TOWN'S END BOOKS

<body background="Opaq0006.gif"> <table colspec="L20 L20"> <tr valign="top"> <td height="461"> <h3><br> We are a specialist, antiquarian book dealer focusing on collectable, hard to find, first editions of 20th century authors known for their work in:</h3> <ul> <table width="716" border="0"> <tr> <td width="347"><strong><a href="tebhisto.htm">Historical Fiction</a></strong></td> <td width="437"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td><strong><a href="tebnauti.htm">Nautical Fiction</a></strong></td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td><strong><a href="tebnatur.htm">Nature</a></strong></td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td><strong><a href="tebnathi.htm">Natural History</a></strong></td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td><strong><a href="tebamer.htm">Americana</a></strong></td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td><strong><a href="tebserie.htm">Most Series of America Titles</a></strong></td> <td> </td> </tr> </table> </ul> <p> </li> <br> <strong>We are also well known for our wide stock of titles by <a href="sloane.htm">Eric Sloane</a>, <a href="roberts.htm">Kenneth Roberts</a>, </strong><strong><a href="forester.htm">C. S. Forester</a>, </strong><strong>and titles in the <a href="rivers.htm">Rivers of America Series</a> , <a href="lakeside.htm">The Lakeside Classics</a> and the <a href="amerguid.htm">WPA's American Guide Series</a>.</strong> </p> <p><b>We also carry modern first editions and to check what we have in that area please view our author index page</b> <img src="on.gif" width="10" height="10"> <a href="tebatoz.htm"><b>Author Index</b></a> <b>as well as our <a href="tebauth.htm">Featured Authors</a> page.</b> <p><b>We have also recently added several new pages for the following authors:<a href="stegner.htm"> Wallace Stegner</a>, <a href="lopez.htm">Barry Lopez</a>, <a href="thoreau.htm"> Henry David Thoreau</a>, <a href="hemingway.htm">Ernest Hemingway</a>, <a href="horgan.htm">Paul Horgan</a>, <a href="wilder.htm">Thornton Wilder</a>, <a href="frost.htm">Robert Frost</a>, <a href="twain.htm">Mark Twain</a>, <a href="faulkner.htm">William Faulkner</a>, and <a href="kinsella.htm">W. P. Kinsella</a>.</b> <p><b>And, new pages dealing with <a href="connecticut.htm">Connecticut</a> and <a href="newyork.htm">New York State</a>, <a href="japanprint.htm">Japanese Prints</a>, <a href="slavery.htm"> Slavery in America</a>, <a href="birds.htm">Birds</a></b> <strong>, </strong><b><a href="goldrush.htm">The California Gold Rush</a>, <a href="goldrush.htm"></a> <a href="benedictarnold.htm">Benedict Arnold,</a></b> <b><a href="eastonpress.htm">Easton Press Titles</a>, <a href="franklinpress.htm">Franklin Library Titles,</a> <a href="signedleather.htm">Signed Leather-Bound First Editions</a>, <a href="classics.htm">Leather Bound Classics of Literature</a>, <a href="shakespeare.htm">Titles by William Shakespeare</a>, <a href="eastonfishing.htm">The Library of Fly-Fishing Classics by the Easton Press</a></b> <strong>and <a href="sets.htm">Book Sets</a> and a special page dealing with <a href="highlights.htm">highlights</a> from our collection. </strong> <p><b>In the frame to the left you will find a convenient table of contents for our site which will allow you to navigate to any page or section of our web site.  You will find the <a href="tebtopic.htm">List of Topics</a> we cover particularly helpful as well as the <a href="search.htm">search</a> page which will allow you to search our entire site for particular words, titles or authors.</b> <p><b><font size="4" color="#FF0000">Our Pledge of Confidentiality</font> - 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. <br> <br> </b> <table width="85%" border="0" height="74"> <tr> <td> <div align="center"><a href="javascript:window.external.AddFavorite('http://www.townsendbooks.com')"><b>Bookmark this site.</b></a></div> </td> <td> <div align="center"><a href="http://pe.epubliceye.com/pereport.cfm?key=40113" TARGET="_top"><img src="http://www.epubliceye.com/monitor5.gif" width="150" height="65" border=0></a></div> </td> </tr> </table> </td> <td height="461"><img src="graphics/logosign.gif" align="RIGHT" alt="logosign" width="198" height="382"></td> </tr> </table> <p align="left"><font color="bf0000"> </font><br> <strong><font color="bf0000"><u>We both sell and buy books:</u></font></strong></p> <blockquote> <blockquote> <p><b>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).</b></p> </blockquote> </blockquote> <p><strong><font color="bf0000"><u>Questions about a book you own or are you looking for a special book?