleries in new york or las vegas, or call. Mar 04, 2020 t he annual new york international antiquarian book fair is a maze of glass shelves and display case lighting, a bounty of time portals in the arrangement of a sprawling jewelry convention. Argosy book store, founded in 1925, is now in its third generation of family ownership. Her appraisal skills were recently featured on atlas obscura. Since 1978, james cummins bookseller has been selling rare books, autographs and first editions of all kinds. Our enormous stock of antiquarian and outofprint items fills a sixfloor building in midtown manhattan and a large warehouse in brooklyn. This store has a good selection of original editions and valuable books. There have been two highly significant finds of antiquarian books in new hampshire in recent years, but a prelude is necessary. The antiquarian booksellers association of america was founded in 1949 to promote interest in rare and antiquarian books and book collecting, and to foster collegial relations.
The abaa provides a forum for antiquarian booklovers to buy, sell, discuss, appraise and enjoy books. Bruce fye antiquarian medical books has one of the worlds largest inventories of old, rare, and outofprint books in medicine, surgery, and related fields over 6,000 titles published between 1600 and 1960. The new york antiquarian book fair is just around the corner. Argosy book store 116 e 59th st new york, ny antique dealers. The business is now in its 95th year as one of the worlds leading suppliers of rare, secondhand, and outofprint books on comparative religion, mysticism, and the occult. The internet has resulted in significant changes in the antiquarian medical book trade. Joshuas specialties include victorian literature, modern american literature, and signed books and presentation copies. Id like to be notified of new arrivals in the following categories. Our inventories reflect this unique and rich historical location and most contain unknown and still undiscovered treasures yet to be uncovered by a knowledgeable buyer. New york city bookstores are among the best bookstores in the world. Christopher cameron in 1960, the year the new york international antiquarian book fair began, harper lee came out with to kill a mockingbird.
On display is a constantlychanging and extraordinary assortment of over 4000 books and documents in a wide range of subject areas. We carry books in a wide range of categories including, greece, rome, the middle ages, the renaissance, art, architecture, religion, judaica, biography, poetry. Please join us at booth b2, beginning thursday, march 8, from 59pm. If youve got a thing for musty old books, this is your fair, with literary works from approximately 200 international vendors displayed inside one of nycs g. Since 1949, the antiquarian booksellers association of america abaa has helped people in the u. We are founding members of the antiquarian booksellers association of america, and we belong. Many of the books at the fair are not just limited editions, but truly one of a kind. We carry books in a wide range of categories including, greece, rome, the middle ages, the renaissance, art, architecture, religion, judaica, biography, poetry and literature. The new york international antiquarian book fair, held every march at the park avenue armory in manhattan, is the worlds premier gathering of buyers, sellers and lovers of rare books. Bauman rare books first editions, signed and inscribed rare. New arrivals, signed first editions, classics, kids books, cookbooks, rare titles, art books. Sunday is the vice chair of midatlantic chapter of the abaa and was a keynote speaker at the york antiquarian book seminar in england. James cummins bookseller rare books, first editions. Antiquarian booksellers association of america antiquarian.
Bauman rare books, as youd assume from the name, trafficks in rare books, first editions, and extraordinary finds. New york times the rarebook world descends on new york over the weekend of march 58, 2020 for the 60th new york international antiquarian book fair at the park avenue armory. New york city it is the direct antithesis of a ducttaped banana on a wall. Adam weinberger is a member of the abaa antiquarian booksellers association of america which requires. This work is a survey of various topics including banking, city officers, prisons, colleges, harbors. Jordan antiques offers an eclectic representation of 18th and 19th century americana including architectural items, decoys, folk art, furniture, toys and related. Its huge stock of books was packed into shipping containers and moved to the new location in maine, to be added to the stock of weiser antiquarian books.
The event drew over 200 antiquarian book dealers from dozens of countries. New york citys 20 best independently owned bookstores, mapped. Old new york book shop, abaa abebooks atlanta, ga, u. I arrived in new york city, flush with somebody elses oil money, to purchase books for a bookshop i was managing in houston. Opinion lost booksellers of new york the new york times. The antiquarian booksellers association of america. Antiquarian medical booksellers catalogs rare books and. Bauman rare books offers an extraordinary selection of rare books and autographs in all fields. Fine, rare, antiquarian, academic and outofprint books. Complete traveller antiquarian bookstore rare travel books. Antiquarian book dealers in nh typically have access to a remarkable flow of interesting antiquarian material simply not seen or available outside the new england region. Sixty exhibitors will showcase antiquarian books, manuscripts, ephemera, book art, and works on paper.
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Americas burgeoning book village with six bookstores for less than 500 residents, the catskills town of hobart hopes to turn itself into the us analog of hayonwye. We are a rare and antiquarian bookshop in new york city, selling old books and new ones, especially signed first editions. Universally referred to as the worlds finest antiquarian book fair, the new york international antiquarian book fair, which ran at the park avenue armory, march 58, is the cerebral destination for bibliophiles, scholars, museum professionals and those collectors who seek out. Where to shop vintage and rare books in new york arthurious. The video, shot with a canon 70d coupled with the trusted sigma 1835 and a. Jordan antiquarian books specializes in americana as presented through books, broadsides, land promotionals, manuscripts, photos, trade catalogs, travel and related ephemera items. Our madison avenue store in manhattan closed in mid january 2015 and our online store remains open.
In 1985, weiser antiquarian books also opened in york, maine, where the samuel weiser publishing, and the samuel weiser new book distributor were already operating. The strand has a separate store for antiquarian books next to the main store not at ground level, accessible by escort or appointment. New york antiquarian book fair things to do in new york. Jan 09, 2018 a tiny new york town with not one, but 5 indie bookstores the village of hobart, home to fewer than 500 people, serves as a modest reminder that books can change people and places. Visit us online, at our galleries in new york or las vegas, or call us at 180099bauman. Mar 17, 2015 the strand is so deeply woven into the fabric of new york that it routinely makes our list of the city s essential stores.