VIRGINIA ANTIQUARIAN BOOKSELLERS' ASSOCIATION
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About the AUTOGRAPHS Virginia Antiquarian Edward N. Bomsey Autographs, Inc., PADA Booksellers’ Association Edward N. Bomsey The Virginia Antiquarian Booksellers’ Association, founded in 2004, is 7317 Farr St. Phone: (703) 642-2040 a 501(c)3 nonprofit corporation. Its mission is to enhance cooperation Annandale, VA 22003-2516 www.bomsey-autographs.com among sellers of used, rare, and antiquarian books, autographs, maps, [email protected] and ephemera in Virginia and to increase awareness of the book trade Internet and mail order, and by appointment in our state. VABA represents a full spectrum of Virginia booksellers, Original, authentic signed letters, documents, photographs, and books from including online merchants and by-appointment dealers, as well as American and international personalities of significance in all areas of human bookbinders and conservators. endeavor. Are you a new or long-time bookseller, bookbinder, or ephemera dealer interested in joining VABA? Contact Michael Pyron for information. In addition to the support of a community of booksellers and bookbinders, VABA offers print and online listings for your business; access to the VABA listserv where you can initiate and participate in email discussions about relevant subjects; and BOOKBINDING discounted booth rates for the annual book fair. Cat Tail Run Hand Bookbinding Jill Deiss Board of Directors 2160 Cedar Grove Rd. (540) 662-2683 2013-Present Winchester, VA 22603 www.cattailrun.com [email protected] Scott Fennessey, President Mon–Thu, 9–5; Sat–Sun by appointment (434) 296-4646 [email protected] Restoration and conservation services, including family Bibles and boxes. Nicholas Cooke, Secretary Work of note includes John Wilkes Booth’s diary (for Ford’s Theatre (804) 353-9476 [email protected] Museum), Robert E. Lee’s family Bible (for Arlington House at Arlington Cemetery), and rebinding The Washington National Cathedral’s pulpit Bible. Michael Pyron, Treasurer (804) 517-6490 [email protected] Deborah Evetts Book and Paper Conservation Lorne Bair Deborah M. Evetts (540) 665-0855 [email protected] 1119 Hyde Lane Richmond, VA 23229 (804) 728-3602; (646) 725-0283 [email protected] www.bookbinderonline.com Web Design & Maintenance Pat Saine By appointment (540) 662-6657 [email protected] All types of rare books, book binding and paper conservation.
Michael Pyron, Bookseller and Bookbinder For more information on VABA and an interactive map Michael Pyron P.O. Box 7064 with bookseller locations, visit our website: Richmond, VA 23221 (804) 517-6490 www.virginiabooksellers.org [email protected] www.michaelpyron.com By appointment Buying and selling used and antiquarian books with an emphasis in fine press, illustrated books, Americana, literature, art and photography. Offering a range of bookbinding and book repair services; consultation and estimates are always free. BOOKS, MAPS, PRINTS, & EPHEMERA Charlottesville
Alexandria Blue Whale Books, ABAA Scott Fennessey 115 West Main St. Austin Abbey Rare Books Adrienne Horowitz Kitts Charlottesville, VA 22902 (434) 296-4646 Alexandria, VA 22314 (703) 780-3899 [email protected] www.bluewhalebooks.com [email protected] Sun-Thu, 11-6; Fri-Sat, 11-9; longer summer hours By appointment Art, architecture, and scholarly books; antiquarian maps and prints. Specializing in 19th century illustrated books, publisher’s bindings and signed bindings. Used and antiquarian books bought and sold. Out of print The Book Broker book searches. Internet, mail order or telephone inquiries welcome. Vesta Lee Gordon 114 Bollingwood Rd. Charlottesville, VA 22903 (434) 296-2194 Arrington [email protected] By appointment, by Internet and by mail
