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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. ...

Michael Laird Rare Books LLC

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Michael Laird Rare Books LLC

Lockhart, TX
http://michaellaird.com

Fine and rare books in all fields; early printed books and manuscripts; literary manuscripts and archives; historical documents; curious ephemera; historic bookbindings, antiquarian bibliography, and illustrated books of every description.

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  • [BOOKS ON THE MOON]. Les Avantures de Pomponius chevalier Romain, ou l’Histoire de notre Tems
    [BOOKS ON THE MOON]. Les Avantures de Pomponius chevalier Romain, ou l’Histoire de notre Tems

    by [Labadie, Dom (author). Prevost d'Exiles, A.-F., dit Abbe Prevost (editor)]

    Rome (i.e. Holland?) : Chez les Heritiers de Ferrante Pallavicini [ficticious imprint] , 1725


    offered by Michael Laird Rare Books

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  • [WOMEN IN THE WEST]. Covered Wagon Women. COMPLETE SET of 11 vols., DELUXE ISSUE (vols. 1-9 and 11) limited to 33 copies in gold-tooled leather, and trade edition (vol. 10) in cloth
    [WOMEN IN THE WEST]. Covered Wagon Women. COMPLETE SET of 11 vols., DELUXE ISSUE (vols. 1-9 and 11) limited to 33 copies in gold-tooled leather, and trade edition (vol. 10) in cloth

    by Holmes, Kenneth L. (editor)


    offered by Michael Laird Rare Books

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  • [WOMEN IN THE WEST]. Covered Wagon Women. COMPLETE SET of 11 volumes bound in original publisher's cloth
    [WOMEN IN THE WEST]. Covered Wagon Women. COMPLETE SET of 11 volumes bound in original publisher's cloth

    by Holmes, Kenneth L. (editor)


    offered by Michael Laird Rare Books

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  • [WOMEN AND INDUSTRIALIZATION IN JAPAN /
    First Edition
    [WOMEN AND INDUSTRIALIZATION IN JAPAN / "WESTERN" JAPANESE BOOK ARTS]. Seiyo keito zaiku hitoriannai ["Guide to Western Wool Crafts" / Cover title: "Ware the Yarn of the Only Guide. Publish. S. Kitan"]

    by Ushinosuke Kitani (author). Haruchiyo Uji (preface)

    Osaka : Nakagawa Seijiro , 1887


    offered by Michael Laird Rare Books

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  • [ORIGINAL ART PHOTOGRAPH].
    [ORIGINAL ART PHOTOGRAPH]. "Photo de l'exposition 1969 a la Galerie Iolas" (on verso). Featuring his "Une forme en liberte (Lanterne magique), 1969

    by Raysse, Martial / Galerie Alexandre Iolas

    Paris : The Artist / Expo 1969 - Galerie Alexandre Iolas , 1969


    offered by Michael Laird Rare Books

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  • [ETHIOPIAN COPTIC MANUSCRIPT]. Three Sälams (Hymns or Poems) written in Ge'ez on heavy parchment (Laird MS 1)
    [ETHIOPIAN COPTIC MANUSCRIPT]. Three Sälams (Hymns or Poems) written in Ge'ez on heavy parchment (Laird MS 1)

    by Anonymous Ethiopian scribe

    Ethiopia 1925


    offered by Michael Laird Rare Books

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Bookseller interviews

Beverly Karno Books, Inc.

Howard Karno first started selling books in the early 1970s. Sadly, Howard passed away in 2012, but his wife Beverly Joy-Karno, also an ABAA member, continues to run the business. Howard Karno Books, Inc. operates out of Valley Center, CA and specializes in Latin America, Mexico, Caribbean, Afro-Latin Americana, and South America, with an emphasis on: Art, Architecture, Photography, History, Travel & Voyages, Basques, Military, and Music. *Please note: audio for this video does not start until the 1min mark. Apologies for the inconvenience. ABAA Member from 1978 until his passing in 2012. Interviewed by Michael Ginsberg at the California International Antiquarian Book Fair in Pasadena.

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Signal & Noise

Special List 544: Central America

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Mark Funke, Bookseller

Richard C. Ramer, Old & Rare Books

In this catalogue we explore the progression from telephone switchboards to computer networking. Pl...

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10 items, fully illustrated in color

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ABAA membership conveys recognition throughout the rare book world. A member of the ABAA is a bookseller with proven knowledge, expertise, and ethical standards.

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