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Our Most Recent Catalog

RBMS Dealer’s Showcase, 2023

July 2, 2023

Maritime List 308 will be along in a week or so. Meanwhile, here’s a list of the items I took to last week’s RBMS Dealer’s Showcase at Indiana University, Bloomington, IN.

To order a book from this list, simply send an email to tenpound@tenpound.com stating the item number and ID number of the book(s) you wish to purchase. Items sent within the US are postpaid and insured at no cost to you. Bulk and overseas lots will be shipped at cost.

A review of the Dealer’s Showcase has been posted in our weekly blog, “Bookman’s Log” below.

 

Bookman’s Log

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

RBMS Dealer’s Showcase

Greg Gibson, July 1, 2023

Gee, it was good to be back in person after all that isolation! It seemed that many of the librarians of yore had grown younger in the four years since my last RBMS. Oh, wait. They WERE younger. A new crop! I had some good conversations with fresh face … More >>

Ten Pound Island Book Co.
77 Langsford St.
Gloucester, MA 01930
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  • Established in 1976, we specialize in selling old and rare nautical books through catalog sales and on the internet.
  • We issue 6-8 catalogs per year and occasional shorter email lists.
  • We also exhibit at book fairs across the country and maintain a used book shop.
  • We perform appraisals for tax and estate purposes.
  • We are eager to purchase old and rare books of all kinds.

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