Books Wanted

We do not just buy old and rare books.  We also buy thousands of modern scholarly titles in fields such as philosophy, archaeology, anthropology and many others.  We especially like most books published by university presses.  

If you have books that you are thinking of selling, please click here.  We pay excellent prices and will travel for rare books and large collections

The following is just a general list of subjects, authors, and illustrators we are always interested in buying.  Our  interests are not strictly limited to the list.  We are especially interested in specialized collections with a focus on these subjects.  Please keep in mind that good condition is important.

Subjects

Leather Bindings and Sets

Limited Editions

Atlases

Agriculture and Farming

Local/County/State History [for any state]

Important/Classic First Edition Literature

Jazz/Classical Music

Books about Musical Instruments

Astronomy

Biography

Atlases [Pre -1880]

Photography

Ansel Adams

Mormons and Mormonism

Great Lakes and Erie Canal

Rivers of America

American History

World Wars

Slavery and Abolition

Civil War

Roycroft Press

Books About Scientific Instruments

Arctic/Antarctic

Hunting/Fishing/Derrydale Press

Women's Studies

Good Sets - Leather-bound or Cloth

Limited Editions/Fine Press Books

Theodore Roosevelt

Henry David Thoreau

Pop-Up Books [pre 1950]

Paul Laurence Dunbar

First Editions by These Authors

John Steinbeck

F. Scott Fitzgerald

William Faulkner

Zora Neale Hurston

Jack London

Mark Twain

Ernest Hemingway

Many others

Books by These Illustrators

Arthur Rackham

N.C. Wyeth

Kate Greenaway

Salvador Dali

Maxfield Parrish

Arthur Szyk

Kay Neilsen

Tasha Tudor

Marc Chagall

Rockwell Kent

Plus Many Others