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1.     THE ADVENTURE CONTINUES
249 Hartland Road
West Granby, CT 06090

Phone: (860) 653-7447
E-Mail: toweyj@cox.net
Web: http://members.cox.net/kenholt

Jim Towey
2,500 books
Buisness Est. 1995

Specialties: Juvenile series books only;
Series book reprints; Recreated dust jackets

Appraisals; Search service

By appointment - 7 days a week
2.     SHEILA B. AMDUR - BOOKS
132 Lawler Road
West Hartford, CT 06117

Phone: (860) 232-1514
E-Mail: s.amdur@snet.net
Web: http://www.abebooks.com

Sheila B. Amdur
4,000 books

Specialties: History of medicine and
psychiatry; Connecticut history

By appointment
3.     AMERICAN WORLDS BOOKS
Box 6305, Whitneyville Station
Hamden, CT 06517

Phone: (203) 776-3558
Fax: (203) 776-3558
E-Mail: nolan.smith@amworlds.net

Nolan E. Smith
16,000 books
Buisness Est. 1975

Specialties: American literature; Literary
biography; Literary criticism; American women's
literature;American cultural history; Performing
arts

Search service

By appointment only
4.     ARETHUSA BOOK SHOP
208 St Ronan Street
New Haven, CT 06511

Phone: (203) 624-1848
E-Mail: arethusabx@aol.com
Web: http://www.arethusabooks.com

John Gearty
4,000 books
Buisness Est. 1988

Specialties: Ancient history & languages;
Art; Architecture; Photography; Printing &
typography;Children's & illustrated; Scholarly
books

Catalogs; Appraisals

By appointment only
5.     BARELY USED BOOKS
5 Roosevelt Avenue (Rt. 1)
Mystic, CT 06355

Phone: (860) 572-0003
E-Mail: barelyusedbooks@hotmail.com

John Victor
10,000 books
Buisness Est. 1993

Specialties: General Stock; Juvenile

Search service; Bookbinding and restoration

Monday-Saturday, 10:00-6:00
Sunday, 12:00-5:00

6.     BOOK BARN
41 West Main Street (Route 156)
Niantic, CT 06357

Phone: (860) 739-5715
Web: http://www.BookBarnNiantic.com

Randi White Joy Daves, manager
200,000 books
Buisness Est. 1988

Specialties: General stock

7 days a week, 11:00-9:00
Closed Thanksgiving and Christmas only

7.     BOOK BARN DOWNTOWN
269 Main Street
Niantic, CT 06357

Phone: (860) 691-8078
Web: web: http://www.bookbarnniantic.com

Randi White
20,000 books
Buisness Est. 2001

Specialties: Theater; Cookbooks; Religion;
Philosophy; Nautical; Paperback fiction

7 days a week, 9:00-9:00
Closed Thanksgiving and Christmas only

8.     THE BOOK BLOCK
P.O. Box 11090
Greenwich, CT 06831

Phone: (203) 532-1980
E-Mail: rarebooks@thebookblock.com
Web: http://www.thebookblock.com

David Block
500 books

Specialties: Fine and rare books; Private
press books; Literature; Early printing; Fine
bindings

Catalogs; Appraisals; Bookbinding and restoration

By appointment only
9.     BOOK EXCHANGE
311 East Street Sno-White Plaza (Rte 10)
Plainville, CT 06062

Phone: (860) 747-0770
E-Mail: bookex@webtv.net

John Boonstra
50,000 books

Specialties: Literature; Science fiction;
Mysteries; Poetry; Counterculture; Pop arts; New
age/occult; UsedCDs & LPs

Monday- Friday, 10:00-6:00
Saturday, 10:00-7:00
Sunday, 12:00-5:00

10.     BOOKS & BIRDS
519 East Middle Turnpike (Routes 6 & 44)
Manchester, CT 06040

Phone: (860) 649-3449
E-Mail: books.and.birds@snet.net
Web: http://www.booksandbirds.com

Gil Salk
65,000 books

Specialties: General stock; Birds; Nature;
Connecticut; Taber; Burgess; Sloane; Art;
Military;Transportation; Juvenile; More....

