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WHAT's NEW . . .
 This index/welcome page updated 5 DECEMBER 2019. . .    
other pages, variously . . .    
 OurNEWEST ARRIVALS were
updated 6 DECEMBER 2019 — Click at top left! 
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~ YOU'LL BE WELCOME HERE AT THE ARSENAL! ~
~  OPEN BY APPOINTMENT, WITH PLEASURE  ~
~  GENERAL  “OPEN HOUSE”  MOST  SATURDAYS  12–4  ~
THERE WILL BE THREE SATURDAY
OPEN HOUSES in DECEMBER — from NOON TO 4
   on the7TH, 14TH, & 28TH — “RSVP”! 
Our toll-free number is 888//960-7562;
          & if you want to be SURE of getting memos on Open Houses, 
ETC! please tell us.
For the most recent “issue” of PRB&M's 
“OCCASIONAL NEWSLETTER,”
click here.
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Can it be time already for
MERRY CHRISTMAS?!
Surely NOT, ALREADY,
HAPPY HANUKKAH!?
  

May the joy of ALL the bright & hopeful holidays
that light this time of year, be yours . . .

. . . & insofar as your season's joy may involve
gift-giving . . . we hope to help!
Virtually every PRB&M “clickable” offers special items
suitable to give to special people —
the possibilities are asVARIOUS as your recipients.


The PRB&M GIFTABLES CATALOGUE (click here)
always offers a selection of items mostly under $150;
it is full of things that we believe would
emerge from gift boxes with particular panache,
and right now it offers many books
withholiday themes . . .



. . . while a separate catalogue offers a concentrated selection of items having
some actual direct variety of connection to
CHRISTMAS
(click here) . . .

As always!   You can CLICK the multi-colored link       
  or the picture below to see      
an illustrated 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!

Then, whether with your own collecting
OR a beloved “giftee” in mind . . .
BROWSE @ PRB&M BY  TOPIC . . .
OR LANGUAGE OR CENTURY. . .
The GREEN button below takes you to
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
Children/Education/Children's Books — click here
HERBALS — click here    Evidence of Readership — click here
Commerce/Finance/Trade — click here Native Americana — click here
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  —       

For our
ANTIQUARIAN   
GENERAL MISCELLANY,
Just click the BOOKSHELF picture . . .
  And you can CLICK
to view QUANTITIES of our stock not yet
(and sometimes never to be) in our illustrated catalogues.
You can also sort your finds by author, title, or date;
and you can ask just to see
OUR 25 NEWEST POSTINGS.

Or, SEE THOSE   
        NEWEST POSTINGS
          right from here . . .
 FOR ITEMS BEING GIVEN as gifts we gladly provide
price-free descriptions & special wrapping or gift cards;
and it is possible that
flexible payment terms may be arranged
for those whosegift-giving desires
challenge their immediate cash-flows.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

  To consider a HOLIDAY
Gift Certificate, click here.


Wreath
Lastly for remote book-looking ~
CLICK HERE to see the
newest “issue” of
Twenty for Tuesdays
NOW #17
~ 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!


If you travel I-95 this Holiday Season
  please think of visiting!
(At Exit 27, you'll be within a
quarter-mile of us.)

Please call or email for
an appointment & directions . . .

Or, plan to come by for a
Saturday afternoon
Open House.

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 just HERE for your finding . . .


Once you're with us, you'll find lots of books,
plenty of secure and easy parking,
*and* a warm welcome.
BRING A FRIEND!     


Address all questions/comments aboutthis site or its books     
TO:   rarebks@prbm.com
David Szewczyk & Cynthia Davis Buffington
Principals (LLC)     

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The Philadelphia Rare Books & Manuscripts Company
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