What is a rare book?
Many booksellers define a rare book as one they may have encountered only once or twice in their entire career. We have a few of those upstairs in the Walden Pond Rare Book Room, but the majority of books we collect there are better defined as “scarce”, or “uncommon”, or “unusual”, or just plain… “interesting”. Some are first editions of works by famous (and not yet famous) authors, and some are signed by those authors. Some are noteworthy for their age, or for their beautiful bindings, or for their illustrations. And some are just books that we want to take special care of. We value them all, and we hope you’ll find a book or two in the Rare Book Room that you’ll value enough to take home with you. Stop by and browse or call 510-832-4438 for an appointment. Here are a few of our favorites currently shelved in the Rare Book Room: THE GREAT TAOS BANK ROBBERY AND OTHER INDIAN COUNTRY AFFAIRS by Tony Hillerman Flat-signed by the author on the half-title page University of New Mexico Pre
