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Peruse the Stacks First editions. Signed and collectible books.

Care to peruse in person? We've got a BUSY summer lined up!Catch us locally in Gig Harbor and Bremerton, just down the r...
05/14/2026

Care to peruse in person? We've got a BUSY summer lined up!

Catch us locally in Gig Harbor and Bremerton, just down the road in Portland, and later in Colorful Colorado.

NYC, we are ready for you! Stop by booth 206 at the Manhattan Rare Book and Fine Press Fair today, Saturday May 2nd from...
05/02/2026

NYC, we are ready for you! Stop by booth 206 at the Manhattan Rare Book and Fine Press Fair today, Saturday May 2nd from 9am-5pm.

The Manhattan Rare Book and Fine Press Fair is TOMORROW! Check back later for booth pics after set up tonight. In the me...
05/01/2026

The Manhattan Rare Book and Fine Press Fair is TOMORROW! Check back later for booth pics after set up tonight. In the meantime, let's finish our countdown to the date with ten of our favorite items that are coming with us...

A sharp copy of this disturbing firsthand account by the chief surgeon of San Quentin detailing his experiences with criminal pathology and prison medical experiments with a typed letter signed on San Quentin letterhead from Stanley to Miss Wilna Dufour of the San Jose Mercury Herald thanking her for her review and a chilling offer, "When you are up this way I would be very happy to show you through our Hospital in order that you may see through your own eyes just what we are doing."

Come take a look in booth 206, Saturday May 2nd from 9am-5pm in the lower level of St. Vincent Ferrer Catholic Church or send us a DM if you'd like to purchase it ahead of the fair

We are 2 days away from the Manhattan Rare Book and Fine Press Fair and the Wilhelms are on the plane headed East! Let's...
04/30/2026

We are 2 days away from the Manhattan Rare Book and Fine Press Fair and the Wilhelms are on the plane headed East! Let's countdown to the date with ten of our favorite items that are coming with us...

Something completely different today: a beautiful Slovak devotional from the era of Pope Leo XIII, with gatherings of prayers and litanies, nicely illustrated, and ornately bound in celluloid. Maybe the prettiest book we're bringing!

Come take a look in booth 206, Saturday May 2nd from 9am-5pm in the lower level of St. Vincent Ferrer Catholic Church or send us a DM if you'd like to purchase it ahead of the fair

We are 3 days away from the Manhattan Rare Book and Fine Press Fair! Let's countdown to the date with ten of our favorit...
04/29/2026

We are 3 days away from the Manhattan Rare Book and Fine Press Fair! Let's countdown to the date with ten of our favorite items that are coming with us...

Today: a compelling archive of original lithographic designs and proofs by American printmaker and illustrator Beatrice Beard Grover, apparently done as a pitch for an unpublished illustrated edition of Wilkie Collins’ The Moonstone, widely regarded as the first great English detective novel.

Come take a look in booth 206, Saturday May 2nd from 9am-5pm in the lower level of St. Vincent Ferrer Catholic Church or send us a DM if you'd like to purchase it ahead of the fair

We are 4 days away from the Manhattan Rare Book and Fine Press Fair! Let's countdown to the date with ten of our favorit...
04/28/2026

We are 4 days away from the Manhattan Rare Book and Fine Press Fair! Let's countdown to the date with ten of our favorite items that are coming with us...

Check out this unique and beautiful artist-embellished copy of Frison-Roche's classic mountaineering book which follows the life and trials of a young guide in the Mont Blanc range, Chamonix. In addition to the photo illustrations from the publication there are five original goache illustrations, including a frontis, by Bernard Davy bound in, along with a manuscript list of illustrations tipped in at rear.

Come take a look in booth 206, Saturday May 2nd from 9am-5pm in the lower level of St. Vincent Ferrer Catholic Church or send us a DM if you'd like to purchase it ahead of the fair.

Now only FIVE DAYS until the Manhattan Rare Book and Fine Press Fair! Let's countdown to the date with ten of our favori...
04/27/2026

Now only FIVE DAYS until the Manhattan Rare Book and Fine Press Fair! Let's countdown to the date with ten of our favorite items that are coming with us...
First revised and expanded edition of King's The Gunslinger with illustrations by Michael Whelan and signed by Stephen King on the title page. From the collection of King's friend and longtime program director, DJ, and general manager of King's WKIT radio station and Zone corporation in Bangor, with signed letter laid in.

Fun fact, the whole Wilhelm clan will be at the fair, so you might be able to buy this copy from our Roland. Come say hi and take a look in booth 206, Saturday May 2nd from 9am-5pm in the lower level of St. Vincent Ferrer Catholic Church or send us a DM if you'd like to purchase it ahead of the fair.

Six days until the Manhattan Rare Book and Fine Press Fair! Let's countdown to the date with ten of our favorite items t...
04/26/2026

Six days until the Manhattan Rare Book and Fine Press Fair! Let's countdown to the date with ten of our favorite items that are coming with us...
Today, An absolute gem of early 20th century humor, whimsically written and illustrated by "Childe Harold" or Edward Salisbury Field (1878-1936). Interestingly, animator and creator of the television miniseries, Over the Garden Wall, Patrick McHale has stated this title was a direct influence on his popular series, and it tracks.

Come take a look in booth 206, Saturday May 2nd from 9am-5pm in the lower level of St. Vincent Ferrer Catholic Church or send us a DM if you'd like to purchase it ahead of the fair.

We are now ONE WEEK from the Manhattan Rare Book and Fine Press Fair! Let's countdown to the date with ten of our favori...
04/25/2026

We are now ONE WEEK from the Manhattan Rare Book and Fine Press Fair! Let's countdown to the date with ten of our favorite items that are coming with us...
Our fourth item today is an eccentric and highly original work that attempts to bridge geometry, human behavior, and natural law under a mathematical-mythological framework. Gilman's "Cyclotomy" system draws upon numerical systems, symbolism, speculative philosophy, and classical mythology and suggests a hidden order underlying all thought. The illustrations are dense and intricate, and the whole package, along with the Cold War-fear letters, stands firmly in the tradition of outsider mathematics and mid-century esoteric thought.

Come take a look in booth 206, Saturday May 2nd from 9am-5pm in the lower level of St. Vincent Ferrer Catholic Church or send us a DM if you'd like to purchase it ahead of the fair.

Eight days away from the Manhattan Rare Book and Fine Press Fair! Let's countdown to the date with ten of our favorite i...
04/24/2026

Eight days away from the Manhattan Rare Book and Fine Press Fair! Let's countdown to the date with ten of our favorite items that are coming with us...
Something different for our third item: Three consecutive comedies by Shakespeare extracted from the Second Folio: Comedies, Histories, and Tragedies, 1632, and bound in quarter polished calf over marbled boards, gilt spine lettering.

Come take a look in booth 206, Saturday May 2nd from 9am-5pm in the lower level of St. Vincent Ferrer Catholic Church or send us a DM if you'd like to purchase it ahead of the fair.

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