Appraisals; Search service

Tuesday-Sunday, 10:00-5:00
Thursday, 10:00-8:00
Closed Mondays

11.     BRICK WALK BOOKSHOP
322 Park Road
West Hartford, CT 06119

Phone: (860) 233-1730
E-Mail: BrickWalk@broadviewnet.net
Web: http://www.brickwalkbookshop.com

Kevin Rita
6,000 books

Specialties: Literary first editions;
Bindings and sets; Poetry; Art; Gastronomy; Golf
memorabilia;Children's; Gardening

Catalogs; Appraisals; Search service

Tuesday-Saturday, 10:00-5:30
Sunday & Monday, by chance or appointment

12.     CENTERBRIDGE BOOKS
33D Deep River Road (Rt 154), P.O. Box 332
Centerbrook, CT 06409

Phone: (860) 767-8943
Fax: (860) 767-3222
E-Mail: centerbridge.books@snet.net

Curtis Wendler & Judith Shea
15,000 books
Buisness Est. 1996

Specialties: Connecticut; Art; Poetry;
General stock

Wednesday-Sunday, 11:00-5:00
Closed Mondays & Tuesdays

13.     COLEBROOK BOOK BARN
657 Colebrook Road (Route 183) Box 108
Colebrook, CT 06021

Phone: (860) 379-3185
Fax: (860) 379-5998
E-Mail: colebrookbooks@charter.net

Bob Seymour
15,000 books
Buisness Est. 1955

Specialties: First editions; Americana;
Fine leather bindings and sets; General old &
rare

Appraisals

Daily, 11:00-4:00
Calling ahead is strongly advised.

14.     CONNECTICUT RIVER BOOKS
50 Barn Road
Deep River, CT 06417

Phone: (860) 526-9679
E-Mail: owhaberman@snet.net

Orville Haberman and Ava Haberman
4,000 books
Buisness Est. 1984

Specialties: Children's; Nautical;
Nantucket; Hunting & Fishing; Americana;
Architecture; Arts & antiques

Appraisals

By appointment only - Please call.
15.     DEER PARK BOOKS
609 Kent Road (Route 7)
Gaylordsville, CT 06755

Phone: (860) 350-4140
Fax: phone first
E-Mail: deerparkbooks@charter.net
Web: http://www.deerparkbooks.com

Barbara & Richard DePalma
6,000 books
Buisness Est. 1985

Specialties: General stock; Art; Americana;
Printing; Books about books; Modern firsts;
Literature;Postcards; Ephemera

Appraisals; Search service

By appointment or by chance - 7 days a week
16.     DESERTPRINCESS BOOKS
235 Hawks Nest Circle
Middletown, CT 06457

Phone: (860) 346-2217
E-Mail: desertprincess@desertprincessbooks.com
Web: http://www.desertprincessbooks.com

Angela Thorpe
6,000 books
Buisness Est. 1999

Specialties: Science Fiction; Fantasy;
Children's; Short stories

Catalogs; Appraisals; Search service

By appointment, 7 days a week
17.     DORR WAY BOOKS
18 Tracy Road
Canterbury, CT 06331

Phone: (860) 546-9737

Frederick J. Dorr
10,000 books

Specialties: Forestry; Agriculture; Natural
history; General stock; Military; Hunting;
Fishing; Ecology

Search service

Friday & Saturday, 11:00-5:00
Otherwise, by chance or appointment

18.     DUNN & POWELL BOOKS
251 Baldwin Avenue, P.O. Box 2544
Meriden, CT 06450

Phone: (203) 235-0480
E-Mail: wdunn@commix.com
Web: http://www.dpbooks.com

William Dunn; Steve Powell
25,000 books

Specialties: Mystery & detective fiction;
Ayn Rand; Libertarian; Science fiction

Catalogs

By appointment only
19.     BARBARA FARNSWORTH, BOOKSELLER
407 Route 128, P.O. Box 9
West Cornwall, CT 06796

Phone: (860) 672-6571
Fax: (860) 672-3099
E-Mail: bfbooks@farnsworthbooks.com
Web: http://www. Farnsworthbooks.com

