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FLORIDA ANTIQUARIAN BOOKSELLERS ASSOCIATION

Selling your books?

If you have questions about books or want to sell your books, please contact FABA members near you. To obtain a paid appraisal, search our membership directory below for "appraisals" to see which members may assist you. 

Our Membership

WELCOME TO THE FABA MEMBERSHIP DIRECTORY

You can find members of the Florida Antiquarian Booksellers Association in every section of the state. Use this page to locate dealers near you. FABA is a membership organization and does not purchase books or provide evaluations.

OUR MEMBERS

A-Book-A-Brac Shop

Steven & Edie Eisenstein

2250 W. Bay Dr. #15,

Miami Beach, FL 33141

(305) 868-5515

By Appointment only.

edieeisenstein@aol.com 

stevenabookabrac@aol.com

 

Specialties: General Stock, Antiquarian to Modern, Autographs, Photos. 5,000 books.

Search Service,

Appraisals.

 

African Diaspora Literature & Culture Museum

Skip Richardson &Gigi Best-Richardson
St. Augustine, FL

www.Bradlcmuseum.com

Assoc, African American Museums
DUVCW, Founders & Patriots America, CDXIIC
(SDUSMP)-Pas VP, New England Women
Society Order First Families of NC, CDA
AAHGS,

(NSSDP)-Past FL State Governor
Society of First African Families of English America-Historian Genera

The Book Block

Bruce Barnett

PO Box 742523,

Boynton Beach, FL 33474

(847) 913-5160

blockbook@thebookblock.com 

rarebooks@thebookblock.com

www.thebookblock.com

Specialties: Fine and rare books including illustrated books,fine bindings, calligraphy and typography, Art Nouveau, Art Deco, Arts & Crafts, private press, finance including the capital markets, Western Americana, and The Dance of Death.

We also assist clients in developing book collections as well as do Appraisals

A Book Legacy

 Dr. Mike & Carol Smith

N. Fort Myers, Florida  33917

Mike: (727) 479-6105

Carol: (727) 219-6307

info@abooklegacy.com

mikebook1@verizon.net

www.abooklegacy.com 

Specialties: Rare. used and hard to find, Americana, History, Genealogy, Religion, Signed First Editions, Military, Ephemera,

Cooking, Literature, Kids, Travel

Inventory 5,000+ books

In business online for over 20 years,

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We Buy and Appraise Books

Credit Cards : M, V, PayPal, Checks.

Blind Horse Books
ABAA, IOBA

 Richard and Dottie Oates

816 Hanover Road,

Deland FL 32724

(305) 766-8270

By Appointment Only

richard@blindhorsebooks.com 

www.BlindHorseBooks.com

"Building Great Collections

One Fine Book At A Time"

Pleased to Present:

Travel, Exploration & Geography; and other Books of Significance.

Inventory: 3,500

We buy Individual Books to Entire Libraries.

Bookwise

David, Ann & Jim Wulf;

Corinne Fitzsimmons 

145 NW 20TH Street,

Boca Raton, FL 33431 

(561) 347-6455

david@booksmartusa.com

www.booksmartusa.com 

OPEN SHOP

Monday-Saturday 10:00-7:00.

Rare Book Room by Appointment.

Specialties: Mathematics, Science, Engineering, Literature, Art, Americana, History, Travel, Philosophy, Religion & many others.

 

75,000 books, 20,000 paperbacks.

Back in the Day Books

Boe Rushing

355 Main Street

Dunedin, Florida 34698

(727) 221-0025

 

www.facebook.com/backinthedaybooks

backinthedaybooks@yahoo.com

 

OPEN SHOP

Store Hours:

Sunday - Wednesday 10:00AM - 7:00PM

Thursday - Saturday 10:00AM - 9:00PM

 

Specialties: General, Floridiana, Classics. 6,000 books.

Back in Time Rare Books ABAA

Mike Cotter, ISA 

 PO Box 601057,

Jacksonville, FL 32260

(931) 216-6114

 

www.backintimerarebooks.com

mike@backintimerarebooks.com

General Antiquarian Bookseller.

USPAP Compliant Appraisals.

 

Always buying Premium Single Items &/or Collections of 1970’s & 80’s Pop Culture related Books & Ephemera.

