John D. Townsend
John D. Townsend started selling antiquarian books part-time in 1992 as Town’s End Books. It wasn’t until a few years later in 1996 that he entirely gave up the corporate life and joined the book trade full-time. Town’s End Books operates out of Deep River, CT, and specializes in Americana, High Points of Literature, Lakeside Classics, Nature & Natural History, Nautical Fiction, Nautical History, Rivers of America Series, and WPA Guide Series. ABAA Member since 2002. Interviewed by Michael Ginsberg on November 9, 2013 at the Boston International Antiquarian Book Fair.