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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. ...

Marc Selvaggio, Bookseller (formerly Schoyer's Books)

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Marc Selvaggio, Books & Ephemera

Winooski, VT
http://www.marcselvaggio.com

Eclectic mix, but especially ephemera such as trade catalogues, brochures, advertising material; Travel & History-- especially World's Fairs and International Expositions; France, Spain, Italy, 1800-1940; Archives, Photographica, especially annotated photograph albums; other usual items of divers interest. Also appraisals for tax or evaluation purposes.

Bookseller interviews

Ed Smith began as a collector of first editions and Charles Bukowski, and he began selling on the side to fund his own collection. In 1990 he established his own firm and he became a member of the ABAA in 1995. Ed served on the ABAA's Board of Governors for several years. Ed Smith Books operates out of Rolling Bay, WA and specializes in Modern Literature, First Editions, Photography, Screenplays, Signed Books, and Appraisals of Books and Photographs. ABAA Member since 1995. Interviewed by Taylor Bowie on October 12, 2013 at the Seattle Antiquarian Book Fair.

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

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76 economics titles from the Gabler Collection.

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171 fiction 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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