DoraLynn Books

Sean Donnelley

15020 Madeira Way,

Madeira Beach, FL 33708-1912

(727) 392 0372

Wild Hills Books

sdonnelly_bookseller@yahoo.com

By Appointment Only

The Book Chaser

Dotti & Joe Delfino

PO Box 358962,

Gainesville, FL 32635

 

OPEN SHOP

Locations: The Painted Table - Thornebrook Village Shopping Ctr. 2441 NW 43rd St., Ste 5A, Gainesville, FL

PLUS, large booth @ Antique City Mall Exit 374 @ I-75 Micanopy, FL

(352) 262-6338

Dotti & Joe Delfino

thebookchaser@aol.com

Specialties: Florida & the South, Natural Sciences, Historical, NonFiction, Children’s, Art & Modern First Editions.

Book Restoration and Repairs, Appraisals & Searches.

A. Parker’s Books, Inc., ABAA/ILAB

G. P. Hurst

1488 Main St., Sarasota, FL 34236

(941) 366-2898 

(888) 317-7300 - Toll Free

 

books@aparkers.com

www.aparkers.com

Rare book room open by Chance/Appointment.

Specialties: General Antiquarian;

19th & 20th Century Literature; Americana; Art & Architecture; Leather Sets & Bindings; Children’s Books; Limited Editions & Signed Books; Illustrated Books; Civil War; Photography; Maps & Prints.

Brant’s Books

Barbara Barone 

429 N. Lime Ave.,

Sarasota, FL 34237 

(941) 365-3658

 

brantsbooks@gmail.com

www.brantsbooks.com

OPEN SHOP

Monday-Friday 10:00-5:00,

Saturday 11:00-5:00,

Sunday CLOSED.

Open past 5 by Appointment or Chance. Please call ahead for information.

We specialize in Hard-to-Find, Out-of-Print, Recent Bestsellers, Signed First Editions, Military, Classics, Metaphysical, Florida, Ephemera. 150,000+ books.

Chrisant & Sons’ Old Florida Book Shop, Inc. ABAA, ILAB

William Chrisant 

3426 Griffin Rd.,

Fort Lauderdale, FL 33312

(954) 319-1441

Info@oldfloridabookshop.com

www.oldfloridabookshop.com 

OPEN SHOP

Hours

Usually open 10:00 am to 5:00 pm Tuesday – Saturday, otherwise by chance or appointment.

Specialties: Fine Library Furnishings, Fine Bindings & Sets, Antiquarian Books, Antique Maps, Art Books, Classical, Archaeology, Fashion & Vintage Haute Couture Magazines, Ephemera.

30,000 books, 1,000 other items.

We buy good books and Libraries.

Inklings Book Shoppe

Dr. Finley W. Walker

243 North Florida Avenue

Lakeland FL 33801

(863) 665-3004

fin@inklingsbookshoppe.com

www.inklingsBookShoppe.com

Specialties: General Stock, Modern first editions, Vintage paperbacks, Space-race era, Sci-fi/Fantasy and early 1900's Children's Detective Series

Heartwood Books and Art ABAA/ILAB

Owner: Richard Meli, MD 

3536 N. Federal Hwy, Ste 201

Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33308

 

info@heartwoodbooks.com

www.heartwoodbooks.com

 

Internet, Mail Order and

By Appointment.

Specialties: Mystery & Detective Fiction, Science Fiction & Fantasy, Horror & Supernatural Fiction, Popular Fiction, Pulp Magazines, Original Illustration Art and Illustrated Books over 25,000 items listed.

Dusty Jackets

Cindy & Jim Mannella

Loxahatchee, FL  33470

(561) 254-5490 | (561) 444-5216

 

dustyjackets@aol.com

By Appointment only.

We accept ALL major credit cards including PayPal and Square.

 

Specialties: Cooking, Children’s, Biography, Art, Religion, Travel, Interior Decorating, Gardening, Automobiles, Sewing & Needlepoint from 1910-1940, Sheet Music from 1890-1940, Architecture, Non-fiction, a little Fiction, lots of Nice Sets, Post Cards (Victorian) and Lots of Ephemera. 1,800 + books.

Foster Books

Sharon Kissell

13883 S.W. 44th St.,

Davie, FL 33330

(305) 632-2179

 

Kissellmia@aol.com

Website  Link Here

Specialties: Signed Books, Children's , Illustrated, Juvenile Series, Biography, Music, Entertainment, Cookbooks, Modern Firsts, Pop Culture and General Stock.

