Ben Kinmont, Bookseller

Ben Kinmont Bookseller began in 1998 in New York City. The business specializes in 15th to early 19th-century books about food and wine, domestic and rural economy, health, perfume, and the history of taste. More recently, we have also added 19th and 20th-century material concerned with radical food systems, economic precarity, and food in congregate settings. We issue approximately seven illustrated lists each year. About 90% of the lists are new acquisitions and they usually contain descriptions of the material that we are about to exhibit at a book fair. We participate annually in the antiquarian book fairs in San Francisco, Los Angeles, Boston, New York, London, York (UK), and Paris. We work regularly with librarians as well as private clients from around the world and are happy to receive your desiderata and help you with collection development. In 2003 we moved from New York City to Sebastopol, California, where we welcome visitors by appointment. If you would like to join our mailing list and receive our newsletters, please subscribe at kinmont.com.