Barbara Farnsworth
45,000 books
Buisness Est. 1978

Specialties: General stock; Gardening;
Cooking; Art; Literature

Usually, Saturday, 9:00-4:00, in season
Otherwise by chance or appointment

20.     DAVID E. FOLEY - SPORTING BOOKS
76 Bonny View Road
West Hartford, CT 06107

Phone: (860) 561-0783
E-Mail: dryfly@snet.net

David Foley
3,000 books

Specialties: Angling; Hunting; Firearms;
Archery

Appraisals; Search service

By appointment
21.     HIGGANUM CENTER BOOKSHOP
26 Killingworth Road (Rt. 81), P.O. Box 101
Higganum, CT 06441

Phone: (860) 345-2665 cell phone: (860) 836-0160
E-Mail: locktowner@yahoo.com

Philip R. Devlin
5,000 books

Specialties: Americana; Militaria; Local &
regional history; 19th & 20th century
fiction/poetry; Sports

Search service

Saturday, 11:00-4:00
Sunday, 12:00-4:00
By chance or appointment daily in the summer
Schoolholidays
Closed July 1-July 10.

22.     THE JOHN BALE BOOK COMPANY
158 Grand Street
Waterbury, CT 06702

Phone: (203) 757-2279
Fax: (203) 757-2279
E-Mail: jbbks@yahoo.com
Web: http://www.johnbalebooks.com

Dan Gaeta & Edith Reynolds
50,000 books
Buisness Est. 1992

Specialties: General Stock; Americana; Fine
bindings; 18th century

Appraisals

Monday-Friday, 10:00-5:00
Saturday, 10:00-4:00

23.     JOHNNYCAKE BOOKS
12 Academy Street
Salisbury, CT 06068

Phone: (860) 435-6677
Fax: (860) 435-6688
E-Mail: johnnycake@snet.net
Web: http://www.johnnycakebooks.com

Dan Dwyer
5,000 books
Buisness Est. 1995

Specialties: Literature; Art &
architecture; Gardening; Litchfield County; Fine
sets; Illustrated;Children's; Photography;
Sports

Catalogs; Appraisals; Search service

Thursday-Monday (including Sunday), 11:00-5:00, or by appointment
24.     KILLINGWORTH BOOKS
12 Ironworks Road, P.O. Box 766
Killingworth, CT 06419

Phone: (860) 663-1329
Fax: (860) 663-1329
E-Mail: brwjr@aol.com

Bleecker & Patricia Williams
1,000 books

Specialties: Ordnance; Military history;
Explorations; Color plate books

Appraisals

Appointment only
25.     LEAVES AND PAGES, LLC
59 West Main Street
New Britain, CT 06051

Phone: (860) 224-4414
E-Mail: acpalmer50@comcast.net

Arlene & Dan Palmer
4,000 books
Buisness Est. 2000

Specialties: King Arthur; British
Isles

Search service

Monday-Friday, 6:30-3:30
Saturday, 9:00-3:00

26.     DAVID M. LESSER, FINE ANTIQUARIAN BOOKS
One Bradley Road, Suite 302
Woodbridge, CT 06525

Phone: (203) 389-8111
Fax: (203) 389-9113
E-Mail: dmlesser@lesserbooks.com
Web: http://www.lesserbooks.com

David M. Lesser
10,000 books
Buisness Est. 1989

Specialties: Americana

Catalogs

By appointment
27.     RICHARD J. LINDSEY, BOOKSELLER
15 North Main Street, P.O. Box 115
Kent, CT 06757

Phone: (860) 927-3025
E-Mail: Lindseyr@snet.net

Richard J. Lindsey
7,000 books
Buisness Est. 1993

Specialties: General stock; Automobiles;
Art; Biography; Cookbooks; Gardening;
Americana

Appraisals; Search service

Friday, Saturday and Monday, 10:00-5:00
Sunday, 12:00-5:00

28.     LUPACK RARE BOOKS
449 New Hanover Avenue
Meriden, CT 06451

Phone: (203) 237-9198
E-Mail: Slupack@cox.net

Kathleen & Stephen Lupack
2,000 books

Specialties: Literary first editions: 19th
& 20th centuries, English & American; Joseph
Conrad; CharlesDickens; Ernest Hemingway; John
Steinbeck; Mark Twain

Catalogs; Appraisals; Search service

Daily, 10:00-6:00
Please call ahead.

