Welcome to our Books & Publications department, dedicated to printed material selected for historical, artistic, literary, and collector significance. Rather than a general accumulation of ordinary used books, this gallery focuses on volumes, periodicals, and manuscripts that carry enduring cultural value, scholarly importance, or exceptional visual appeal.
Our diverse inventory spans a broad range of publishing traditions—featuring antique reference books, vintage art and printmaking serials like The Magazine Antiques, collectible fiction and illustrated children's books, decorative bindings, historic pamphlets, and rare print portfolios. Read our full guide to collecting historic books, serials, and print publications here.
February 1994 issue of The Magazine Antiques featuring Ammi Phillips, historic jewelry, English ceramics, John Channon brass-inlaid furniture, and decorative arts scholarship.
September 1998 issue of The Magazine Antiques featuring articles on ancient Egyptian faience, nineteenth-century landscape painting, German porcelain modeler Johann Peter Melchior, European fountains, and a notable New York City collection.
November 1897 issue of The New England Druggist, a Boston pharmaceutical trade journal owned by the Retail Pharmacists of New England. Features the Massachusetts Board of Registration in Pharmacy report, period advertising, and pharmacy trade content.
A scarce 1915 Lincoln Centennial Association banquet copy of Frederick T. Hill's Lincoln the Lawyer, specially bound in quarter calf by the Lincoln Binder Co. of Springfield, Illinois. One of 800 copies prepared for the February 12, 1915 banquet, with period attendee signatures, the original program and menu, and direct associations with Illinois legal and Lincoln history.
