An independent used and rare bookseller in operation for nearly 15 years, we opened our first brick and mortar storefront in December of 2008 in our hometown of Webster, NY. Owner Jonathan Smalter is a member of the ABAA, and former vice president of the Independent Online Booksellers Association (IOBA). He is also a 2011 graduate of the Colorado Antiquarian Book Seminar (CABS). He has over twenty years of experience in the book trade.
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Jonathan David Smalter32 W Main St., Ste. 1
Webster, NY 14580
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(585) 265-9295
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Proctor's History of the Crusades: Comprising the Rise, Progress and Results of the Various Extraordinary European Expeditions for the Recovery of the Holy Land from the Saracens and Turks. With 150 Illustrations
by Proctor, George
Philadelphia : John E. Potter and Company , 1865 (click for more details)![The Neverending Story [Never-Ending]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/971/681/1692681971.0.m.jpg)
First Edition
The Neverending Story [Never-Ending]
by Ende, Michael; Manheim, Ralph
Garden City, New York : Doubleday & Company, Inc , 1983 (click for more details)
First Edition
Madman's Drum: A Novel in Woodcuts
by Ward, Lynd
New York : Jonathan Cape and Harrison Smith , 1930 (click for more details)
The Story of Civilization 11 Volume Hardcover Set: I. Our Oriental Heritage, II. The Life of Greece, III. Caesar and Christ, IV. The Age of Faith, V. The Renaissance, VI. The Reformation, VII. The Age of Reason Begins, VIII. The Age of Louis XIV, IX. The Age of Voltaire, X. Rousseau and Revolution; XI. The Age of Napoleon
by Durant, Will & Ariel
New York : Simon and Schuster , 1967 (click for more details)
The Yearling (The First Edition Library)
by Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan
Shelton, Connecticut : First Edition Library , 1990 (click for more details)Recent Catalogs
January 2025
An assortment of 109 items acquired in recent months. Highlights include:
- a first edition of the 1940 Newbery Honor winner;
- the first appearance of color illustrations by Maria Louise Kirk;
- the first Swedish feminist novel;
- an anti-socialist screed published during the Great Depression.
- a first edition of the 1940 Newbery Honor winner;
- the first appearance of color illustrations by Maria Louise Kirk;
- the first Swedish feminist novel;
- an anti-socialist screed published during the Great Depression.
Recent Catalogs
Summer 2024
A miscellany of 144 new acquisitions