West Side Book Shop

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West Side Book Shop

Book Dealer: Antiquarian & Rare

113 West Liberty

Ann Arbor, MI 48104

Open since 1975. Polar exploration, literary first editions, children's books, photography.

Photographs

Laura Gilpin’s The Rio Grande Yields its Surplus to the Sea (1946)

Ansel Adams’ 'Winter Sunrise' and Milton Esterow Collection to Auction

Edward Steichen’s 'Balzac' Leads Photography Masterworks Auction

Cartes de Visite: Five Rare Books for Collectors

Americana

Clemens business card

Mark Twain and Abraham Lincoln Memorabilia to Auction

Post-Washita General Custer Letter Sold at Auction for $550,000

Gettysburg Rail Pass and Lincoln’s Last Message to Congress to Auction

Exhibitions

Phillis Wheatley, Poems on Various Subjects: Religious and Moral (London: Printed for A. Bell, Bookseller, Aldgate; and Sold by Messrs. Cox and Berry, King-Street, Boston, 1773)

Princeton Hosts Two Exhibitions Marking Nation’s 250th Anniversary

Virginia Woolf and the Hogarth Press at Charleston

New Exhibition Focuses on The Irish Literary Revival

Sponsored

Lieutenant Henry Robertson Bowers, At the South Pole.

Odfjell Collection Goes to Auction

Caveat Emptor: or some thoughts on ethics and online book buying

In Lincoln’s Own Words

Rare Books

Repetición de Amores y Arte de Ajedrez by Luis Ramírez de Lucena

Oldest Surviving Book on Chess to Auction with £100,000 Estimate

Grabhorn Press 'Leaves of Grass': Rare Book of the Week

Sacred Hindu Shikshapatri Text On Tour to Mark Bicentenary

Book People

Her Majesty The Queen

Her Majesty The Queen to Appear in New BBC Programme on Power of Books

Life-Size Bronze Sculpture of Margaret Fuller Donated to Concord Free Public Library

Final Antiquariaat Junk Stock Sold at Auction for £1m+

Auctions

Fluxus 1

Fluxus 1, Witch Paranoia, Maths Archive: The Week in Rare Books

Horatio Nelson's Trafalgar Order of Battle Sold for $189,888 at Auction

Virginia Woolf Letter Dismissing Her Work to Auction

Book Arts

Miami Zine Fair 2025

Miami Zine Fair 2026 Details

Major New Samuel Beckett Biennale to Include First Ulster-Scots Translation of 'Waiting for Godot'

New Celebrations Mark 40 years of ‘Poems on the Underground’

Visual Art

Uderzo's Asterix cover painting

Original Asterix Cover Art, Moebius, and Frank Frazetta to Auction

Original Art from 'The Death of Superman' to Auction

A Chicana Printmaker’s Radical Archive

Maps

London in the 18th Century

New Book Focuses on Historic First Detailed Map of 18th Century London

Top Secret Omaha Beach Invasion Maps to Auction

Maps and Atlases: Five Rare Maps for Collectors