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Scents
Smell Like Old Books
December 4, 2009
Back in November, Jonathan Shipley posted an entry on scientists studying the unique smell of
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Carmen D. Valentino Rare Books and Manuscripts
2956 Richmond Street
Philadelphia, PA 19134
(215) 739-6056
Archival collections of older manuscript correspondences, diaries,ledgers, account
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Service Company
The Books In My Life
302 Taylor Road
Stow, MA 01775
(978) 793-1100
Rare Book and Private Library Consulting. Collection Management, Exhibition
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Book Dealer: Antiquarian & Rare
Outermost Books
2215 Santa Anita Ave.
Sierra Madre, CA 91024
(626) 755-6979
Rare and endangered books bought and sold. 20th Century fiction, children's,
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Book Dealer: Antiquarian & Rare
Downtown Brown Books
(503) 719-5200
2026 catalogs: Lovecraft, Arkham House, Stephen King. Sign up for alerts at
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