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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.

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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Heartbreakers

 Seems I bring home at least one valuable yet disappointing book from every book sale. Usually its a vintage paperback that disintegrates in my hands when I deign to open it....

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