Correspondence welcome in English, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, & French.

WHAT'S NEW . . .
This index/welcome page updated 6 JUNE 2009. . .    
other pages, variously . . .
   
VERY SAD NEWS Monday, 9 March 2009
  To read, click here.    Or for an update, click here.   
 OurNEWEST ARRIVALS were
updated  3 JULY 2009 Click at top left! 

~ PRB&M ~

~ YOU'LL BE WELCOME HERE AT THE ARSENAL! ~
For more photos & a
    note on visiting, 
click here.
    BROWSE books by Language, Century, or TOPIC    
ABAA Code of Ethics   •   SESSA the Cat's Page   •   TERMS, PRIVACY, & GUARANTEES   •   On COLLECTING
ADVENTURES in Bookselling   •   About "SESSABKS"   •   What we BUY   •   APPRAISALS
Come Here Often?   IF YOU WISH TO BE NOTIFIED
WHEN OUR SITE IS UPDATED,
  click here.




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, manuscript,
or (as in this case!) broadside 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 . . .



Then . . .

BROWSE @ PRB& 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 below . . .

POST-1820 AMERICANA click here.    
      PRE-1820 AMERICANA — click here.
Illustrated Books click here

PROVENANCE click here
  China click here
   Literature click here  PLAYBILLS click here
Natural History click here   Books about Books click here
Children/Education/Children's Books click here
Commerce/Finance/Trade click here Native Americana click here
Medicine — click here   Ireland/Irish click here
Greek & Latin Classics click here MEXICANA!click here
Music & Dance click here German Americana click here
Bibles, Testaments, & Bible Scholarship click here

   General Religion click here    
Judaica/Hebraica click here     Rare Catholica click here
Scotland/Scotsclick here Chapbooksclick here
Cookery — click here Manuscriptsclick here
 
Womenclick here Human Rightsclick here
Books in Frenchclick hereBooks in Italian click here  
16TH Century Booksclick here
Collected Presses & Typography — click here.
SETS!click here.

Additionally, a 12-page, unillustrated PDF-format list now offers some of our greatest rarities
in one of our most dedicated specialties:
For ¡RARISIMA! Spanish New World Wonders
    please CLICK HERE.

See also!     
BINDINGS
BINDINGS BINDINGS
—  click here
         

And for our ANTIQUARIAN   
GENERAL MISCELLANY
,

Just click the BOOKSHELF picture!




Still not tired?!

SIMPLE Book Lists . . .
 

We recently created a new series of book lists for you.  Most of the usually budget-priced books in these simple, unillustrated, EXTENSIVE catalogues are not offered via any of the databases (e.g., ABE, Biblio, ILAB); they are mostly not described here at our independent website either.
It's “find 'em in these lists or come find 'em on our shelves”!

Click:  The LIST of LISTS    
(At this writing, you'll find a brand new and various offering of
PAMPHLETS, all dating 1901–1930, at the top.)

Or, meet the staff!



PBR&M ships domestically too
  Has PRB&M shipped books to
a country(wo)man of yours?
Or to your national library?

Click the globe, to find out!

PRB&M ships worldwide

$USD?   There's a CURRENCY CONVERTER on
our navigation bar, at left.




GO ON TO LEARN MORE ABOUT US . . .
(click here)
    
. . . but, oh, my! this needs to be updated!

 




 
Address all questions/comments aboutthis site or its books     
TO:   rarebks@prbm.com

David Szewczyk & Cynthia Davis Buffington
Principals (LLC)     

All material © 2009 
 The Philadelphia Rare Books & Manuscripts Company
PRB&M/SessaBks