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Handsome Books for Sad Intellectuals

Welcome to Lightholder Books! Specializing in rare, vintage, and first editions of short-story collections, women in translation, poetry, and other fiction and nonfiction.

New Arrivals

Crossing the Water by Sylvia Plath
New

Crossing the Water by Sylvia Plath

$65.00

$65.00

Breaking Camp by Marge Piercy
New

Breaking Camp by Marge Piercy

$35.00

$35.00

Fruits & Vegetables by Erica Jong
New

Fruits & Vegetables by Erica Jong

$65.00

$65.00

My Wicked Wicked Ways by Sandra Cisneros
New

My Wicked Wicked Ways by Sandra Cisneros

$30.00

$30.00

Looking for Luck by Maxine Kumin
New

Looking for Luck by Maxine Kumin

$15.00

$15.00

Long Life by Mary Oliver
New

Long Life by Mary Oliver

$25.00

$25.00

Station Island by Seamus Heaney
New

Station Island by Seamus Heaney

$250.00

$250.00

Riven Doggeries by James Tate
New

Riven Doggeries by James Tate

$20.00

$20.00

Seminary Poems by Diane di Prima
New

Seminary Poems by Diane di Prima

$75.00

$75.00

Presentation Piece by Marilyn Hacker
New

Presentation Piece by Marilyn Hacker

$18.00

$18.00

Night of the Pig-Killing by Magda Szabo

Night of the Pig-Killing by Magda Szabo

$85.00

$85.00

The Planetarium by Nathalie Sarraute

The Planetarium by Nathalie Sarraute

$55.00

$55.00

The Mother by Grazia Deledda

The Mother by Grazia Deledda

$40.00

$40.00

The Secret by Alba de Cespedes

The Secret by Alba de Cespedes

$75.00

$75.00

This Sex Which Is Not One by Luce Irigaray

This Sex Which Is Not One by Luce Irigaray

$15.00

$15.00

More New Arrivals

Night of the Pig-Killing by Magda Szabo

Night of the Pig-Killing by Magda Szabo

$85.00

$85.00

The Planetarium by Nathalie Sarraute

The Planetarium by Nathalie Sarraute

$55.00

$55.00

The Mother by Grazia Deledda

The Mother by Grazia Deledda

$40.00

$40.00

The Secret by Alba de Cespedes

The Secret by Alba de Cespedes

$75.00

$75.00

This Sex Which Is Not One by Luce Irigaray

This Sex Which Is Not One by Luce Irigaray

$15.00

$15.00

Forever Flowing by Vasily Grossman

Forever Flowing by Vasily Grossman

$28.00

$28.00

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Crossing the Water by Sylvia Plath
New

Crossing the Water by Sylvia Plath

$65.00

$65.00

Breaking Camp by Marge Piercy
New

Breaking Camp by Marge Piercy

$35.00

$35.00

Fruits & Vegetables by Erica Jong
New

Fruits & Vegetables by Erica Jong

$65.00

$65.00

My Wicked Wicked Ways by Sandra Cisneros
New

My Wicked Wicked Ways by Sandra Cisneros

$30.00

$30.00

Looking for Luck by Maxine Kumin
New

Looking for Luck by Maxine Kumin

$15.00

$15.00

Long Life by Mary Oliver
New

Long Life by Mary Oliver

$25.00

$25.00

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News

2024 In (Rear)View

Witness my year-end wrap-up!  This year I attended my first rare book fair, and then I exhibited at my first rare book fair.  In the fall I went to the...

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Favorite Personal Finds 2023

I am not much of a collector, of any sort. I have hundreds of records, many bought in the late nineties and early 2000s, that would be worth quite a...

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More Places to Visit Lightholder Books in Person!

I’ve had the pleasure of sharing exciting news all summer for Lightholder Books. This past month I’ve expanded my booth at the Newburgh Vintage Emporium Warehouse, signed on as a...

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We buy books! Contact lightholderbooks@gmail.com if you'd like us to take a look at your collection.

Visit Lightholder in three locations

Newburgh Vintage Emporium Warehouse

10 NY-17K, Newburgh, NY 12550

Hyde Park Antique Center

4192 Albany Post Rd, Hyde Park, NY 12538

Red Owl Collective

25 Cornell St, Kingston, NY 12401