Buteo Books Virginiana. Appraisal services for estate, insurance and tax purposes. Allen M. Hale & Jamie K. Hale 2731 Arrington Road (434) 263-8671; (800) 722-2460 Clover Hill Books Arrington, VA 22922 fax: (434) 263-4750 Candace Carter Crosby (703) 527-7797 www.buteobooks.com PO Box 8372 [email protected] Charlottesville, VA 22906 (434) 973-1506 Mon-Fri, 9-5; please call for directions [email protected] www.cloverhillbooks.com Ornithology and natural history; New, used, out-of-print, antiquarian. Internet and mail and phone inquiry Modern British and American literature, poetry, little magazines, literary ephemera. Some gardening titles. Berryville Franklin Gilliam :: Rare Books, ABAA Berryville Old Book Shop Mary Cooper Gilliam; G. M. Kyles, Associate Archie and Bonnie Justice 218 West South St. 7 East Main St. Charlottesville, VA 22902 (434) 979-2512 Berryville, VA 22611 (540) 955-7070 [email protected] [email protected] Mon-Sat, 12-6 or by chance or appointment. A call ahead is advisable. Wed–Sat, 12–5; evenings and Sundays by chance Americana, law to 1870, English and American literature, food and wine, The finest bookshop in historic Clarke County, we are a medium-sized manuscripts, printed ephemera, books about books. bookshop with more than 15,000 handpicked titles and a bookstore cat. A delightful assortment for all readers, with emphasis on history, WWII, Civil Heartwood Books, ABAA War, Virginia history, cooking, gardening, children’s books, and more. Less Paul Collinge than an hour from the Capital Beltway (I495) via Dulles Toll Rd., Dulles 5 Elliewood Ave. Greenway, and Rt. 7 West. Ten minutes from I-81. Charlottesville, VA 22903 (434) 295-7083 [email protected] Used: Mon–Sat, 10–6; Sun, 12-5; Rare: By chance or appointment General, scholarly, Americana, literature, Thomas Jefferson.
Oakley’s Gently Used Books Chris Oakley and James Beall 112 West Main St. #9 Charlottesville, VA 22902 (434) 977-3313 [email protected] www.oakleysusedbooks.com Mon, Wed-Sat, 10-6; by chance or appointment 16,000 carefully selected books. General stock, science fiction, history, children’s. Find us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/Oakleysgentlyused Oliver & Co. Books Fredericksburg Charles M. (Tod) Oliver 1417 Ricky Rd. Beck’s Antiques & Books Charlottesville, VA 22901 (434) 296-4041 Bill & Susan Beck [email protected] 708 Caroline St. By appointment Fredericksburg, VA 22401 (540) 371-1766 Literary first editions; Hemingway, Faulkner, Steinbeck, Joyce, Fitzgerald, [email protected] www.becksantiques.com T.S. Eliot, Thomas Wolfe, etc. Daily, 12–5 Virginia, Civil War, architecture, art, and antiques. Read It Again, Sam Dave Taylor Riverby Books 214 East Main St. Steve Cymrot & Paul Cymrot Charlottesville, VA 22902 (434) 977-9844 805 Caroline St. [email protected] Fredericksburg, VA 22401 (540) 373-6148 Summer Hours: Sun-Wed, 10-7; Thu-Sat, 10-9; [email protected] www.facebook.com/riverbybooks Winter Hours: Daily, 10-5; additional hours by appointment or chance. Nice Weather: Mon-Sat, 10-9; Sun, 12-5 Mystery, military, art, and good selections in all other areas; buy and sell fine used books. Cold Weather: Mon-Sat, 10-6; Sun, 12-5 General selection of nearly 30,000 volumes on 3 levels plus an additional 25,000 available online only. A bookstore for readers and collectors. Chester Constantly changing stock, but with an emphasis on American history, Fine bindings, Benjamin Franklin and early Americana. Quite a large section of Cartographic Arts current literary fiction at $5/volume and several thousand kids books in great Luke A. Vavra condition. Vintage movie posters and Hollywood stills, a smattering of maps PO Box 2459 and ephemera. We buy books every day – single volumes or entire libraries. Chester, VA 23831 (804) 748-9147 Located in historic downtown Fredericksburg. [email protected] www.CartographicArts.com By appointment Antique maps, antiquarian books with maps, map reference books, globes, prints. Front Royal
Royal Oak Bookshop Christiansburg Kevin Seabrook 207 S. Royal Ave. (Rt. 340) Dalley Book Service Front Royal, VA 22630 (540) 635-7070 George W. Dalley [email protected] www.royaloakbookshop.com 90 Kimball Lane Mon–Sat, 10–6; Sun, 12–5 Christiansburg, VA 24073 (540) 382-8949 General stock, with Virginia, Civil War, and children’s featured in used, sale, [email protected] www.dalleybookservice.com collectible; also new books in featured collections. By appointment Civil War, Southeast Asia, Theology, Vietnam War, and Virginiana.
