Bibliomania
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Welcome!
Bibliomania is an antiquarian bookshop located in the heart of Schenectady, NY. "Where browsers are always welcome" was our motto when we first opened in September, 1981, and we extend this invitation to you, our online customer. Our site is updated almost every day, making a stop here the next best thing to visiting the shop. September 1st, 2007 - 26 years! On the
Friday before Labor Day in 1981 we officially opened our doors for business, so
we are declaring this day to mark our 26th anniversary. There have been ups and
downs, but it has always been a pleasure doing business, and I still look
forward to going to the shop every day. We have many fine
customers who have been with us since we opened, but whether you have purchased
books from us for years or are ordering from us for the first time, we
appreciate the opportunity to serve your needs for books, autographs, and
ephemera. Thank you! Catalog No. 107 is available! (see below) A new ordering system! We are almost finished setting up a new shopping cart system to permit fast, safe, and secure orders via Paypal. You can use your credit card safely even if you do not have a Paypal account, too. It is a time-consuming process creating the shopping cart, but every day more categories are completed, and everything should be done in the next few days. In the meantime - and always - you can call us concerning any items not yet listed. This should eliminate any ordering problems you may have had in the past, and we look forward to completing this new improvement in our service.
BOOKS Books in more than twenty categories AUTOGRAPHS Signatures, letters, and documents, American & international MAPS American and foreign historical maps ART Original paintings, prints, drawings, and posters - and a new page for Marbled Paper! PHOTOGRAPHS Historical images of the Adirondacks and elsewhere EPHEMERA Historical and cultural paper items, advertising, sheet music, broadsides, and unusual paper items MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS Guitars, mandolins, violins, and other stringed instruments for sale CURRENT CATALOG
View our current mail-order catalog online What's New? As always, we have been adding some new books, autographs, and ephemera, and you might also see a price reduction or two. As much as we love these things, we want to see others own them. No prices in color or bold print, but you will find some lowered prices in every category. For years we have sold books in our shop, by mail-order catalogs, at shows, and on this web site, but we have finally faced the modern era and started listing some of our books on Abebooks.com. Check our listings at www.abebooks.com/home/bookhunter52 Those listings will include some books not found on this web site (although they are in our shop). It's another way to serve our customers. We now also take payments through Paypal in addition to VISA, Mastercard, and of course the usual cash, check, or money order.
We are almost finished setting up a new online ordering
and payment system with a shopping cart to eliminate lost and misdirected
orders. In the meantime, feel free to give us a call if you find something of
interest.
What is my old book worth? We get that question a lot, and while we do not appraise items we cannot personally examine, we can try to answer some of your questions. If you live near Albany, NY, Bill Healy, Bibliomania's owner, periodically gives a one-night seminar on that subject for the Knowledge Network (www.knowledgenetwork.org). The next class will be on Wednesday, May 21, 2008. Check their web site for enrollment information.
Serving the book community
We usually have strong holdings in literature, photography, music, biographies, and books about books. In the past few years this store has also acquired some interesting autographs, trade cards, photographs, pamphlets, prints, bookplates, illustrations, and other antiques & ephemera. Our stock changes daily, and while some of our best offerings will appear online, visitors will always find something new in the shop. Only a small portion of our stock is available here, but we try to add new items every day.
CATALOG No. 107 is now available! It has been mailed, or you can get a
look on this site. If you are not on our mailing list or do not receive one
in the next few days, please e-mail us to receive a copy -
or click here to view our last catalog now.
This is also the first online listing with a shopping cart, so you can order
immediately if you find something of interest. In addition to this
site and our shop, we issue fairly regular catalogs in various
subjects. In 2002, we reached our longtime goal of issuing one per month, and
have mostly continued the practice in 2003, 2004, and 2005. To request a copy, please e-mail your address to
us at info@rare-books.com
We may still have copies of some past catalogs available on request. Many
items have been sold, of course, but some very fine ones are still in stock. You
will usually find them on this web site, since available items are listed in
their appropriate subject categories.
For portraits and weddings please try In the Moment Photography
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General Information:
Store Hours: Monday - Saturday 11:00 am - 5:30 pm & Thursday
11:00 am - 9:00 pm EST
If for some reason, you are unable to reach us at the above
mailbox, please send your message to: whealy6426@aol.com
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