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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. ...

James S. Jaffe Rare Books

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James S. Jaffe Rare Books LLC

Deep River, CT
http://www.jamesjaffe.com

Rare Books & Manuscripts, Literary First Editions, Poetry, Private Press Books, Illustrated Books, Association Copies, Literary Art & Artifacts, Archives & Appraisals

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  • Uranian Memories
    Uranian Memories

    by PHILLIPS, Tom

    Tom Phillips , 1972


    offered by James S. Jaffe Rare Books

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  • Good-Bye To All That. An Autobiography
    First Edition
    Good-Bye To All That. An Autobiography

    by GRAVES, Robert

    London : Jonathan Cape , (1929)


    offered by James S. Jaffe Rare Books

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  • The Caliph's Design. Architects! Where is your Vortex?; 8vo, original blue marbled paper over boards, printed cover label
    First Edition
    The Caliph's Design. Architects! Where is your Vortex?; 8vo, original blue marbled paper over boards, printed cover label

    by LEWIS, Wyndham

    London : The Egoist Press , 1919


    offered by James S. Jaffe Rare Books

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  • A collection of twenty-five books by John Ashbery, each inscribed by the poet to Pierre Martory
    A collection of twenty-five books by John Ashbery, each inscribed by the poet to Pierre Martory

    by ASHBERY, John


    offered by James S. Jaffe Rare Books

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  • The archive of David Hinton, poet and preeminent translator of classical Chinese poetry into English in the world today. 
    The archive of David Hinton, poet and preeminent translator of classical Chinese poetry into English in the world today. 

    by [ARCHIVES & COLLECTIONS] HINTON, David


    offered by James S. Jaffe Rare Books

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  • Neopostmodernism or, Gabberjab Number 6
    First Edition
    Neopostmodernism or, Gabberjab Number 6

    by [PERISHABLE PRESS] HAMADY, Walter

    (Mt. Horeb, WI) : Perishable Press , 1988


    offered by James S. Jaffe Rare Books

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Bookseller interviews

Wonder Book

After graduating from college, Chuck took a summer job in a bookstore in Maryland before heading to graduate school in the fall. He never made it to grad school. He grew up loving books, seeking them out wherever he could, pestering his siblings for rides to the local used bookshops and raiding his brothers’ rooms. Quickly adapting to the internet, he now has over 2.5 million items for sale online, from antiquarian material to records, movies, software and games. He does still enjoys those quiet moments when he can sit down with a stack of books and work with them himself. Chuck joined the ABAA in 2003. Wonder Book operates out of Frederick, MD and specializes in general antiquarian material. ABAA Member since 2003. Interviewed by Michael Ginsberg on November 17, 2018 at the Boston International Antiquarian Book Fair.

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Summer Short List July 2025

Horticulture Catalogue #28

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Bluemango Books and Manuscripts

Woodburn Books, ABAA, ILAB

Just a few new arrivals in printed and manuscript Americana (Women. Primary Source Account Books.)

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Horticulture Catalogue #28 - Summer Sale & Recent Acquisitions (July 2025) contains 106 items from ...

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