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Faba has been serving bibliophiles and book dealers for more than three decades. Bookworks in wrigleyville is closing its brickandmortar store after 32 years to. Powells books chicago is the chicago areas largest independent dealer in quality used, bargain, antiquarian, and out of print books. Operating from a new zealand apartment and a post office box in latvia, holt used internet servers based in russia to confect myriad aliases and swindle rare book dealers from chicago. Take action now for maximum saving as these discount codes will not valid forever. Find 3030 listings related to antiquarian shop in chicago on. For more than thirty years we have been members of the antiquarian booksellers association of america abaa the principal rare book dealer organization in the united states and the international league of antiquarian.
Since 1970, our retail store in hyde park, near the university of chicago. Used book dealers in chicago, il ask for free quotes. Today faba is more than 60 members strong and is represented in every part of the state. Below are 49 working coupons for antiquarian book dealers from reliable websites that we have updated for users to get maximum savings. The history in your hands foundation will host the 5th annual chicago international map fair at the. Who we are we have been dealers in antique maps, atlases, prints and rare books since 1976.
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Antiquarian book dealers surviving onslaught of big box book stores. Use the search box below to find books offered by chicago booksellers. Ann arbor antiquarian book fair one of the midwests. Bagley, owner, has been in the antiquarian book business since 1966 in both the united states and canada. We hope to be able to reschedule the book fair for sometime in the fall. Appraisal and preservation resources for books the art. Specialties include, canadiana, americana, travel and photography.
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Chicago rare book center specialists in antiquarian. The first published reference source to bring together biographical information on american antiquarian bookdealers, this book provides librarians, dealers, and collectors with useful information on those dealers. Well known to book collectors and booklovers, our site is an excellent resource for discovering a rough value of an old book. Exhibitor registration chicago antiquarian map, book. Specialist in antiquarian books, manuscripts, and maps 3919 north claremont avenue chicago, il 60618 tel. Rare book dealers in chicago, il results 1 20 of 315 switch to map. Update cancelled 2020 tennessee book and paper show. The great plains by webb, walter prescott very good. Ann arbor antiquarian book fair promoter jay platt reached the unhappy but necessary decision on march 30 that the 2020 edition of the book fair will be postponed until 2021. Our website includes our business history, links to a few of our favorite shops, reference sites for readers, things to do in chicago. Whether you want the cheapest reading copy or a specific collectible edition, with bookfinder, youll find just the right book. Adam weinberger is a member of the abaa antiquarian. We have a select inventory of 30,000 antiquarian, rare, collectible and outofprint books, historic photographs, autographed and manuscript material, pre1850 maps, ephemera and more.
So, it is highly likely that they will not purchase every book you offer to them. We have distinguished ourselves by having a reputation for handling unique and important books that are in exceptional condition. Kenneth nebenzahl, dean of american antiquarian map dealers, has died at 92. If youre interested in selling us material, please click on book record buying. Rare book dealers in chicago, il ask for free quotes. The fair will consist of over 30 antique map, book, ephemera and book dealers from all across. The group strives to promote the appreciation of books, maps, and ephemera among the general public.
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