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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

Textermination by Christine Brooke-Rose
New

Textermination by Christine Brooke-Rose

$80.00

$80.00

Halt During the Chase by Rosemary Tonks
New

Halt During the Chase by Rosemary Tonks

$425.00

$425.00

Enchanted April by "Elizabeth" Elizabeth von Arnim
New

Enchanted April by "Elizabeth" Elizabeth von Arnim

$25.00

$25.00

Virginia Woolf by David Daiches
New

Virginia Woolf by David Daiches

$32.00

$32.00

Moksha by Aldous Huxley
New

Moksha by Aldous Huxley

$60.00

$60.00

Many-Splendoured Thing by Han Suyin
New

Many-Splendoured Thing by Han Suyin

$15.00

$15.00

Brother Jacob by George Eliot.
New

Brother Jacob by George Eliot.

$10.00

$10.00

Lifted Veil by George Eliot
New

Lifted Veil by George Eliot

$10.00

$10.00

Visitors by Anita Brookner
New

Visitors by Anita Brookner

$15.00

$15.00

Beautiful Mutants by Deborah Levy
New

Beautiful Mutants by Deborah Levy

$20.00

$20.00

Door by Magda Szabo
Sold out

Door by Magda Szabo

$65.00

$65.00

Voices in the Evening by Natalia Ginzburg

Voices in the Evening by Natalia Ginzburg

$15.00

$15.00

Gravity and Grace by Simone Weil
Sold out

Gravity and Grace by Simone Weil

$85.00

$85.00

Destroy, She Said by Marguerite Duras

Destroy, She Said by Marguerite Duras

$12.00

$12.00

Hour of the Star by Clarice Lispector
Sold out

Hour of the Star by Clarice Lispector

$110.00

$110.00

More New Arrivals

Voices in the Evening by Natalia Ginzburg

Voices in the Evening by Natalia Ginzburg

$15.00

$15.00

Destroy, She Said by Marguerite Duras

Destroy, She Said by Marguerite Duras

$12.00

$12.00

On the Golden Porch by Tatyana Tolstaya

On the Golden Porch by Tatyana Tolstaya

$20.00

$20.00

The Rebel by Albert Camus

The Rebel by Albert Camus

$65.00

$65.00

Lover by Marguerite Duras

Lover by Marguerite Duras

$45.00

$45.00

Emily L . by Marguerite Duras

Emily L . by Marguerite Duras

$15.00

$15.00

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Poems 1909-1925 by T. S. Eliot

Poems 1909-1925 by T. S. Eliot

$45.00

$45.00

Poetry and Consciousness by Daisy Aldan

Poetry and Consciousness by Daisy Aldan

$20.00

$20.00

My Wicked Ways by Sandra Cisneros

My Wicked Ways by Sandra Cisneros

$10.00

$10.00

Transformations by Anne Sexton

Transformations by Anne Sexton

$35.00

$35.00

Poems of Humor & Protest by Kenneth Patchen

Poems of Humor & Protest by Kenneth Patchen

$28.00

$28.00

Separations by Marilyn Hacker

Separations by Marilyn Hacker

$10.00

$10.00

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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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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