W. C. Baker Rare Books specializes in rare printed and manuscript materials in Americana, avant-garde literature, social movements, and the history of unusual collections, exhibitions, and performances. In addition to buying and selling, we serve as rare book appraisers and consultants to both institutions and private collectors. Will Baker is an IRS-qualified appraiser, compliant with the Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice (USPAP) through August 24, 2023, and provides appraisal services for donation, estate, insurance, and other purposes.
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Recent Catalogs
Electronic List No. 5 : ALIVE! Sideshows & Human Oddities, 1839-2007
Books, photography, and ephemera.
Recent Catalogs
Electronic List No. 4 : Uranian Press, 1958-1963
Featuring the work of visionary artist Richard O. Tyler and circle produced at his Lower East Side Uranian Press, including Tyler's artist's-book masterpiece, The Planets, and various chapbooks and broadsides, many excessively rare.