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AUTUMN GREETINGS . . .
 This index/welcome page updated 15 OCTOBER 2019. . .    
other pages, variously . . .    
 OurNEWEST ARRIVALS were
updated 15 OCTOBER 2019 — Click at top left! 
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~  GENERAL  “OPEN HOUSE”  MOST  SATURDAYS  12–4  ~
THERE WILL BE THREE OCTOBER SATURDAY  
OPEN HOUSES . . . from NOON TO 4
   on the5TH,  12TH, & 26TH
. . . “RSVP”!
 Our Summer Garage Sale will continue to be an available amusement,
weather permitting, for guests attending any EARLY-AUTUMN
Open House . . .      
Our toll-free number is 888/960-7562;
          & if you want to be SURE of getting memos on Open Houses,           
ETC! please tell us.
To see our most recent “OCCASIONAL NEWSLETTER,”
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Come one, come all ~ CLICK HERE to see the
newest “issue” of
Twenty for Tuesdays
NOW #16
~ a short, highly illustrated, quickly browsable gathering of
some of our highlights with links to yet more.
If you'd like to receive notice of further such lists as they appear,  click HERE.
These books seek “forever homes”
& they deserve them!

As always!    You can CLICK the multi-colored link       
  or the picture below to see      
description of our current . . .

NOTABLY NIFTY OFFERING

 

 New pictures let regular visitors know when there's a new book or manuscript to click to.
If you would like us to send you the link directly    
by e-mail, each time, we can do so . . . just ask!

Or reviewTHE GALLERY  of Featured Books . . .
there are remarkable things to see there!

 
You can also CLICK!
to view QUANTITIES of our stock not yet
(and sometimes never to be) in our illustrated catalogues.
You can sort your finds by author, title, or date;
and you can ask just to see
OUR 25 NEWEST POSTINGS.
SEE THOSE   
        NEWEST POSTINGS
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If you're travelling I-95 THIS FALL
think of visiting!       
 (At Exit 27, you'll be within a
quarter-mile of us.)

RIGHT NOW, our
“good used” & “medium rare”
SessaBks” shelves offer more enjoyable, “giftable” books that
aren't databased (and
probably never will be)
than we've EVER had before.
They're justHERE for your finding . . .

 

Please call or email for an appointment & directions,
Or, plan to come by on a Saturday afternoon to enjoy snacks,
RARE BOOKS
*&*/or “SessaBks.”
For more on visiting, email us.  


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Once you're here, you'll find lots of books,
plenty of secure and easy parking,
*and* a warm welcome.

       
Meanwhile!  
BROWSE @ PRB&M BY  TOPIC . . .
OR LANGUAGE OR CENTURY. . .

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our full, always-evolving
  CATALOGUE of WEB CATALOGUES . . .
   
 
      


. . . with a mere Selection showing here on this page . . .

POST-1820 AMERICANA — click here
  PRE-1820 AMERICANA  — click here     
Illustrated Books — click here
PROVENANCE — click here   China — click here
   Literature — click here     PHILOSOPHY— click here 
Natural History — click here   Books about Books — click here
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Medicine — click here  Ireland/Irish — click here Cookery — click here  
Greek & Latin Classics — click here MEXICANA! — click here
Music & Dance — click here Books in German — click here
Books in French — click here Books in Italian — click here
Bibles, Testaments, & Bible Scholarship — click here
   General Religion — click here    
Judaica/Hebraica — click here     Rare Catholica — click here
Scotland/Scots — click here  Manuscripts — click here  
CHAPBOOKS — click here 
Women — click here Human Rights — click here
16TH Century Books — click here  17TH Century Books — click here
18TH Century Books — click here
   Collected PRESSES — click here    
AND  SETS! — click here.
See also!      
BINDINGS • BINDINGS • BINDINGS
(most very giftable!)    
—  click here  —       
 
And for our ANTIQUARIAN   
GENERAL MISCELLANY
Just click the BOOKSHELF picture:


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