29.     McBLAIN BOOKS
2348 Whitney Avenue, P.O. Box 185062
Hamden, CT 06518

Phone: (203) 281-0400
Fax: (203) 230-1629
E-Mail: books@mcblainbooks.com
Web: http://www.mcblainbooks.com

Philip & Sharon McBlain
18,000 books

Specialties: African-Americana; Africa;
Asia & the Pacific; Latin America; North Africa &
Middle East;Eastern Europe; General rare & hard to
find books

Catalogs

By appointment or chance
30.     BERNIE McMANUS
P.O. Box 367
Woodbury, CT 06798

Phone: (203) 263-3407
E-Mail: burbery@attglobal.net

Bernie McManus
1,500 books

Specialties: Americana; New England; First
editions; Children's; Poetry; Art; Illustrated
books;Biography; Fine books in all categories;
Bindings

Appraisals

By appointment
31.     MIRIAM GREEN ANTIQUARIAN BOOKSHOP & GALLERY
88 East Main Street (Old Post Road)
Clinton, CT 06413

Phone: (860) 664-4200 and (860) 227-4184
E-Mail: salon@snet.net

Susan Miriam Alon
4,500 books

Specialties: Fine bindings; Illustrated;
Scholarly; Reference; Early & rare in all
fields

Appraisals; Search service

Open 7 days, regularly & by chance
32.     MOTOR BOOKSHOP
3000 Whitney Avenue, PMB# 287
Hamden, CT 06518

Phone: (203) 248-9929 (evenings/weekends)
E-Mail: motorbookshop@yahoo.com

Richard Nuclo
2,500 books

Specialties: All motoring books, magazines,
ephemera; Auto racing; Marque histories;
Tractor;Earlytravel; Automobilia

Appraisals

By appointment only
33.     NUTMEG BOOKS
354 New Litchfield Street (Route 202)
Torrington, CT 06790-6609

Phone: (860) 482-9696
Fax: (860) 482-7970
E-Mail: home@nutmegbooks.com
Web: http://www.nutmegbooks.com

Bill & Debby Goring
15,000 books
Buisness Est. 1977

Specialties: Mostly non-fiction; General
stock of used, out-of-print and rare books and
ephemera

Catalogs

Friday, 12:00-4:00
Saturday-Sunday, 11:00-5:00
Holiday Mondays
Or by chance orappointment

34.     ON THE ROAD BOOKSHOP
163 Albany Turnpike (Rt. 44), P.O. Box 64
Canton, CT 06019

Phone: (860) 693-6029
E-Mail: dba.book.store@snet.net
Web: http://www.ontheroadbookshop.com

Susan Root Grzyb
8,000 books

Specialties: Art; Cookbooks; Eastern
philosophy; General stock

Appraisals; Search service

Thursday-Saturday, 11:00-6:00
Sunday, 11:00-5:00
Additional times by chance or appointment

35.     THE PAGES OF YESTERYEAR
9 Old Hawleyville Road
Newtown, CT 06470

Phone: (203) 426-0864
E-Mail: jrenjilian@hotmail.com

John Renjilian
2,000 books

Specialties: Non-fiction

Appraisals

By appointment
36.     WILLIAM & LOIS PINKNEY ANTIQUARIAN BOOKS
240 North Granby Road, P.O. Box 929
Granby, CT 06035-929

Phone: (860) 653-7710
E-Mail: wlp-bks@worldnet.att.net

William & Lois Pinkney
12,000 books

Specialties: Western Americana; New
England; New York; Other Americana; First
editions;Limited Editions Club; Children's books;
Cookbooks; Natural history; Hunting & fishing;
Literary biography and criticism; Genealogies

Monday-Friday, 9:00-5:00
Weekends, call first.

