Between the Covers Rare Books was founded in 1985. We have had a number of shops but presently operate by appointment only. We have a staff of about a dozen people and are housed in a 15,000 square foot former grammar school and have a catalogued inventory of about 250,000 volumes, with many more awaiting processing. We began as specialists in modern literary first edition, but also frequently issue both printed and online catalogs in many subjects, including African-American literature and history, books by and about women, counter-culture, GLBT, sports, photography, Americana, and many other subjects, and specialize in quoting individual items and collections to both institutions and private collectors. Of late we have placed a particular emphasis on archives and manuscripts of both living authors or of other historical interest. Our founder, Tom Congalton, was a collector and book scout before he started the business. He served as President of the ABAA in 2000-2002, and President of the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers from 2012-2014. Formerly on the faculty of the Colorado Antiquarian Booksellers Seminar, he has taught and continues to teach at Rare Book School at the University of Virginia since 2008. Please visit our website to read many articles, blogs, and other essays by members of our staff.
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First Edition
The Champion
by CRADDOCK, Charles Egbert
Boston : Houghton, Mifflin and Company , 1902 (click for more details)The New Century Standard Letter-Writer: Business, Family and Social Correspondence, Love-Letters, Etiquette, Synonyms, Legal Forms, Etc.
by CHAMBERS, Alfred B.
Chicago : Laird & Lee, Publishers , 1900 (click for more details)
Signed First Edition
Mayken: A Child's Story of the Netherlands in the Sixteenth Century
by CHASE, Jessie Anderson
Chicago : A. C. McClurg & Co , 1902 (click for more details)
First Edition
The Grand Old Man or the Life and Public Services of the Right Honorable William Ewart Gladstone, Four Times Prime Minister of England
by COOK, Richard B.
[No place] : Publisher's Union , 1898 (click for more details)
Signed First Edition
The Confessions of a Daddy
by BUTLER, Ellis Parker
New York : The Century Co , 1907 (click for more details)