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If you have a particularly rare or valuable book, opening the pages can affect the resale value. Create an account which allows you to return and edit these notifications later. We buy, research, authenticate, catalog and offer for sale rare books and american autograph manuscripts because we also buy and sell paper americana we are considered ephemera dealers. At raptis rare books we maintain an extensive collection of rare americana, books, manuscripts and more. Americana rare books category browse our collection. We also like books on books the history of printing, book production, binding, and especially bookselling and book collecting. To catch these fireflies, you establish a series of keywords. Rare book hub formerly americana exchange, but recently changed as their. Our western americana section offers a selection of some of the rarest and most valuable books about the development of the american west that can still be found. Rare book hub 2723 pacific avenue san francisco, california 94115 telephone. The divisions collection of nearly 5,700 incunabula fifteenthcentury. Photography in the brooke russell astor reading room is permitted, with the assistance of new york public library staff. Readers may be asked to check in the librarys coatroom any items deemed inappropriate by the curator of the rare book division or ranking assistant.
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We will be adding several new categories in the coming weeks. Almost all newly acquired material in the last six months, catalog 40 proves to be one of our best to date, featuring many fine bindings, important literature from the 16th through 20th centuries, inscribed copies, autograph letters, and many rare and fine childrens and illustrated books. American literature library of congress rare books and. Thousands of new items are posted online everyday, but many are only available for a short period of time. Such books are difficultif not impossibleto read because the uncut sheets are literally folded closed. All of these collections offer scholarly documentation about the western and american traditions of life and learning. Ian brabner, rare book dealer, americana specialist. Book dealing was once, as graham greene told me, a treasure hunt. We scoured our vast selection of vintage books for the most beautiful dust jackets, and soon discovered that selecting just 30 was a nearly impossible task.
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