Bibliophilia | Rare Books About Books

Rare Books on Book Collecting & the Book Arts

The bibliophilia shelf is for readers who love books about books. Here you will find used, rare and out-of-print titles on book collecting, bibliography, private presses, fine printing and typography, and the wider history of the printed word.

Expect memoirs of collectors and printers, along with guides to identifying editions, points, and bindings. Bibliographies and studies of book design, typography, and illustration sit on the same shelf. Editions range from antiquarian volumes to later scholarly and trade printings valued by bibliophiles, and the shelf is a natural starting point for anyone building or refining a personal reference library on the book itself.

As with all used and rare stock, the specific titles in stock change over time and condition varies from copy to copy, so it is worth returning often. Order online when the right volume appears.