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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

Some Changes by June Jordan
New

Some Changes by June Jordan

$75.00

$75.00

World of Gwendolyn Brooks
New

World of Gwendolyn Brooks

$60.00

$60.00

If Not, Winter by Anne Carson
New

If Not, Winter by Anne Carson

$125.00

$125.00

What Purpose Did I Serve In Your Life by Marie Calloway
New

What Purpose Did I Serve In Your Life by Marie Calloway

$65.00

$65.00

Shoplifting from American Apparel by Tao Lin
New

Shoplifting from American Apparel by Tao Lin

$45.00

$45.00

Garments Against Women by Anne Boyer
New

Garments Against Women by Anne Boyer

$30.00

$30.00

Unending Blues by Charles Simic
New

Unending Blues by Charles Simic

$20.00

$20.00

Judge by Rebecca West
New

Judge by Rebecca West

$10.00

$10.00

My Next Bride by Kay Boyle
New

My Next Bride by Kay Boyle

$12.00

$12.00

Jesus' Son by Denis Johnson

Jesus' Son by Denis Johnson

$875.00

$875.00

Resuscitation of a Hanged Man by Denis Johnson

Resuscitation of a Hanged Man by Denis Johnson

$140.00

$140.00

Recollections of My Life as a Woman by Diane de Prima

Recollections of My Life as a Woman by Diane de Prima

$150.00

$150.00

Transit of Venus by Shirley Hazzard

Transit of Venus by Shirley Hazzard

$325.00

$325.00

Another Marvelous Thing by Laurie Colwin

Another Marvelous Thing by Laurie Colwin

$65.00

$65.00

Dalva by Jim Harrison
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Dalva by Jim Harrison

$25.00

$25.00

More New Arrivals

If Not, Winter by Anne Carson
New

If Not, Winter by Anne Carson

$125.00

$125.00

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

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Some Changes by June Jordan
New

Some Changes by June Jordan

$75.00

$75.00

World of Gwendolyn Brooks
New

World of Gwendolyn Brooks

$60.00

$60.00

If Not, Winter by Anne Carson
New

If Not, Winter by Anne Carson

$125.00

$125.00

Garments Against Women by Anne Boyer
New

Garments Against Women by Anne Boyer

$30.00

$30.00

Unending Blues by Charles Simic
New

Unending Blues by Charles Simic

$20.00

$20.00

World Doesn't End by Charles Simic

World Doesn't End by Charles Simic

$165.00

$165.00

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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 two locations

Newburgh Vintage Emporium Warehouse

10 NY-17K, Newburgh, NY 12550

Red Owl Collective

25 Cornell St, Kingston, NY 12401