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Old Saratoga Books is a used and rare online bookshop owned by Dan and Rachel Jagareski since 1996.

Founded in 1996 as an open used and rare book shop, Old Saratoga Books is now an online only book shop.

09/15/2026

Bardaisan of Edessa, by Dr. H.J.W. Drijvers, Assen, The Netherlands: Van Gorcum & Company, 1966, first edition. Brick red cloth binding. 267pp, bibliography, index of subjects, index of names, index of modern authors. A volume in the Studia Semitica Neerlandica series examining the writings of 2nd century CE Syriac philosopher and scholar, Bardaisan of Edessa. VG. No jacket, boards lightly worn. $50

09/14/2026

Woodcut illustration of Saint Ambrosius, attributed to Albrecht Durer, 1492.

09/13/2026

A Watch-Dog of the North Sea: ; A Naval Story of the Great War, by Percy F. Westerman, London: S. W. Partridge & Company, 1916, later printing. Very Good with no dust jacket. Boards lightly worn, owner name on front pastedown endpaper. Gray cloth with color design of ships at battle on front boards and spine. A novel about World War I for young adults. 375 pages. $25

09/12/2026

Bookplate of the Week

09/11/2026

Snapshots of a Daughter-in-Law: Poems 1954-1962, by Adrienne Rich, NY: W.W. Norton, 1967, first printing of revised reissue of this 1963 early poetry collection by the late Adrienne Rich. Inscribed to fellow poet Ruth Lisa Schechter on the half-title page in blue marker. 64pp. Author photo and bio on rear cover. Very Good. Covers toned and lightly worn. $75

09/10/2026

Visages de Bronze: ; Photographies de Pierre Allard et Philippe Luzuy, Neuchatel, Switzerland: Ides Et Calendes. 4to. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. Jacket lightly worn. Text in French. Preface by Paul Morand. Circa 1950s collection of photographs of indigenous people of Ecuador and Bolivia, including the Yuras, Cayapas, Otavalos, Jivaros, Colorados, and Chipayas. Maps, 72 photograph reproductions. $30

09/09/2026

One of the publisher's bindings in an online rare books exhibition by Dumbarton Oaks, a museum and garden in Washington DC. You can see more examples at the exhibition here:

https://www.doaks.org/resources/online-exhibits/bookbindings/publishers-bindings

09/08/2026

Exploring Greenland: Twenty Years of Adventure Mountaineering in the Great Arctic Wilderness, by Jim Gregson, Sheffield, UK: Vertebrate Publishing, 2012, first edition. Foreword by John Beatty. Color photo-illustrated boards. Oblong octavo. Many color photos. 146pp. Signed by the author on the title page. $40

09/07/2026

Gropius House, by Ise Gropius, Boston: Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities, 1996. Photo-illustrated card covers with black plastic comb binding. 4to. 42pp. VG. Essay written by the widow of Bauhaus architect Walter Gropius and the 1938 modern house they built in Lincoln, Massachusetts. This residence is now a house museum maintained by the Society. $50

09/06/2026

A Gallery of Gum Trees, by A.W. D'Ombrain, Glebe, Australia: Australasian Medical Publishing Company, 1938. Very Good in Good dust jacket. Covers and pages toned, jacket tattered and toned, owner name on front free endpaper. 53pp. Brown paper-covered boards with color illustration of gum trees on front boards. 21 lovely color plates and descriptions of various Australian eucalyptus trees. $35

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Not An Open Shop Street
Selkirk, NY
12158

Website

https://www.biblio.com/bookstore/old-saratoga-books-selkirk

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