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ABAA membership is a privilege extended only to those booksellers who have demonstrated the highest levels of professionalism, ethics, and expertise in the trade. Our more than four hundred members hail from an impressively diverse array of backgrounds. Some have spent their entire careers in the book business, while others have been lighthouse keepers, poets, helicopter pilots, and professional musicians. Some members own brick-and-mortar shops, some operate internet-only businesses from their home or office, some fashion livelihoods from exhibiting at book fairs. Many combine these retail strategies, or add services such as appraising and collection development. A few earn additional income and professional prestige from research and writing. But all our members share an appreciation for the printed page and for the scholarly and ethical practices which exemplify professional bookselling. ...

John Waite Rare Books

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John Waite, LLC

Ascutney, VT

Appraisal and/or sale of fine & unusual books of all kinds, autographs, documents, manuscripts and ephemera. Particular interest in the appraisal of family and scholarly papers and archives.

Bookseller interviews

Penelope Daly worked in the magazine industry and then taught high school social studies and English for a number of years prior to entering the rare book trade. She began selling books part-time in 1985, and in 1995 retired from teaching so that she could devote all of her time to bookselling. Penelope is a past President of the Long Island Antiquarian Booksellers' Association. WellRead Books operates out of Northport, NY and specializes in Children's Books, New York, Etiquette, Cultural History, and Christmas. ABAA Member since 1998. Interviewed by Michael Ginsberg on November 9, 2013 at the Boston International Antiquarian Book Fair.

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Special List 543: Mexican Imprints

Rose City Book and Paper Fair 2025

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Richard C. Ramer, Old & Rare Books

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51 items, fully illustrated in color

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A miscellany for the Portland fair with standout Arkham House titles, several scarce occult works a...

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