Charles Agvent
Specializing in Signed Books & Autographs, Modern & 19th Century First Editions, Limited Editions Club, Presidential Books & Autographs, Hand-Colored Plate Books, Early Printing
About
We carry a diverse stock with major specialties including Modern and 19th Century Literary First Editions, Signed Books, Presidential Autographs, Illustrated Books, and the world's largest inventory of Limited Editions Club books. We have been in business since 1987 and are proud to be members of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America (ABAA) and the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers (ILAB).Terms of Sale
All books subject to prior sale. Cash with order; institutions may be billed. Postage additional: $12.00 for the first book, $6.00 each thereafter. Overseas postage billed at approximate cost. Pennsylvania residents must add 6% sales tax. Mastercard, Visa, American Express and Discover accepted. Books may be returned within 10 days of receipt for any reason provided they are in the same condition as sent and prior notice is given. Please insure returns for their full value.
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Recently Added Books
THE MEMOIRS OF RICHARD NIXON
by NIXON, Richard
THE NEWCOMES. MEMOIRS OF A MOST RESPECTABLE FAMILY EDITED BY ARTHER PENDENNIS ESQ
by THACKERAY, William M
CALL & RESPONSE
by BARAKA, Amiri (LeRoi JONES)
TYPEE. A ROMANCE OF THE SOUTH SEAS
by MELVILLE, Herman (COVARRUBIAS, Miguel)
THE NEWCOMES. MEMOIRS OF A MOST RESPECTABLE FAMILY EDITED BY ARTHER PENDENNIS ESQ
by THACKERAY, William M
A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE
by WILLIAMS, Tennessee
BILLY BUDD [and] BENITO CERENO
by MELVILLE, Herman
THE PILGRIM'S PROGRESS
by BUNYAN, John
Recently added catalogues
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Our new catalog—DOROTHY PARKER & THE ALGONQUIN ROUND TABLE--contains 31 items including Manuscripts, Signed Books, Letters, Photographs, and much more. Enjoy!
Our new catalog—SPRING MISCELLANY 2026--contains 35 items including Early Baseball, Cookery, Illustrated Books, Signed Books by Ralph Waldo Emerson, Bertrand Russell, James Thurber, William Wordsworth, and more
Our new catalog—HOLIDAY MISCELLANY 2025--contains 50 items including Fine Bindings, Signed Miniature Books from the Library of Franklin Roosevelt, Original Art, Jane Goodall Letters, Signed Association First Editions, Illustrated Books, and much more. Enjoy!
30 Items including Signed Association First Editions, Original Art, Books from Daniel Webster’s Library, and much more. Enjoy!
45 literary manuscripts, letters, signed photographs, documents, etc. Authors include Auden, Baraka, Buck, Eliot, Hardy, Hawthorne, Langston Hughes, Kipling, Henry Miller, and others.
Our catalog—SUMMER MISCELLANY--contains 50 select items in a variety of fields including African-Americana, Art, Autographs, Hand-Colored Plates, India, Modern First Editions, Presidents, Signed Books, and more. Highlights include superb letters by Clara Barton, Herman Hesse, and Martin Luther King, Jr. as well as books signed by John Steinbeck and Walt Whitman.
Our POETRY catalog contains 25 select items, many signed, by poets of the 19th-21st centuries.
With 25 items related to various struggles for rights and freedoms, including the Women’s Suffrage Movement, the Civil Rights Movement, and others with many Signed and Rare pieces.