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Books, next to art, may be the most widely collected human works on the planet. There are endless varieties of interesting vintage and antique books, from religious and historical books to literature, art books, childrens books, cookbooks, catalogs and first editions. Here we present a small sampling for your browsing pleasure.

I don’t remember a time when I didn’t read books. In grade school, I devoured library books. I also loved… [more]

Special collections is where we keep non-circulating rare materials which have to be used in the reading room… [more]

I started working as the curator of the Baldwin Library of Historical Children's Literature in 1994, but I’… [more]

Bookplate mania in America and England peaked from 1890 to about 1920. That's when the really great collectio… [more]

I’m a packrat, so in 1995, I was itching to collect something. I went around to local flea markets here bec… [more]

Want to do one quick search and pull up the mother lode of vintage books? Try Google Book Search, a database filled… [read review or visit site]

If you’re interested in collectible childrens books, check out this special digital collection from the Universit… [read review or visit site]

This archive of 76 influential American cookbooks from the late 1700s to early 1900s, assembled by the Michigan St… [read review or visit site]

Greg Kindall's collection of over 2100 colorful and historic book labels, pasted into books by publishers, printers… [read review or visit site]

This great blog, by an anonymous mom in Texas, is an ongoing bibliography of hundreds of vintage childrens books, c… [read review or visit site]

This Flickr photo pool features over 2,000 photos and scans of vintage cookbooks and old recipes from the 1940s to … [read review or visit site]

This visually interesting and highly specialized collection from the Hawaii Karate Museum focuses on rare and histo… [read review or visit site]

This Smithsonian microsite showcases Czech avant-garde book cover designs from the 1920s and 30s, complete with hig… [read review or visit site]

Bruce Black's gallery of paperback book covers from the 1940s and 50s. With help from numerous contributors, he's a… [read review or visit site]
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John is the UK's only antiquarian book seller specializing in works covering all aspects of agriculture. And since he retired as one of the Milk Marketing...Read more
Although many of its books come from such humble sources, Librería Madero has one of the finest collections of Mexican history and antique books,...Read more