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Just a small business here, imploring you to take this one simple step toward resistance, at least for a day!

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For our short story collectors, check out this inscribed first edition of Robert Olen Butler's A Good Scent from a Strange Mountain: eveninglandbooks.com/product/0001...

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Our first Flashes post has got to be Sir Francis 📚❤️🐶

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Celebrating Black history with Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson's memoir, Lovely One–this copy signed by her! eveninglandbooks.com/product/0001...

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We're excited to share our new logo! The design was created by @bandish.bsky.social, an incredibly talented designer and writer, and dear friend. We wanted something made for digital, but seemingly printed. We could not be happier with the results. Thank you, Kristian! It's a work of art, truly!

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Clubs and bars are out. Let's open a late night Bookstore where you can silently mingle, drink tea, and read into all hours of the night.

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What's a "book club edition"? What the heck does "12mo" mean? Books have "gutters"? You mean to tell me "morocco" leather isn't made in Morocco? Book terms can be confusing. If you're trying to make sense of the jargon, check out our Glossary of Book Terms. It's there to help:

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Here's one of our favorite Folio Society editions: a three-volume set of The Anatomy of Melancholy, the most unfocused work of all time. eveninglandbooks.com/product/0001...

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Spent the morning reading parts of this signed limited first edition of Copper Sun–by Harlem Renaissance poet, Countee Cullen. It's one of only 100 copies signed by Cullen. eveninglandbooks.com/product/0000...

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Catching Fire, first edition inscribed by Suzanne Collins. Enjoy! eveninglandbooks.com/product/0001...

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changes a-brewing at Evening Land Books.... Sign up for our newsletter to get the latest: eveninglandbooks.com/newsletter/

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You should go to a rare book fair this year. They're a ton of fun! They also support independent bookstores. They'll introduce you to subject specialists, fellow bibliophiles, and more. Srsly, you should go! Here's a ton of info about rare book fairs in the U.S.:

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We have an inscribed 2nd printing of Hunger Games right now. Scarce! eveninglandbooks.com/product/0001...

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Who is your favorite Black American author? Some of our faves include Paul Laurence Dunbar, Zora Neale Hurston, James Baldwin, or Toni Morrison 📚❤️

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Our list of first edition points by publisher might be the largest on the Internet. It can help you identify first editions from 170+ publishers–from Arkham House to Holt & Co. to Random House to William Heinemann. Check it out here: eveninglandbooks.com/first-editio...

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There are a lot of great humor writers in the late-twentieth century Tom Robbins was one of the best! Here's our inscribed first edition of Even Cowgirls Get the Blues. RIP Tom Robbins! eveninglandbooks.com/product/0000...

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This jaunty fellow #SuperbOwl

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Hey friends, did you know we publish a free informational series called The Collector's Counsel? It's got a glossary of book terms (300+), a list of first edition points by publisher, a map of rare book fairs in the U.S., and more. Check it out! eveninglandbooks.com/collectors-c...

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In honor of Black History Month: All God’s Children Need Traveling Shoes. Inscribed by Maya Angelou. First Trade Edition, First Printing. This copy is inscribed to Connie Martinson, host of the 1980s public tv series Connie Martinson Talks Books. eveninglandbooks.com/product/0000...

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"Soiling" is my least favorite book cataloguing term. The problem is its connotations with "soiling my pants", but I swear it's almost never that serious in the rare book world!

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Currently distracted this morning by our fine signed limited edition of Vasari's Lives of the Most Eminent Painters 📚❤️ It's a beautiful set! eveninglandbooks.com/product/0001... #arthistory #signedbooks #rarebooks

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We're reviewing a book collection over Zoom today. Fingers crossed it has some goodies!

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if you're not ready for this Monday, it's okay. Feel free to retreat back into your shell with this antiquarian text on conchology: William Turton's 1822 first edition, Conchylia Insularum Britannicarum eveninglandbooks.com/product/0001...

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For U.S. small businesses who sell to Canada, here's the first round of tariffed products: www.canada.ca/en/departmen...

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Well, I guess now you've got to add "the ability to navigate the uncertainties of an international trade war" to the list of requisite skills and knowledge to be a bookseller

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Jazz. Signed by Ken Burns. First Edition, First Printing. Knopf. New York, 2000. It's the book accompaniment to his excellent documentary series on Jazz! eveninglandbooks.com/product/0000...

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Fun Home. By Alison Bechdel. First Edition, First Printing. Houghton, Mifflin. New York, 2006. SOLD

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We've just listed a first edition in English, the American issue, of Wittgenstein's Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus–one of the greatest philosophical treatise ever written. eveninglandbooks.com/product/0001... #rarebooks #philosophy

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I know one of the best parts of Bsky right now is its lack of brands. It doesn't feel like a desperate market of "entrepreneurs" and companies hawking their stuff everywhere. But the thing is, not all businesses are the same. Some are just two ppl in love, doing what they love to do together. 1/3

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#booksky is trending, hope springs eternal Here’s a taste of the appropriately dystopian goodies you may find here

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Sir Francis is not happy about the election results… 🇺🇸💔😭

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A pair of goodies arrived with us today. They'll be listed at eveninglandbooks.com soon 📚❤️

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