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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. ...

Charles Agvent

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Charles Agvent

Fleetwood, PA
http://www.charlesagvent.com

Signed Books & Autographs, Modern & 19th Century First Editions, Limited Editions Club, Presidential Books & Autographs, Hand-Colored Plate Books, Early Printing

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  • NUNQUAM
    Signed First Edition
    NUNQUAM

    by DURRELL, Lawrence

    New York : E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc. , 1970


    offered by Charles Agvent

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  • THE POEMS OF JOHN KEATS
    Signed
    THE POEMS OF JOHN KEATS

    by KEATS, John

    Cambridge : Limited Editions Club , 1966


    offered by Charles Agvent

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  • A NEW PATH TO THE WATERFALL. POEMS
    Signed First Edition
    A NEW PATH TO THE WATERFALL. POEMS

    by CARVER, Raymond

    New York : The Atlantic Monthly Press , (1989)


    offered by Charles Agvent

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  • TOMBLESON'S VIEWS OF THE RHINE and VIEWS OF THE UPPER RHINE
    First Edition
    TOMBLESON'S VIEWS OF THE RHINE and VIEWS OF THE UPPER RHINE

    by TOMBLESON, W[illiam] & FEARNSIDE, W[illiam] G[ray] (editor)

    London : W. Tombleson and Company , 1832


    offered by Charles Agvent

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  • VERSUS
    Signed First Edition
    VERSUS

    by NASH, Ogden

    Boston : Little, Brown & Company , 1949


    offered by Charles Agvent

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  • FURTHER POEMS OF EMILY DICKINSON. Withheld from Publication by Her Sister Lavinia
    First Edition
    FURTHER POEMS OF EMILY DICKINSON. Withheld from Publication by Her Sister Lavinia

    by DICKINSON, Emily

    Boston : Little, Brown , 1929


    offered by Charles Agvent

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Bookseller interviews

Chet Ross Rare Books

Chet Ross left his successful career in the high pressure world of art and design for rare books and established his first business in 2001. Chet Ross Rare Books operates out of Southworth, WA, and specializes in Exploration of the Polar Regions, Exploration & Travel, Nobu Shirase, and the Japanese Antarctic Expedition of 1910-1912. ABAA Member since 2009. Interviewed by Michael Ginsberg on February 8, 2014 at the California International Antiquarian Book Fair in Pasadena.

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