Falls Church
Hole in the Wall Books Michael and Edie Nally 905 W. Broad St. Falls Church, VA 22046 (703) 536-2511 [email protected] Mon–Fri, 10–8; Sat & Sun, 10–6 General stock. Gloucester Courthouse Ivy
Oasis Books Jerry N. Showalter, Bookseller, ABAA Kip Mortenson Jerry Showalter 6670 Main Street PO Box 84 Gloucester Courthouse, VA 23061 (804) 694-0100 Ivy, VA 22945 (434) 295-6413 [email protected] www.oasisusedbooks.com [email protected] Tue–Sat, 10:30–5:30 By appointment General stock of 15,000 hardcover books in VG condition plus 3 Rare Book Southeast Americana, Virginiana, Civil War, modern Southern literature. Rooms. Visit us in Historic Gloucester Court House.
Halifax Lexington
Wilkerson Books and Prints The Bookery Bob Wilkerson Marysue Forrest Toots Creek Antiques Mall 107 W. Nelson St. 5293 Halifax Road (Highway 501) Lexington, VA 24450 (540) 464-3377 Halifax, VA 24558 (434) 738-7855 Mon–Sat, 9–5:30; Sun, 9–3 [email protected] More than 50,000 new, used, and rare books--Civil War, Virginiana, military, Mon-Sat, 10-5; Sun, 1-5 newspapers, local history, topos, signed books, general; out-of-print searches. Fine selection of Art, Architecture, Children’s, Cooking, Gardening, and Literary First Editions in the midst of an outstanding gathering of antique dealers. Lynchburg
Hampton Bookshop on the Avenue Walt & Maggie Carey 3407 Memorial Ave. The Way We Were Bookshop Lynchburg, VA 24501 (434) 845-1336 Charles Felts [email protected] www.bookshopontheavenue.com 32 E. Mellen St. Mon–Sat, 10–7 Hampton, VA 23663 (757) 726-2300 Theology, Children, Science Fiction, Mystery, classics, and biography; also [email protected] gift cards, chess and many others. Wed–Fri, 10:30–4:30; Sat, 10:30–5; Sun, 12:30–4:30 10,000+ Hardbound, used and rare; very good selection of 19th and 20th century history (U.S. and World), railroading, Virginiana, and hunting/ Givens Books fishing/gunning. Danny Givens 2236 Lakeside Dr. Lynchburg, VA 24501 (434) 385-5027 Heathsville [email protected] www.givensbooks.com Mon–Fri, 8–8; Sat, 9–7 General book store; new, used, rare, out of print, etc.; Central Virginia’s Ye Olde Book Shoppe largest independent book store and Lynchburg’s oldest since 1976. 7072 Northumberland Hwy Heathsville, VA 22475 (804) 580-5051 [email protected] www.nplva.org Thu-Fri, 10-4; Sat, 10-2 Opened in April 2014 by the Northumberland Public Library, they sell donated books and books the library no longer keeps in circulation. There are thousands of books ranging from children’s stories to antique novels to unique table top display books. There is a coffee section, a children’s corner, and a reading area. Madison Montclair
Spencer Alexander Used Books Read ’Em Again Books, ABAA Tamina Painter Kurt A. Sanftleben P.O. Box 207 4393 Kevin Walker Dr., #107 Madison, VA 22727 (540) 948-6359 Montclair, VA 22025 (703) 580-7252 [email protected] [email protected] www.read-em-again.com Wed–Sat, 11–5 or by appointment By appointment, Internet, and mail Americana is our specialty, but we strive to maintain a solid selection of In addition to a nice selection of Americana, children’s and illustrated books, History, Literature, Sporting Material including Equestrian, Guns and pop-ups, and unusual non-fiction, we also maintain an inventory of sheet Weaponry, Vintage Cookbooks, Architecture and Planning, and quality First music and ephemera. Although we don’t have an open store, we do have Edition Fiction, all with an emphasis on out of print and hard to find material. a booth in the Antique Gallery located among the dozens of antique and Our Americana books also include a section that focuses on Virginia county specialty shops in Fredericksburg, VA at 1023 Caroline Street where we offer histories, genealogies and other historic “Virginiana.” very reasonably priced books that are not in our on-line store.
