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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

The New Womans Broken Heart by Andrea Dworkin
New

The New Womans Broken Heart by Andrea Dworkin

$45.00

$45.00

Ladies Almanack by Djuna Barnes
New

Ladies Almanack by Djuna Barnes

$15.00

$15.00

Masters of the Modern Short Story edited by Walter Havighurst
New

Masters of the Modern Short Story edited by Walter Havighurst

$30.00

$30.00

Waste of Timelessness by Anais Nin
New

Waste of Timelessness by Anais Nin

$20.00

$20.00

Gorilla, My Love by Toni Cade Bambara
New

Gorilla, My Love by Toni Cade Bambara

$25.00

$25.00

Spencer Holst Stories by Spencer Holst
New

Spencer Holst Stories by Spencer Holst

$25.00

$25.00

Transactions by Deborah Eisenberg
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Transactions by Deborah Eisenberg

$20.00

$20.00

Last Days of the Dog-Men by Brad Watson
New

Last Days of the Dog-Men by Brad Watson

$20.00

$20.00

Jack Kerouac Is Pregnant by Aurelie Sheehan
New

Jack Kerouac Is Pregnant by Aurelie Sheehan

$40.00

$40.00

Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath

Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath

$80.00

$80.00

My Sister's Hand in Mine by Jane Bowles

My Sister's Hand in Mine by Jane Bowles

$12.00

$12.00

Heartburn by Nora Ephron

Heartburn by Nora Ephron

$25.00

$25.00

For Esme, with Love & Squalor by J.D. Salinger
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For Esme, with Love & Squalor by J.D. Salinger

$45.00

$45.00

Girls, Visions and Everything by Sarah Schulman

Girls, Visions and Everything by Sarah Schulman

$12.00

$12.00

Girl from Puerto Rico by Hila Colman

Girl from Puerto Rico by Hila Colman

$65.00

$65.00

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

Transformations by Anne Sexton

Transformations by Anne Sexton

$35.00

$35.00

Separations by Marilyn Hacker

Separations by Marilyn Hacker

$10.00

$10.00

Classic Ballroom Dances by Charles Simic

Classic Ballroom Dances by Charles Simic

$45.00

$45.00

Selected Poems by Gwendolyn Brooks

Selected Poems by Gwendolyn Brooks

$65.00

$65.00

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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