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How one utah rare book collector acquired a first edition. The antiquarian booksellers association of america was founded in 1949 to promote interest in rare and antiquarian books and book collecting, and to foster collegial relations. I totally need the copy of the the wonderful wizard of oz in my life. Moons rare books is a collection of rare and antique bibles, early mormon books and documents, lds scripture, classic literature, and early american and european historical documents. New years day, easter, memorial day, july 4th, labor day, thanksgiving, and. We buy books we are always looking for books with special interest to utah and the mormons. Since 1991, half of all new discoveries in mormon history have been by him. Our speciality is in old and rare books, specifically early printed books before 1800 including incunabula, early bibles pre1800, manuscripts, archives, natural history books, color plate books, books on travel and exploration, fine sets, limited editions, first. We specialize in early mormon books, carrying several copies of the first edition book of mormon and first edition doctrine and covenants, as well as other. If you own one of these rare books, youre sitting on a gold. If you own one of these rare books, youre sitting on a. Buy new, used, rare, outofprint books eborn books books. Or, use our book search to search through thousands of book stores all with one click. All used and rare book purchasing is done by appointment.
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Use the tabs or the previous and next buttons to change the displayed slide. A carousel is a rotating set of images, rotation stops on keyboard focus on carousel tab controls or hovering the mouse pointer over images. Well known to book collectors and booklovers, our site is an excellent resource for discovering a rough value of an old book. Mormon appraisal appraisals rare books lds 1830 book of mormon. If you are looking for a gift for a book lover, or to add to your personal book collection. We scoured our vast selection of vintage books for the most beautiful dust jackets, and soon discovered that selecting just 30 was a nearly impossible task. Abc books 575 n main street kaysville, ut 84037 801 5446510. Private collector of rare mormon books, the 1830 first edition book of mormon, mormon art and artifacts, historic mormon paintings, autographed historical documents, early mormon historical photographs, mormon imprints from palmyra, zion, kirtland, and nauvoo, and anything related to the church of jesus christ of latter day saints.
Search or browse our list of used book dealers companies in utah by category or location. Over the course of her career, rebecca has sold shakespeare folios, first editions of newtons principia and darwins origin of species, and individual leaves from the gutenberg bible. The book of mormon is a book of scripture for members of the church of jesus christ of latterday saints. Use our bookseller search feature to find a brick and mortar or online bookstore by name, country, state or province. Bookbid rare books specializes in rare antiquarian and modern collectible books. Get cozy and expand your home library with a large online selection of books at. This selection ranges from 1917 to 1969, and really is. We are members of the antiquarian booksellers association of america, the leading association of rare book dealers in america. We strive to maintain the highest standards in the trade.
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