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. ...

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Heldfond Book Gallery,Ltd.

San Anselmo, CA
http://www.heldfond.com

Fine Illustrated Books, Fine Bindings & Sets, Art Deco, Historical Military Aviation, Graphic Design, General Antiquarian,Gastronomic, Ephemera, Vintage Pulp Paperbacks

Bookseller interviews

Royal Books, Inc.

Kevin Johnson founded Royal Books, Inc. in 1998. Prior to entering the profession, Kevin worked for the government and had founded a small record label. Today, he is a leading expert on Modern First Editions. Kevin is the author of The Dark Page: Books That Inspired American Film Noir (1950-1965), a two volume full-color guide to first edition sources of film noir. Kevin was a faculty member of the Colorado Antiquarian Book Seminar for several years. Royal Books, Inc. is located in Baltimore, MD specializes in Modern Literature, Books Into Film, Screenplays and Film Ephemera, Crime Fiction, Science Fiction, African-American Literature, and Books on Film and Music. ABAA Member since 2002. Interviewed by Michael Ginsberg on April 10, 2010 at the New York International Antiquarian Book Fair.

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Member Catalogs

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Catalogue 105: CORELLI & GEMINIANI Masters of the Italian Baroque

Continental Law, 1520–1863: 30 Titles

J & J Lubrano Music Antiquarians LLC

The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd.

Rare printed editions, manuscripts, and iconography relating to two of the foremost Italian compose...

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E-list 30 Items

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