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

WHAT'S NEW . . .	This index/welcome page updated 7 MAY 2012. . .     other pages, variously . . .
OurNEWEST ARRIVALS were updated  10 MAY 2012 — Click at top left!

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 Have we mentioned it lately that        
CUSTOM!
PRB&M E-GIFT CERTIFICATES

may be created for, say,

Mother's Day & MEMORIAL DAY

— as well as  for Birthdays  Anniversaries  Graduations
Retirements  Apologies & TUESDAYS?

Email for details! or   
to see sample GIFT CERTIFICATES,    
click here.

Here's a special LIST of items by, for, from, or
aboutMOTHERS — enjoy it!

For a recent PDF catalogue entirely dedicated to SMALL PRESSES —
representing quite an interesting array
of book artists, designers, poets, and tellers of tales —
 please  CLICK HERE
     &/or for previous such offerings,
  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 . . .

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
          right from here . . .

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

The GREEN button below takes you to our full, always-evolving   CATALOGUE of WEB CATALOGUES . . .

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  PRE-1820 AMERICANA — click here     
Illustrated Books (hm, giftable!) — click here
Or for CHROMOLITHOGRAPHY only — click here
PROVENANCE — click here   China — click here
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  Ireland/Irish — click here  AND/OR here
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   General Religion — click here    
Judaica/Hebraica — click here     Rare Catholica — click here
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CHAPBOOKS affordable & giftworthy — click here 
Women — click here Human Rights — click here
Books in French — click hereBooks in Italian — click here  
16TH Century Books — click here
Collected Presses & Typography — 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!

Ready for a breather from book-looking?  Read an
           ADVENTURE in BOOKSELLING . . .                          
            [CLICK HERE]

OR!

For the Tale (or Tail) of how
our  subshop “SESSABKS” came to be,
  Click here . . .

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