Between the Covers Rare Books was founded in 1985. We have had a number of shops but presently operate by appointment only. We have a staff of about a dozen people and are housed in a 15,000 square foot former grammar school and have a catalogued inventory of about 250,000 volumes, with many more awaiting processing. We began as specialists in modern literary first edition, but also frequently issue both printed and online catalogs in many subjects, including African-American literature and history, books by and about women, counter-culture, GLBT, sports, photography, Americana, and many other subjects, and specialize in quoting individual items and collections to both institutions and private collectors. Of late we have placed a particular emphasis on archives and manuscripts of both living authors or of other historical interest. Our founder, Tom Congalton, was a collector and book scout before he started the business. He served as President of the ABAA in 2000-2002, and President of the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers from 2012-2014. Formerly on the faculty of the Colorado Antiquarian Booksellers Seminar, he has taught and continues to teach at Rare Book School at the University of Virginia since 2008. Please visit our website to read many articles, blogs, and other essays by members of our staff.
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First Edition
Eight O'Clock and Other Studies
by ERVINE, St. John G.
Dublin : Maunsel and Co. Ltd , 1913 (click for more details)A Descant of the Universal Plan, or Universal Salvation, Illustrated... with Rev. L. Haynes's Sermon
by PECK, John; Lemuel Haynes
Lowell, Mass : Printed for the Publisher , 1837 (click for more details)
First Edition
An Exhibition of Dry Points, Etchings, Aquatints, Color Etchings, Lithographs, Woodblocks and Monotypes. [Cover title] Annual Exhibition of the California Society of Etchers
[San Francisco?] : California Society of Etchers , 1913 (click for more details)Saint Peter Canisius, S.J. 1521-1597
by BRODRICK, J.
New York : Sheed & Ward , 1935 (click for more details)
First Edition
Ira Allen. Founder of Vermont 1751-1814. Two volumes
by WILBUR, James Benjamin
Boston and New York : Houghton Mifflin Company , 1928 (click for more details)