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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. ...

Ian Brabner

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Ian Brabner, Rare Americana, LLC

Wilmington, DE
https://www.rareamericana.com

18th & 19th century American Social and Cultural History. African American history. Rare Books, Pamphlets, Broadsides, Historical Manuscripts, Journals, Diaries and Letters.

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Bookseller interviews

Charles Agvent

Charles Agvent started his business in 1987 but became a full-time bookseller in 1994, the same year he was admitted to the ABAA. Prior to that, he worked in Manhattan in advertising, public relations, and the publishing industry, and taught at the university level, drawing on his background in English and Creative Writing. Charles Agvent operates out of Mertztown, PA and specializes in Signed Books & Autographs, Modern & 19th Century First Editions, Limited Editions Club, Presidential Books & autographs, Hand-Colored Plate Books, and Early Printing. ABAA Member since 1994. Interviewed by Michael Ginsberg on April 14, 2012 at the New York International Antiquarian Book Fair.

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

E-List #175: Fiction #3, from the Gabler Collection

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Second Story Books

Second Story Books

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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