Mechanicsville Reston
Whiting’s Old Paper at Antique Village Marninart—Rare Illustrated Art Books, ABAA John Whiting Antonella Manganelli and Ross Iandolo 10203 Chamberlayne Rd. 1804 Post Oak Trail Mechanicsville, VA 23116 (804) 746-4710 Reston, VA 20191 (703) 476-2199 [email protected] www.antiquevillageva.com [email protected] www.marninart.net Mon-Sat, 10-5; Sun, 12-6; Closed Wednesdays By appointment, Internet, and mail order Paper Memorabilia. Since 1976, magazines, postcards, advertising, photos, Marninart specializes in deluxe edition of Livres d’ Artistes illustrated from sheet music, posters, ephemera, majority 1860s-1960s. Appraisals offered. the masters of 19th and 20th Centuries: Chagall, Matisse, Miro, Picasso, and Impressionists; important art journals such as: Verve, Derrière le Miroir, XXe Siecle are also part of the inventory. Middleburg Richmond Michael F. Robinson & Associates Michael F. Robinson P.O. Box 1947 Black Swan Books, Inc. Middleburg, VA 20118 (540) 687-3830 Nicholas T. Cooke, III, ABAA, ILAB By appointment 2601 W. Main St. Specialist Appraisers: Archives, Manuscripts & Autographs, Printed Books, Richmond, VA 23220 (804) 353-9476 Prints, Historical Association Items, and related materials. [email protected] www.blackswanbooks.com Wed-Sun, 11-5 or by appointment Rare books and ephemera including Antiquarian, Virginiana, Americana, Civil War, Literature and the Arts. Buying estates or individual titles. Visit us also in Staunton, Virginia at Black Swan Books and Music.
Book People Ruth Erb 536 Granite Ave. Richmond, VA 23226 (804) 288-4346 [email protected] www.bookpeoplerichmond.com Mon-Fri, 10-7; Sat, 9-6; Sun, 1-5 Personal service to the extreme.
Chop Suey Books Roanoke Ward Tefft 2913 W. Cary St. Too Many Books Richmond, VA 23221 (804) 422-8066 Linda Steadman [email protected] www.chopsueybooks.com 1504 Grandin Rd. Mon–Thu, 10–7; Fri–Sat, 10–8; Sun, 12–7 Roanoke, VA 24015 (540) 985-6469 A new and used bookstore featuring Literature, Art, Photography, Design, [email protected] Architecture, Poetry, Philosophy, and Counter Culture. We buy or trade www.toomanybooksroanoke.com every day. 10% off special orders of new books. Mon–Sat, 10–5:30; Sun, 1–5 General stock of antiquarian and used books with a large inventory of Ex Libris Virginia History, Rail, Military History, and Art. More than 40,000 books. Jim Martinelli 6921 Lakeside Ave. Richmond, VA 23228 (804) 262-9217 Staunton [email protected] www.abebooks.com/home/exlibrisrichmond The Avocado Pit Mon, 11–6; Tue–Fri, 10–6; Sat, 10–4:30 Andrew & Robin Gutterman General used (pre-enjoyed!) Civil War, Virginiana, World War II, and 2621 W Beverly St. African-American. Staunton, VA 24401 (540) 886-0651 [email protected] www.theavocadopit.com Mon-Sat, 2-5 (or later); Sunday by appointment Owens & Ramsey Historical Booksellers Marc and Jill Ramsey General used nonfiction, softcover fiction/literature. Some Genealogy. Also 2728 Tinsley Dr. (804) 272-8888 home to BookTrakker software. Often open on Monday, Thursday, Friday and Richmond, VA 23235 (866) 808-1861 Saturday by noon or earlier. Look for the open sign and if good weather the [email protected] www.owensandramsey.com flag. Best to call ahead. Mon–Sat, 10–6 New, used, and rare books on the American Civil War, Virginia, the Barrister Books Revolution, World War I and II, and most eras of military history. Also rare Anthony Baker paper and prints. Appraisals available. House calls made almost anywhere. 