Antiquarian Books

Description: People who enjoy books most readily accessed through the catalog lists of Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America, but even more so if they are stacked in piles in barns. Genealogy, local history, pamphlets, multi-volume sets, descriptive bibliography, textual criticism, rare and out of print books.

Group website: http://www.abaa.org

Most recent members: bookn3rd, grizzlylot, lorirorke, benjclark, rejeanpellerin, josephdunphy, obsessedwithbooks, sarahhollenbeck, BMK, cnrenner, atelier, JanWillemNoldus, lsherriff, laurel_, irene_adler, emptyremains, truiken, andyray, abueno, autocritique, playful, shopgirlmeg, Hraz, thomandanne, Osbaldistone, Mechan1c, BibliAuPair, bertilak, Fnarf, LouCypher — 60 total

Member library: 70,829 books

Most commonly shared books (weighted): The greatest book in the world, and other papers by A. Edward Newton (4), Old books, rare friends : two literary sleuths and their… by Madeline B. Stern (8), New worlds in old books by Leona Rostenberg (4), The collector's book of books by Eric Quayle (4), Five Hundred Years of Book Design by Alan Bartram (5), Among the gently mad : perspectives and strategies for the… by Nicholas A. Basbanes (9), Patience & fortitude : a roving chronicle of book people,… by Nicholas A. Basbanes (10), Baudolino by Umberto Eco (16), Old books in the Old World : reminiscences of book buying… by Leona Rostenberg (4), Darwin and the barnacle by Rebecca Stott (5)

Created: Aug 15, 2006 by thomlann; Language: English