Main Street Fine Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.
Specializing in General Antiquarian, First Editions & Signed Books, particular strengths in Americana, Civil War, Lincolniana, Fiction & Poetry. Autographs in all fields; Ephemera, Prints & Maps; Appraisals
About
Serving book lovers, collectors and institutions since 1991.Terms of Sale
Main Street Fine Books & Manuscripts accepts VISA, MasterCard, Discover, PayPal and checks drawn on a U.S. bank. Institutions will be accommodated as their procedures require. Returns for any reason within seven days. We would appreciate a courtesy call if an item is being returned.
Appraisals
Available for appraisals
Members
- William L. Butts
Recently Added Books
Biblioteca de Autores Españoles Desde la Formación del Lenguaje Hasta Nuestros Días -- Obras Escogidas
by DE LAS CASAS, Bartolomé
Anglo-Norman Antiquities Considered. in a Tour Through Part of Normandy
by DUCAREL, Andrew
A Plan for Peace
by CLARK, Grenville
Melodious Fame of the Saints.... Here Is the Prayer of the Saints. Here Are Those Who Keep God's Commandments Together with the Beliefs of Jesus! The Most Sad Funeral Some Time Ago of the Most Luminous Prince and Gentleman Mr. Christian Albrechts Markgraf of Brandenburg at Magdeburg in Prussia..
by (CHRISTIAN ALBRECHT MARKGRAF ZU BRANDENBURG-ANSBACH)
View of Illinois and Michigan Central Depot & c. From the Corner of Madison St. and Michigan Avenue
by (CHICAGO -- COLOR LITHOGRAPH -- E. Whitefield)
IV. Livres de l'Imitation de Iesvs-Christ, par Thomas a Kempis, Chanoine Regulier
by KEMPIS, Thomas a.
Recently added catalogues
View all of this member's cataloguesRecently catalogued material includes a handful of John Henry Nash productions: Sonnets from the Portuguese, The Ideal Book, All for Love, Adonais....
Twenty-six newly catalogued books and autographs
16 Autographs from Film, Government, Music, Athletes, Authors and Military 10 Books from Travel, Ancient World, Western Americana, Presidential, Literature, Religion, Architecture — and one 45-volume set that refuses to be defined
Forty interesting new arrivals in Books and Autographs.
Books from the collection of William B. Allison (1829-1908), the powerful Iowa Republican who, as U.S. senator from that state (1873-1908), was one of the "big four" who controlled the Senate.
Our latest list includes two useful and massive references: the 37-volume British Museum General Catalogue of Printed Books, and a 21-year run of Charles Hamilton Auction Catalogs
Selected new arrivals in books, autographs and prints
23 recent arrivals and one exciting announcement
Highlights include a hymnal with the first appearance in English of "Silent Night"; a first English dictionary; a Navajo dictionary; Freud examines Da Vinci; a Japan travelogue; a forerunner of gay literature . . .
A varied list of 31 items featuring numerous books on the Hopi people, plus fine press and poetry.
Twenty-five recently acquired items in books, autographs, prints, original art, maps...
Select new arrivals in a wide variety of subjects, including Western Americana, Mystery & Detective, Philosophy, Modern Fiction, Children's and Poetry. 27 to choose from!