1 Lawyer’s Row Staunton, VA 24401 (540) 448-3838 [email protected] Richmond Bookshop Wed-Sat, 10:30-5:30 Z. Binwaif 808 West Broad St. One Lawyer’s Row, behind the Old Court House, in the heart of downtown Richmond, VA 23220-3807 (804) 644-9970 Staunton. Ten thousand interesting books, an eclectic variety in very good [email protected] www.facebook.com/richmondbookshop condition. Should you visit Staunton on the days we are closed, we will gladly Mon–Sat, 2–7; Sundays optional open the store by appointment. Books and antiques - general used and rare book store with the following added areas of emphasis: Posters (new and used Marilyn Monroe, vintage Black Swan Books and Music Rock and Movie and much more), Back-issue and vintage Comic Books and James Cooke Underground Comix, Vinyl - records of all eras and styles, Movies, modern 1 E. Beverly St. and vintage Pin-ups, original Comic Art and Illustration, Magazines (all Staunton, VA 24401 (540) 712-0123 kinds and all eras) including Fashion, Pulps, Science Fiction, Life, etc., plus [email protected] www.blackswanstaunton.com Sculptural Shelf Stuff beyond description and Images of All Kinds! Wed-Sat, 11-6; Sun, 12-5 Quality used and rare books in all fields with an emphasis on local history; Civil War; literature, especially poetry & Shakespeare; and the arts, photography, art, architecture and music. Vinyl records as well, especially jazz, rock and roll, blues and indie. Buying estates or individual books or records. Visit us also at Black Swan Books in Richmond. Stephenson Williamsburg
Captain Ahab’s Rare Books Bertram & Williams Books and Fine Art Amir Naghib Tennyson Williams and Carlie Bertram 111 Rotunda Drive 1459 Richmond Rd. Stephenson, VA 22656 (305) 206-8196 Williamsburg, VA 23185 (757) 564-9670 [email protected] [email protected] www.bertbook.com www.captainahabsrarebooks.com Daily, 10–6 By appointment only 25,000 books for readers & collectors: literary first editions, Americana, Specialists of first editions in literature, film, art, crime, pop-culture ephemera, Virginiana, magic, children’s, leather bindings, scholarly, & more. Original and zines. art: old & modern masters from Rembrandt to Matisse; natural history engravings; antique maps. Original collectible photographs and stereoviews.
Warrenton Bookpress Ltd. John Robert Curtis, Jr. Horse Books Plus, LLC 1304 Jamestown Rd. (757) 229-1260 Karen Wild Williamsburg, VA 23185 Fax: (757) 229-0498 Fox Den Antiques [email protected] www.bookpress.com 355B W. Shirley Ave. Mon–Fri, 10–5, or by appointment Warrenton, VA 20186 (540) 547-4005 Architecture, Virginiana, Americana and rare books. [email protected] www.horsebooksplus.com Mon-Sat, 10-6; Sun, 12-6 Hamilton’s Rare Books 90% Out-of-Print & Hard-to-Find with an emphasis on Horse Sports and Jack D. Hamilton Children’s books. Large quantity of good general stock divided into easy PO Box 1866 to browse or search catalogs at our website. We buy and sell quality books, Williamsburg, VA 23187 (757) 220-3000 sporting jewelry, antiques & collectibles as well as designer country clothing, [email protected] www.rarebookman.com hunting appointments and accessories for men and women. Free Book Search By appointment Service, any topic, any time. Visit our homepage for directions to the shop. Antiques, Art, Books, Collectibles, Historic paper, account books, American history, autographs, diaries, documents, ephemera, ledgers, letters, manuscripts, maps, post cards, photographs. Appraisals. House Calls. Since 1974. Waynesboro
Mermaid Books Stone Soup Books Hatley Mason Mary Katharine Froehlich 421A Prince George St. 908 W. Main St. Williamsburg, VA 23185 (757) 229-3603 Waynesboro, VA 22980 (540) 943-0084 [email protected] www.mermaidbookswilliamsburg.com [email protected] www.stonesoupbooks.net Mon–Sat, 10–5; Sun, 12–5 By chance or appointment, phone or Internet Since 1977, Mermaid Books has been known for new, used, rare books, vintage General used and Antiquarian books with specialties in Fiction, Classics, postcards and ephemera. Featuring: Virginia and Colonial history, poetry, Poetry, Spirituality, Gardening & Sustainable Living, and Vintage Children. gardening, art and cookbooks. A large selection of children’s books, coloring Over 12,000 volumes in our 19th century farmhouse. Available for scouting books, and paper dolls. or event book selling services. Winchester
Blue Plate Books Pat Saine 2257 Valley Avenue Winchester, VA 22601 (540) 662-6657 [email protected] www.blueplatebooks.com Daily, 11–7 A clean, well lighted used-book store offering general, out-of-print, and antiquarian books. We buy and sell gently used books. Blue Plate Books: feeding your need to read.