37.     WILLIAM REESE COMPANY
409 Temple Street
New Haven, CT 06511

Phone: (203) 789-8081
Fax: (203) 865-7653
E-Mail: coreese@reeseco.com
Web: http://www.reeseco.com

William S. Reese
60,000 books

Specialties: Colonial & western Americana;
Travel & voyages; Natural history; 18th to 20th
century literature

Catalogs

By appointment only
38.     REID & WRIGHT GALLERY
287 New Milford Turnpike (Route 202)
New Preston, CT 06777

Phone: (860) 868-7706
Fax: (860) 868-1242
E-Mail: reidbook.com
Web: http://www.reidbook.com and http://www.mapsofthepast.com

Rodger Reid
6,000 books

Specialties: Architecture; Maps & prints;
Leather bindings;

Catalogs (architecture only); Custom Framing

Friday, Saturday, Sunday, 12:00-5:00
Closed January and February
And by appointment. Pleasecall ahead.

39.     RESOURCE BOOKS, LLC
P.O. Box 942
East Granby, CT 06026

Phone: (800) 841-0786
Fax: (860) 658-1191
E-Mail: tami.z@gallery-resource.com
Web: http://www.gallery-resource.com

Tami W. Zawistowski
5,000 books
Buisness Est. 1996

Specialties: General stock; Antique
Reference; Gardening

Search service

By appointment only
40.     RICHARDSON BOOKS
80 Broad Street
Danielson, CT 06239

Phone: (860) 779-2129
E-Mail: herb_bev@sbcglobal.net

Herbert and Beverly Richardson
5,000 books
Buisness Est. 1972

Specialties: General stock; Art;
Architecture; Music; Local history; Viewbooks;
Ephemera; Photographs

Appraisals; Search service

By appointment only
41.     R. W. SMITH - BOOKSELLER
130 Cold Spring Street
New Haven, CT 06511

Phone: (203) 776-5564
E-Mail: rwsmithbooks@worldnet.att.net

Raymond W. Smith
30,000 books
Buisness Est. 1975

Specialties: Art; Architecture;
Photography; Decorative Arts; Design

Catalogs; Appraisals in specialty; Search service

By appointment
42.     TOWN'S END BOOKS
132 Hemlock Drive
Deep River, CT 06417

Phone: (860) 526-3896
E-Mail: john@townsendbooks.com
Web: http://www.townsendbooks.com

John D. Townsend
4,000 books
Buisness Est. 1992

Specialties: 20th century Americana;
Historical fiction; Nautical fiction

Catalogs; Appraisals; Search service

Open most days. Call ahead.
43.     TRAVELER BOOK CELLAR
1257 Buckley Highway (at exit 74, off I-84)
Union, CT 06076

Phone: (860) 684-9042
E-Mail: tbooks@snet.net

Martin Doyle (owner), Kathy Lisiewski (manager)
20,000 books

Specialties: General stock of used,
out-of-print, scarce; Good selection of fiction
and mystery

Passive search service

7 days a week, 10:00-7:30
44.     TREBIZOND RARE BOOKS
931 Bantam Road
Bantam, CT 06750
Mail: P.O. Box 2430, New Preston, CT 06777

Phone: (860) 868-2621
Fax: (860) 868-2621

Williston & Rosalind Benedict
2,000 books
Buisness Est. 1975

Specialties: English, American &
Continental literature; Voyages & travels; 18th
century British books

Catalogs; Appraisals

By appointment or chance
45.     TURKEY HILL BOOKS
282 Bayberry Lane
Westport, CT 06880

Phone: (203) 227-1707
E-Mail: jack.grogins@jud.state.ct.us

Jack & Marilyn Grogins
3,000 books
Buisness Est. 1970

Specialties: First editions; Signed books;
Literature; Children's; Leather bindings &
sets

Appraisals; Search service

By appointment only
46.     WEST HARTFORD BOOK SHOP
481 South Main
West Hartford, CT 06110

Phone: (860) 232-2028
E-Mail: cwhbsk@snet.net

Michael Polasko
50,000 books

Specialties: General stock; Travel;
Gardening; Leather bound sets

Appraisals; Search service

By appointment
47.     WHITLOCK FARM BOOKSELLERS
20 Sperry Road
Bethany, CT 06524

Phone: (203) 393-1240
Web: http://www.whitlockbooksmaps.com

Gilbert Whitlock, owner
40,000 books

Specialties: Rare & unusual books in all
fields

Tuesday-Sunday, 9:00-5:00


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