Ten Pound Island Book Co.

Our Most Recent Catalog

No, not hen’s teeth rare, but well off the beaten track, most of them, and Scarce Enough!

To order a book from this list, send an email to tenpound@tenpound.com stating the item number and ID number of the book(s) you wish to purchase. (We’re working on a shopping cart feature, but it ain’t here yet.) Our telephone system is back online, so we can take calls, but priority will be given to emails, which are time stamped, and provide “first come, first served” service. All domestic orders will be shipped insured and postpaid at no cost to you.

Hope you’ll visit us at Papermania Plus, 2023 in Hartford CT this weekend, and at Rare Books San Francisco, February 3-5, and the ABAA International Antiquarian Book Fair, Pasadena, 2023 February 11 and 12.

Bookman’s Log

A weekly blog of news, gossip, recent adventures and acquisitions, and deep thinking about the antiquarian book trade

More than 40 years attending book fairs, reviewing them, badmouthing them, supporting them, and I never had an experience even close to what I experienced at Rare Books San Francisco on Saturday afternoon, February 4, 2023. But first, a little context. … More >>