Old books and O Guide - Resources and Review

French booksellers association. Includes links to the booksellers catalogues and bookshops, bookshop directories (arranged by name, geographical index or speciality).
 
Bookshop selling new, secondhand, out of print, and antiquarian books and offprints relating to archaeology and Britain's heritage. Offers a mailing list notifying users of new stock and recent titles, an author and title search facility, and information on the content of each publication.
 
Source for tracking old, used, and rare books. Publication details may be obtained by entering title, author, or price. Titles are offered by hundreds of booksellers around the world.
 
Bookseller specialising in out of print material including books, maps, prints, manuscripts and photographs.
 
Limes is a mailing list for the used books market in Scandinavia. The focus is on Scandinavian antiquarian and used books, but literature in other languages is also allowed. An online directory of booksellers and collectors is available.
 
Resource designed to aid the location of rare and out of print books, or volumes required to complete sets, by providing access to a number of services including Amazon, Bibliofind, and BookSeek simultaneously. Searches can be conducted by category such as bibliographies, children's titles, cookbooks, glossaries, magazines, and paperbacks. A directory of author pseudonyms, aliases, nicknames, and pen names is also provided.
 
Collection of documents including ancient papyri, Celtic manuscripts and other medieval manuscripts ranging from the 9th to the 16th centuries from various Oxford libraries. Resources available include Latin treatises on musical theory, astronomical texts, the 'Digby Plays', the Corpus Irish Gospels and Welsh poetry from the 14th century.
 
Supplier of antiquarian and secondhand books. Also offers a free book search facility. Based in the UK, but international in scope.
 
Fully searchable online book shop selling second
hand and antiquarian titles covering a wide range of subject areas. Individuals are invited to post books for sale, or place requests for elusive publications.
 
Database of stock held by antiquarian booksellers around the world. Holdings are searchable by author, title, imprint, publication date, language, or category. Prices are quoted in US Dollars, Sterling, or Euros, as stipulated. English, French, German, Italian, and Spanish language options are available.
 
Home page of Bookmine
Old and Rare Books, a bookshop in Sacramento. The shops stock consists primarily of out-of-print material and first editions. Includes list of titles divided by subject. The site includes the facility to submit a query for a free book search by email.
 
Cross
searching service providing access to stock held by second hand booksellers worldwide. Searching is by country, author, title, or subject keyword, and can be restricted to chosen vendors.
 
Book exchange service designed for the out
of-print, used or antiquarian book buyer or seller. The inventories of over 4000 booksellers, from 30 countries are listed and searchable, comprising some 10 million titles. Includes a facility to register desired titles with the service, and be informed by e-mail when the title becomes available. The service is free to buyers and searchers.
 
Heffers based in Cambridge, England, since 1876 offers quality books and products for all age groups, providing a modern service based upon traditional service values. Includes recommendations, a book search facility, antiquarian and secondhand books and an online enquiry service.
 
Description of the Thibadeau
Benoit method of presenting access to old books, based on a philosophy of creating a photographically accurate view without making the view too artificial. Investigates scanning, print separation, print enhancement, storage, HTML, and HTTP issues.
 
Provides a unified interface to the collections of a number of dealers in new, used, rare, antiquarian and out
of-print books. Searchable by author title, with facility to specify book bindings, formats, price range, first or special editions, or keywords. Results from different sites are displayed in a single formatted list.
 
Includes a visual history and introduction, catalogues and link to the largest UK antiquarian book fair.
 
Database of over 1,000,000 out
of-print or out-of-stock-indefinitely books from 1979 to the present. The service is available on a subscription basis.
 
Catalogue of scholarly and out
of-print books for mail order, mainly from the 20th century and with a US focus.
 
Searchable catalogue of books being sold by libraries. Buyers can search by author, title, and keyword, and can also request a dust jacket, first edition, signed copy, or specific type of binding.
 
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