We Buy Good Books and Libraries


 

Gebhard & Burkhart Books

Kathleen Burkhart

1871 S.W. 13th St.,

Miami, FL 33145

(305)-541-9982

 

wgebhard@bellsouth.net

(305) 541-9982

By Appointment Only

 

Specialties: Modern First Editions, Children's Pop-up, Florida, Art, History, Philosophy, Natural History,

General Stock.

1000 books.

JN Bookseller

Joseph Niforos

113 Mayfair Cir W

Palm Bay Harbor, FL 34683

(914) 564-6527

info@jnbookseller.com

http://www.jnbookseller.com


By Appointment Only

Always looking to purchase fine, rare, antiquarian books and old libraries, as well as, all manner of vintage ephemera.

Member of the Independent Online Booksellers Association (IOBA), Florida Bibliophile Society, and Society of Florida Archivists.

Copperfish Books

Cathy Graham & Serena Wyckoff 

212 W Virginia Ave, Ste 112, 

Punta Gorda, FL 33950 

(941) 205-2560

 

info@copperfishbooks.com

www.copperfishbooks.com 

OPEN SHOP

Store Hours

Monday-Friday 10:00-5:00

Saturday 10:00-4:00.

Specialties: New & Used, General Stock, Florida, Americana, Children’s, History, Literature.

Martin Nevers – Used & Rare Books

Martin Nevers

PO Box 84,

Oxford, FL 34484

(352) 250-7865

 

mardy914@aol.com

By Appointment only.

General Stock. 25,000 books, 5,000 paperbacks.

Kitchen Garden Books

Lynn Nelson

24357 U.S. Hwy. 331 S.,

Santa Rosa Beach, FL 32459

(850) 622-1077

 

kitchengardenbooks@yahoo.com

OnFoodandHistory

OPEN SHOP

10am-2:00pm Tuesday-Saturday

or by Appointment. 

Specialties: Antiquarian Cookery Books, Southern Cooking & Gardening, Currier & Ives Lithographs & Literature 6000 Out of Print Rare Collectible hardcover volumes.

Certified Culinary

Professional CCP Emeritus

Emerald Coast Antique

Dealers Association. 

Liberty Book Store, ABAA/ILAB/IOBA

Thorne Donnelley DBA

4237 East Main Street

Jupiter, FL 33458

(561) 906-5399

By Appointment Only.

thorne@libertybookstore.com

www.libertybookstore.com 

Liberty Book Store, in West Palm Beach, Florida, is an online (and by appointment) an antiquarian bookstore thatbuys and sells rare and interesting books. Association Copies, Florida History & Authors, Books with a story, 17th, 18th & early 19th century English language books.

Lighthouse Books, ABAA/ILAB

Michael Slicker

14046 5th Street

Dade City, FL  33525

(727) 822-3278

 

LighthouseBooksABAA@gmail.com

www.OldFloridaBookStore.com

OPEN SHOP

Store Houres

Tuesday through Saturday,

11 am - 6 pm

Specialties: General Antiquarian, with a broad assortment of 95,000 books; Americana; Florida & Caribbean History; Military History; Rare & Unusual; Maps & Prints; Ephemera & Postcards;

 

Appraisals.

The Muse Book Shop

Janet Bollum

112 S. Woodland Blvd., 

DeLand, FL 32720

(386) 734-0278

 

janet@themusebookshop.com

www.themusebookshop.com

 

OPEN SHOP

Store Hours

Monday-Wednesday 10:00-5:00, Thursday-Saturday 10:00-6:00

Specialties: Americana, Floridiana, Hispanic, Children’s, Illustrated, General Stock. 50,000 books. 

Robert A. Hittel, Bookseller

Robert A. Hittel

PO Box 11745,

Fort Lauderdale, Florida 33339

(954) 563-1752

 

info@hittelbk.com

www.hittelappraisals.com 

 

Specialties: Art, First Editions, Fine Bindings. 5,000 books.

Appraisals.

Accredited Senior Appraiser American Society of Appraisers,

Certified Appraiser of the International Society of Appraisers.

 

 

 

The Family Book Shop, ABA

Kerry & Karen Johnson

1301 N Woodland Blvd.,

DeLand, Florida 32720

(386) 736-6501

 

familybookseller@yahoo.com

www.FamlyBookshopDeLand.com

 

OPEN SHOP

Store Hours

Monday-Saturday 9:30AM-5:30PM

 

The Family Book Shop has been a staple of DeLand's community for over 35 years. The deceptively large building holds over 350,000 books spread over 6,000 square feet.