Lorne Bair Rare Books, ABAA Lorne Bair and Lee Ann Dransfield 661 Millwood Ave, Ste 206 (540) 665-0855 Winchester, VA 22601 Fax: (540) 431-4500 [email protected] www.lornebair.com At shows or by appointment American social movements.
Wytheville
Bookworm & Silverfish Jim Presgraves, ABAA, ILAB PO Box 639 Wytheville, VA 24382 (276) 686-5813 bookworm@naxs.com www.bookwormandsilverfish.com By appointment, Internet and mail Appraisals; Americana, Appalachia, Virginina, Civil War, trade catalogs, Technical, and 19th century sheet music. Visit our booths at Roanoke Antique Mall and Snoopers at Fort Chiswell. ALPHABETICAL LISTING BY BUSINESS NAME Name City Name City
Austin Abbey Rare Books Alexandria Oakley’s Gently Used Books Charlottesville The Avocado Pit Staunton Oasis Books Gloucester Courthouse Lorne Bair Rare Books, ABAA Winchester Oliver &. Co. Books Charlottesville Barrister Books Staunton Owens & Ramsey Historical Booksellers Richmond Beck’s Antiques and Books Fredericksburg Michael Pyron, Bookseller and Bookbinder Richmond Berryville Old Book Shop Berryville Read ‘Em Again Books, ABAA Montclair Bertram & Williams Books and Fine Art Williamsburg Read It Again, Sam Charlottesville Black Swan Books and Music Staunton Richmond Bookshop Richmond Black Swan Books, Inc. Richmond Riverby Books Fredericksburg Blue Plate Books Winchester Michael F. Robinson & Associates Middleburg Blue Whale Books, ABAA Charlottesville Royal Oak Bookshop Front Royal Edward N. Bomsey Autographs, Inc., PADA Annandale Jerry N. Showalter, Bookseller, ABAA Ivy The Book Broker Charlottesville Spencer Alexander Used Books Madison Book People Richmond Stone Soup Books Waynesboro The Bookery Lexington The Way We Were Bookshop Hampton Bookpress Ltd. Williamsburg Too Many Books Roanoke Bookshop on the Avenue Lynchburg Whiting’s Old Paper at Antique Village Mechanicsville Bookworm and Silverfish Wytheville Wilkerson Books and Prints Halifax Buteo Books Arrington Ye Olde Book Shoppe Heathsville Captain Ahab’s Rare Books Stephenson Cartographic Arts Chester Cat Tail Run Hand Bookbinding Winchester Chop Suey Books Richmond Clover Hill Books Charlottesville Dalley Book Service Christiansburg Deborah Evetts Book and Paper Conservation Richmond Ex Libris Richmond Franklin Gilliam :: Rare Books, ABAA Charlottesville Givens Books Lynchburg Hamilton’s Rare Books Williamsburg Heartwood Books, ABAA Charlottesville Hole in the Wall Books Falls Church Horse Books Plus, LLC Warrenton Marninart--Rare Illustrated Art Books, ABAA Reston Mermaid Books Williamsburg N O T E S N O T E S
SAVE THE DATE!
THE 4th ANNUAL VIRGINIA ANTIQUARIAN BOOK FAIR
NOW AT THE VIRGINIA HISTORICAL SOCIETY 428 N. Boulevard Richmond, Virginia 23220
FRIDAY, APRIL 29, 2016 1:00 pm - 7:00 pm
SATURDAY, APRIL 30, 2016 9:30 am to 2:00 pm
SPONSORED BY VABA For more information about this and future fairs www.virginiabooksellers.org