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WHAT'S NEW . . .
 This index/welcome page updated 3 FEBRUUARY 2010 . . .    
other pages, variously . . .    
 OurNEWEST ARRIVALS were
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HAPPY
VALENTINE'S
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SESSABKS
in the

SAN FRANCISCO
BOOK FAIR!

BOOTH 116    

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And of course we'll be in New York,
as “PRB&M PROPER,”
for the ABAA/ILAB
BOOK FAIR
      9–11 April . . .

  As always!  You can click the multi-colored link or the pictures to see      
the 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 . . .

EARLY NOTICE! 

We've been working here on an astonishing little collection of the works of

SAVONAROLA —
a dozen titles, all in happy condition, all in incunable and 16th-century editions with one nice trailer from the 17th.  These books have not yet been photographed, nor “done up” for regular website presentation with full-style notes (notes on who Savonarola was, for example!) — but our work is far enough along that we are happy to let the interested review this pdf-format
ADVANCE LIST.     

(As usual, all is offered with pleasure and subject to prior sale.)

Those in the mood for fuller presentations than the advance list represents may like to see, for some of the list's context:

OUR INCUNABULA — click here  
The 16TH Century Books — click here
Rare Catholica — click here
Books in Italian — click here   &/or
The INQUISITION — click here  

— but, remember, the pdf's in-process Savonarola
won't be there yet!


Then . . .

. . . perhaps with special attention to subjects that interest
someone you're interested in . . .

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 below . . .

POST-1820 AMERICANA — click here.    
      PRE-1820 AMERICANA — click here.
Illustrated Books — click here
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Cookery — click here Manuscripts — click here  
Women — click here Human Rights — click here
Books in French — click hereBooks in Italian — click here  
18TH-CENTURY BOOKS — click here
Collected Presses & Typography — click here.
OR SETS! — click here.

 See also!     
BINDINGS • BINDINGS • BINDINGS
—  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!
 



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Still not tired?!

SIMPLE Book Lists . . .
 
We regularly create new entrants in PRB&M's array of simple, unillustrated, often EXTENSIVE pdf-format book lists!  Most of the usually budget-priced books in these 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    

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&
If you travel I-95 this Winter
  think of visiting!
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quarter-mile of us.)

Please call or email for an appointment.

PBR&M ships domestically too
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Or to your national library?

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