The store has evolved and grown over the years and through different owners, but is proud to continue as a independent bookstore serving the reading community of Florida! 

The Miami Memorabilia Company

Seth H. Bramson

330 N.E. 96th St.,

Miami, FL 33138

(305) 757-1016

 

sbramson@bellsouth.net

By Appointment or at  Shows.

Specialties: U.S. Transportation Memorabilia, Floridiana, US Travel & Destination Material, US Postcards & Ephemera. 1,000 books,

5,000 paperback,

1 million other items.

New World Maps, Inc.

Karen & Charlie Neuschafer, 

Cynthia Newman

PO Box 541389,

Lake Worth, FL 33454

(561) 642-9705

sales@newworldmaps.com

www.newworldmaps.com 

By Appointment & Mail Order; 

Map & Book Fairs; Website

Specialties: Original Antique & Collectible Maps & Atlases, including Gas Station and Oil Company Road Maps, Official State Highway Maps, Vintage Topographic Maps, Civil War Maps, National Geographic Maps, Pocket Maps, and Railroad, Steamship, Airline, Subway, Bus, and Streetcar Maps. Plus, a wide range of Paper Ephemera, Postcards, Travel Brochures, Books, Pamphlets, and More.

Old Bag Lady Books

Madlyn Blom 

PO Box 5407,

Sun City Center, FL 33571-5407

(239) 222-7949

 

OldBagLadyBooks@gmail.com

8:00am-8:00pm EST. 

Internet, Mail Order & by Appointment.

Specialties: African-Americana, Special Bindings, American History, Travel, Ephemera, Post Cards.

4000 books + Ephemera. 

Shelf Indulgence Used Book Cafe

Donna

2805 N. Tamiami Trail,

Sarasota, Florida 34234

(941) 260-5326

www.shelfindulgenceusedbooks.com

 

OPEN SHOP

Store Hours

 Mon-Fri 9am-7pm;

Sunday 10am-5pm

We are Sarasota's only Used Bookstore and Coffee Shop!

 

Proudly brewing Latitude 23.5 coffee and teas and serving up fresh pastries and lunch items daily. Offering collectible science fiction  and fantasy, signed books, first editions and general stock.

Sleuth Books

Steve Bolter

8 Flagler Dr.,

Palm Coast, FL 32137

(813) 917-4485

 

sleuthbks@hotmail.com

By Appointment only.

OPEN SHOP

Also located at Webb’s Antique Mall (I-75 south of Lake City, FL.) and Avonlea Antique Mall in Jacksonville.

Specialties: Juvenile Series, Children’s Illustrated, Mystery, Modern First Editions, Sports, Florida History.

15,000 books .

Solaria Bookstore

Dillon Baldwin

Lakeland, FL  33803

(352) 409-2572

dillonjbaldwin@gmail.com

Specialties:

Vintage Sci-Fi & Fantasy

Tippecanoe Antiques Trader

Susan Mick

819 E Park Ave #5

Tallahassee FL 32301

 

shmick@talstar.com

 

By appointment only. Exhibiting at various antique shows.

Specialties: Florida History, and Unusual Topics & Titles, Natural History, Early Printed Material including prints, maps , documents, botanical and aviary plates.

Available for Estate Collections Assements and Aprasials.

Tomberg Rare Books, ABAA/ILAB

Andrea Tomberg

11506 Claymont Circle

Windermere, Florida 34786

(203) 223-5412

info@tombergrarebooks.com

www.tombergrarebooks.com 

We specialize in the preservation of 20th and 21st century cultural movements, focusing on traditionally marginalized communities.

The Unbound Bookery

Sandra Silverman

1026 S Florida Ave,

Lakeland FL 33803

(863) 670-0110

 

bookerybabe@gmail.com

Specialties:

Antique, Collectible and Vintage Books

Vivian Moore 
Bookseller

Vivian & Tom Moore

PO Box 55, Cumming, GA  30028

(678) 677-6514

 

http://www.abebooks.com/home/vsbookie

pibookie@aol.com

General Stock, emphasizing Florida, Americana, Children's, Civil War, & Ephemera.

2,000 Books by Internet & Mail Order

Associate Member

WhalonBooks

Matt and Rebecca Whalon

Lakeland FL 33803

(813) 484-0324

 

whalonbooks@gmail.com

Specialties:

Children's Series, First Editions, Space / NASA,

Military and Naval History

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