We are a specialist, antiquarian book dealer focusing on collectable, first editions of 20th century authors known for their work in: Historical Fiction   Nautical Fiction   Nature and/or Natural History   Americana   Most Series of America Titles   We are also well known for our wide stock of titles by Eric Sloane, Kenneth Roberts, C. S. Forester, and titles in the Rivers of America Series , The Lakeside Classics and the WPA's American Guide Series. We also carry modern first editions and to check what we have in that area please view our author index page Author Index as well as our Featured Authors page. We have also recently added several new pages for the following authors:Charles Dickens, Washington Irving, Wallace Stegner, Barry Lopez, Henry David Thoreau, Ernest Hemingway, Paul Horgan, Thornton Wilder, Robert Frost, Mark Twain, William Faulkner, and W. P. Kinsella. And, new pages dealing with All 19th Century Printings, 19th Century Literature, Silver and Silversmiths, Connecticut and its Towns and New York State, Japanese Prints, Slavery in America, Birds , The California Gold Rush, Benedict Arnold, Easton Press Titles, Franklin Library Titles, Signed Leather-Bound First Editions, Leather Bound Classics of Literature, Titles by William Shakespeare, The Library of Fly-Fishing Classics by the Easton Press, and Book Sets and a special page dealing with highlights from our collection.

Navigating this site: If you place your mouse cursor over either one of the two blue rectangles at the upper left or right of this screen you will find a convenient table of contents emerges showing you a rapid way to navigate to any page or section of our web site.  You will find the Categories/Topics link particularly helpful as well as the search page which will allow you to search our entire site for specific words, titles or authors. Our Pledge of Confidentiality - Please be assured that we have never, we will not and we will never sell, or in any fashion convey any information gathered from our customer's to a third party; or, in any way compromise the confidential details of any transaction(s) for any of our customers.    We employ a Secure Server on this web site for you to use to send us your credit card data to complete your purchases. We have partnered with Authorize.Net, a leading payment gateway since 1996, to offer safe and secure credit card transactions for our customers.  Town's End Books is registered with the Authorize.Net Verified Merchant Seal program.                         Bookmark Town's End Books for future purchases.

Merchant Services

We both sell and buy books:

We purchase individual books and entire collections as long as they are first editions and in nice condition with their dust jackets (provided of course the books were issued with jackets).

Questions about a book you own or are you looking for a special book?

Even if you have a question about books in your collection or books that you are interested in having us look for don't hesitate to call us or send us an E-mail. We enjoy the challenge of a good search and we appreciate the opportunity to answer any questions that you have.

We are also available to provide appraisal services for of you for which we will prepare a written, narrative appraisal report which provides you with our opinion of the book(s) replacement or market value.  We do charge an hourly fee for this service.  We do not provide free appraisal services...it is often a time consuming process.

Upcoming Book Fairs in 2010 where we will be exhibiting:

The Boston Antiquarian Book Fair - April 30th and May 1st, 2010 - Boston University, Track & Tennis Center
100 Ashford Street, Boston, Mass.  Friday 12 to 5 PM and Saturday 10 AM to 5 PM

The Philadelphia Book & Ephemera Fair - May 21st and 22nd, 2010 - Philadelphia Expo Center
100 Station Avenue, Oaks, Penn.  Friday 4 to 8 PM and Saturday 9 AM to 4 PM

What our booth looks like at a book fair:

We do our best to bring a strong representation of our stock with special emphasis on our areas of specialization. We also do our best to display a wide assortment of books in many diversified topics. We encourage our customers to let us know if they spot a title or two on our web pages to let us know and we will be happy to bring it/them along with us to the upcoming show. Generally, if you don't find what you are looking for at our booth you can probably find it at one of the booths of our colleagues. For anyone interested in books, book fairs are a terrific way to spend a day. Hope to see you soon!