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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. ...

Lorne W. Bair

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Lorne Bair Rare Books

Winchester, VA
http://www.lornebair.com

The history, literature, and art of American social movements, including Civil Rights, Feminism, Labor History, Radical Politics, and Counterculture.

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  • The Adventures of Gurudeva: and Other Stories
    First Edition
    The Adventures of Gurudeva: and Other Stories

    by NAIPAUL, Seepersad (stories); V.S. Naipaul (foreword)

    London : Andre Deutsch Limited , 1976


    offered by Lorne Bair Rare Books

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  • Nights at the Circus
    First Edition
    Nights at the Circus

    by CARTER, Angela

    London : Chatto & Windus / The Hogarth Press , 1984


    offered by Lorne Bair Rare Books

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  • Blackouts: A Novel [Signed]
    Signed First Edition
    Blackouts: A Novel [Signed]

    by TORRES, Justin

    New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux , 2023


    offered by Lorne Bair Rare Books

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  • The Name of the World [Signed]
    Signed First Edition
    The Name of the World [Signed]

    by JOHNSON, Denis

    New York : HarperCollins , 2000


    offered by Lorne Bair Rare Books

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  • A First Draft Version of Finnegans Wake
    First Edition
    A First Draft Version of Finnegans Wake

    by HAYMAN, David [ED.] [JOYCE, James]

    London : Faber and Faber , 1963


    offered by Lorne Bair Rare Books

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  • The Stars At Noon [Signed]
    Signed First Edition
    The Stars At Noon [Signed]

    by JOHNSON, Denis

    New York : Alfred A. Knopf , 1986


    offered by Lorne Bair Rare Books

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Bookseller interviews

Nick Adams & Co. Rare Books

David Meeker’s love of books was born while in the Peace Corps in Africa and his only diversion was a book locker full of Hemingway. After collecting for years, and with his children heading to college, David decided to enter the trade as a seller. He established Nick Adams & Co. Rare Books in 1986. Nick Adams & Co. Rare Books operates out of Sacramento, CA, and specializes in Literature, Modern First Editions, Literary Autographs & Manuscripts, Detective Fiction, Hemingway, and Steinbeck. ABAA Member since 1991. Interviewed by Taylor Bowie on October 12, 2008 at the Seattle Antiquarian Book Fair.

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330: Masterpieces of Fore-edge Painting

E-List #176: Economics #1, from the Gabler Collection

C330
176

Jeff Weber Rare Books

Second Story Books

30 books, fully illustrated, each a fore-edge painting.

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76 economics titles from the Gabler Collection.

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ABAA membership conveys recognition throughout the rare book world. A member of the ABAA is a bookseller with proven knowledge, expertise, and ethical standards.

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