ABAA BOOKSELLERS
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. ...
Featured Member
Thorn Books
Tucson, AZhttp://www.thornbooks.com
King Arthur, Literature, Children's Books, Illustrated Books, General Antiquarian, Fine Press Books, General Appraisals.
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First Edition
by Tolkien, J. R. R., and E. V. Gordon
Oxford : At the Clarendon Press , 1925
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First Edition
by Chatwin, Bruce, and Paul Theroux
Salisbury, Wiltshire : Michael Russell (Publishing) Ltd , 1985
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First Edition
by Abbott, Capt. James
London : Wm. H. Allen and Co , 1843
offered by Thorn Books
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First Edition
by Money-Couts, F. B.
London and New York : John Lane/ George Richmond , 1896
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by Raphaelson, Samson
New York : Brentano's , 1925
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First Edition
by Ellis, F. S.; Walter Crane
London : David Nutt , 1897
offered by Thorn Books
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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.