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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. ...

Main Street Fine Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.

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Main Street Fine Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.

Galena, IL
http://www.mainstreetfinebooks.com

General Antiquarian, First Editions & Signed Books, particular strengths in Americana, Civil War, Lincolniana, Fiction & Poetry. Autographs in all fields; Ephemera, Prints & Maps; Appraisals

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  • Biblioteca de Autores Españoles Desde la Formación del Lenguaje Hasta Nuestros Días -- Obras Escogidas
    First Edition
    Biblioteca de Autores Españoles Desde la Formación del Lenguaje Hasta Nuestros Días -- Obras Escogidas

    by DE LAS CASAS, Bartolomé

    Madrid : Ediciones Atlas , 1957


    offered by Main Street Fine Books & Mss.

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  • A Plan for Peace
    Signed First Edition
    A Plan for Peace

    by CLARK, Grenville

    New York : Harper & Brothers , 1950


    offered by Main Street Fine Books & Mss.

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  • View of Illinois and Michigan Central Depot & c. From the Corner of Madison St. and Michigan Avenue
    View of Illinois and Michigan Central Depot & c. From the Corner of Madison St. and Michigan Avenue

    by (CHICAGO -- COLOR LITHOGRAPH -- E. Whitefield)

    Chicago : E. Whitefield , 1860


    offered by Main Street Fine Books & Mss.

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  • Picturesque America; or, The Land We Live In. A Delineation by Pen and Pencil of the Mountains, Rivers, Lakes, Forests, Water-Falls, Shores, Cañons, Valleys, Cities, and Other Picturesque Features of Our Country
    Picturesque America; or, The Land We Live In. A Delineation by Pen and Pencil of the Mountains, Rivers, Lakes, Forests, Water-Falls, Shores, Cañons, Valleys, Cities, and Other Picturesque Features of Our Country

    by BRYANT, William Cullen (editor)

    New York : D. Appleton and Company , 1872


    offered by Main Street Fine Books & Mss.

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  • IV. Livres de l'Imitation de Iesvs-Christ, par Thomas a Kempis, Chanoine Regulier
    IV. Livres de l'Imitation de Iesvs-Christ, par Thomas a Kempis, Chanoine Regulier

    by KEMPIS, Thomas a.

    Anvers (Antwerp) : l'Imprimerie Plantinienne , 1629


    offered by Main Street Fine Books & Mss.

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  • Observations
    Signed First Edition
    Observations

    by AVEDON, Richard (photographs), and CAPOTE, Truman (comments)

    New York : Simon and Schuster , 1959


    offered by Main Street Fine Books & Mss.

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Bookseller interviews

Garcia-Garst, Booksellers

Beverly Garcia-Garst of Garcia-Garst Booksellers in Turlock, CA established her business in 1978. Prior to that she worked for the California State University Stanislaus Library and the UCLA Library system while an undergraduate at UCLA and then had a short apprenticeship with Jerrold Stanoff of the Rare Oriental Book Company. Beverly was a founder of the Central California Booksellers Association and the Central Valley Antiquarian Booksellers Association. Garcia-Garst Booksellers specializes in Children's Books, Illustrated Books, Literature, Fairy Tales, Folklore & Mythology, and California & the West. ABAA Member Since 1986. Interviewed by Taylor Bowie on October 11, 2009 at the Seattle Antiquarian Book Fair.

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American Murders, 1806–1899

E-list #68

CAT3125
51179

The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd.

Main Street Fine Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.

E-list 30 Items

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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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