</u></font></strong></p> <blockquote> <blockquote> <p><b>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. </b></p> <p><b>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.</b></p> </blockquote> </blockquote> <p><font color="bf0000"><strong><u>Upcoming Book Fairs in 2008 where we will be exhibiting:</u></strong></font></p> <blockquote> <blockquote> <p><b><strong>The New England Antiquarian Book and Ephemera Fair</strong>,</b> <b>Sunday, June 1, 2008 at the Everett Arena, Concord, New Hampshire.</b></p> </blockquote> </blockquote> <p><font color="bf0000"><b><u>What our booth looks like at a book fair:</u></b></font></p> <p align="center"><img src="graphics/portlandbookfair.jpg" width="504" height="289"></p> <blockquote> <blockquote> <blockquote> <p><br> <b>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!</b><br> </p> </blockquote> </blockquote> </blockquote> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>Thank you for visiting our web site.  </p> <p> </p> <center> <strong><font size="+1"><u>Site Index</u></font></strong><br> <table border=0 width="101"> <tr> <td width="95"> <div align="center"> <p align="center"><font size="3"><strong> <img name="pic1" src="blank.gif" width=15 height=15 border=0><a HREF="tebhp.htm" onMouseOver="imgover(pic1)" onMouseOut="imgout(pic1)"><font color="cc0000">Home</font></a></strong></font></p> <img name="pic2" SRC="blank.gif" width=15 height=15 border=0> <a href="giftideas.htm" onMouseOver="imgover(pic2)" onMouseOut="imgout(pic2)"><font color="#400040"> Gift Ideas</font></a></strong></font></p> <p align="center"><font size="3"><strong> <img name="pic3" SRC="blank.gif" width=15 height=15 border=0> <a href="leatherbooks.htm" onMouseOver="imgover(pic3)" onMouseOut="imgout(pic3)"><font color="cc0000"> Leather Bound</font></a><br> <br> <img name="pic4" SRC="blank.gif" width=15 height=15 border=0> <A HREF="newtitles.htm" onMouseOver="imgover(pic4)" onMouseOut="imgout(pic4)"><font color="cc9933"> <font color="#FF8000">Newest to Stock </font></font></A><font size="3"><strong><font color="#FF8000"><br> <br> <img name="pic5" SRC="blank.gif" width=15 height=15 border=0> <A HREF="sets.htm" onMouseOver="imgover(pic5)" onMouseOut="imgout(pic5)"><font color="#330033"> Sets</font></A></font></strong></font></strong></font></p> <p align="center"><font size="3"><strong><font color="#FF8000"> <img name="pic6" SRC="blank.gif" width=15 height=15 border=0> <A HREF="highlights.htm" onMouseOver="imgover(pic6)" onMouseOut="imgout(pic6)"><font color="#669966"> Highlights</font></A></font></strong></font><font color="#FF8000"><br> <br> <img name="pic7" SRC="blank.gif" width=15 height=15 border=0> <A HREF="tebatoz.htm" onMouseOver="imgover(pic7)" onMouseOut="imgout(pic7)"><font color="000099"> <strong>Author Index</strong></font></A></font></p> <p align="center"><font size="3"><font color="#FF8000"> <img name="pic8" SRC="blank.gif" width=15 height=15 border=0> <A HREF="tebserie.htm" onMouseOver="imgover(pic8)" onMouseOut="imgout(pic8)"><font color="ff6633"> <strong>American Series Titles</strong></font></A> <br> <br> <img name="pic9" SRC="blank.gif" width=15 height=15 border=0> <A HREF="tebtopic.htm" onMouseOver="imgover(pic9)" onMouseOut="imgout(pic9)"><font color="666600"> <strong>Topics</strong></font></A> <br> <br> <img name="pic10" SRC="blank.gif" width=15 height=15 border=0> <A HREF="prizewin.htm" onMouseOver="imgover(pic10)" onMouseOut="imgout(pic10)"><font color="ff0000"> <strong>Prize Winners</strong></font></A></font><strong></A></strong></font></p> <p align="center"><font color="#FF8000"><strong><A HREF="search.htm" onMouseOver="imgover(pic10)" onMouseOut="imgout(pic10)"><font color="ff0000"> <br> <img name="pic11" SRC="blank.gif" width=15 height=15 border=0> <A HREF="search.htm" onMouseOver="imgover(pic11)" onMouseOut="imgout(pic11)"><font color="cc3399"> Search</font></A><br> <br> <img name="pic12" SRC="blank.gif" width=15 height=15 border=0> <A HREF="bookgrad.htm" onMouseOver="imgover(pic12)" onMouseOut="imgout(pic12)"><font color="cc0000"> Book Grades</font></A></strong></font></p> <p align="center"><font size="3"><strong><font color="#FF8000"> <img name="pic13" SRC="blank.gif" width=15 height=15 border=0> <A HREF="tebauth.htm" onMouseOver="imgover(pic13)" onMouseOut="imgout(pic13)"><font color="#669966"> Featured Authors</font></A></font></strong></font></p> <p align="center"><font size="3"><strong> <img name="pic14" SRC="blank.gif" width=15 height=15 border=0> <A HREF="feedback.htm" onMouseOver="imgover(pic14)" onMouseOut="imgout(pic14)"><font color="ff8000"> Feedback</font></A><br> </strong></font><font color="#FF8000" size="3"> <br> </font> </p> </div> </td></tr></table> </center> </body>