The Antiquarian Book Nook

# The Antiquarian Book Nook: A Haven for Bibliophiles

Welcome to The Antiquarian Book Nook, a distinguished establishment dedicated to the preservation and celebration of literature in its most exquisite forms. Nestled in the heart of the city, our bookshop specializes in rare editions, antiquarian texts, and unique literary artifacts that cater to the discerning tastes of collectors, scholars, and avid readers alike.

## About Us

Founded in 2025, The Antiquarian Book Nook is the culmination of a lifelong passion for literature and a commitment to fostering a love for the written word. Our esteemed founder, Dr. Eleanor Whitmore, a noted bibliophile and literary historian, envisioned a sanctuary where individuals could explore the rich tapestry of literary history through carefully curated collections.

Our knowledgeable staff comprises bibliophiles and experts in various literary fields, each dedicated to providing exceptional service and guidance to our patrons. We take pride in our extensive selection, which includes first editions, signed copies, and rare manuscripts that span centuries and genres.

## Our Collection

At The Antiquarian Book Nook, we offer a diverse array of literary treasures, including:

- **First Editions**: Discover seminal works from renowned authors, including limited print runs and signed copies that are a testament to literary excellence.
- **Antiquarian Texts**: Delve into history with our collection of antiquarian books, featuring texts that date back to the 16th century and beyond, each with its own unique story.
- **Rare Manuscripts**: Browse through original manuscripts and letters from celebrated authors, providing insight into their creative processes and personal reflections.
- **Specialty Collections**: We also feature themed collections that highlight specific genres, movements, or historical periods, allowing our patrons to explore literature in a curated context.

## Pricing

Our pricing reflects the rarity and condition of each item, ensuring that our patrons receive fair value for these extraordinary literary works. Here is a general overview of our pricing structure:

- **First Editions**: Prices range from $50 to $5,000, depending on the author and condition.
- **Antiquarian Texts**: Prices typically range from $100 to $10,000, based on age, rarity, and historical significance.
- **Rare Manuscripts**: Prices vary widely, starting at $200 and potentially reaching tens of thousands of dollars for exceptional pieces.
- **Specialty Collections**: Prices for themed collections are determined based on the individual items included.

## Ordering Information

At The Antiquarian Book Nook, we strive to make the process of acquiring literary treasures as seamless as possible. Patrons can place orders through our website or visit our physical location. Our ordering process includes:

1. **Browse Our Collection**: Explore our extensive inventory online, complete with detailed descriptions and high-resolution images of each item.
2. **Place an Order**: Once you have selected your desired items, you may complete your purchase through our secure online checkout system.
3. **Shipping and Delivery**: We offer worldwide shipping options, with costs calculated at checkout based on destination and item weight. Local patrons may also opt for in-store pickup.

### Opening Hours

Our doors are open to the public during the following hours:

- **Monday to Friday**: 10:00 AM - 7:00 PM
- **Saturday**: 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
- **Sunday**: Closed

## Contact Us

For inquiries regarding our collection, assistance with orders, or to schedule a private consultation, please do not hesitate to reach out to us. Our team is available to assist you via email at [e-mail] or by phone at [phone]. We also encourage you to follow us on social media to stay updated on new arrivals, events, and literary discussions.

## Conclusion

At The Antiquarian Book Nook, we are dedicated to nurturing the appreciation of literature's rich heritage. We invite you to explore our carefully curated collection and discover the joy of owning a piece of literary history. Thank you for choosing The Antiquarian Book Nook, where every book tells a story waiting to be uncovered.

### Our Collection

At The Antiquarian Book Nook, we offer a diverse array of literary treasures, meticulously organized into various subsections to cater to the tastes of our discerning clientele. Below is a glimpse of our current catalog, highlighting notable works from classical English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, German, and Japanese literature.

#### English Literature

- **Charles Dickens**:
- *Great Expectations* (1860, first edition)
- *A Tale of Two Cities* (1859, first edition)
- *David Copperfield* (1850)

- **Jane Austen**:
- *Pride and Prejudice* (1813, first edition)
- *Sense and Sensibility* (1811, first edition)
- *Emma* (1815, signed copy)

- **George Eliot**:
- *Middlemarch* (1871, first edition)
- *Silas Marner* (1861, first edition)
- *The Mill on the Floss* (1860, first edition)

- **Virginia Woolf**:
- *Mrs. Dalloway* (1925, first edition)
- *To the Lighthouse* (1927, first edition)
- *Orlando* (1928, signed copy)

#### French Literature

- **Victor Hugo**:
- *Les Misérables* (1862, first edition)
- *Notre-Dame de Paris* (1831, first edition)

- **Marcel Proust**:
- *À la recherche du temps perdu* (In Search of Lost Time, 1913, first edition)

- **Gustave Flaubert**:
- *Madame Bovary* (1856, first edition)
- *L'Éducation sentimentale* (1869, first edition)

#### Spanish Literature

- **Miguel de Cervantes**:
- *Don Quixote* (1605, first edition)

- **Gabriel García Márquez**:
- *Cien años de soledad* (One Hundred Years of Solitude, 1967, first edition)

- **Jorge Luis Borges**:
- *Ficciones* (1944, first edition)

#### Portuguese Literature

- **Fernando Pessoa**:
- *The Book of Disquiet* (Livro do Desassossego, 1982, first edition)

- **Eça de Queirós**:
- *The Maias* (1888, first edition)

- **José Saramago**:
- *Blindness* (Ensaio sobre a cegueira, 1995, signed copy)

#### German Literature

- **Johann Wolfgang von Goethe**:
- *Faust* (1808, first edition)

- **Thomas Mann**:
- *Buddenbrooks* (1901, first edition)

- **Franz Kafka**:
- *The Metamorphosis* (Die Verwandlung, 1915, first edition)

#### Japanese Literature

- **Murasaki Shikibu**:
- *The Tale of Genji* (Genji Monogatari, 11th century, rare edition)

- **Haruki Murakami**:
- *Norwegian Wood* (ノルウェイの森, 1987, first edition)

- **Yasunari Kawabata**:
- *Snow Country* (雪国, 1947, first edition)

Dutch Literature
Multatuli (Eduard Douwes Dekker):

Max Havelaar (1860, first edition)

Minnebrieven (1861, first edition)

Woutertje Pieterse (1875, first edition)

Louis Couperus:

Eline Vere (1889, first edition)

The Hidden Force (De Stille Kracht) (1900, first edition)

Old People and the Things That Pass (Oud en Jou) (1906, first edition)

Nescio (Jan Hendrik Frederik Grönloh):

De Uitvreter (1911, first edition)

Titaantjes (1915, first edition)

Dichtertje (1918, first edition)

Annie M.G. Schmidt:

Jip en Janneke (1953, first edition)

Pluk van de Petteflet (1971, first edition)

Otje (1977, first edition)

Danish Literature
Hans Christian Andersen:

Fairy Tales (Eventyr) (1835, first edition)

The Little Mermaid (1837, first edition)

The Emperor’s New Clothes (1837, first edition)

Karen Blixen (Isak Dinesen):

Out of Africa (1937, first edition)

Seven Gothic Tales (1934, first edition)

Babette’s Feast (1958, first edition)

Jens Peter Jacobsen:

Fru Marie Grubbe (1876)

Niels Lyhne (1880)

Mogens (1882)

Italian Literature
Dante Alighieri:

The Divine Comedy (1320)

La Vita Nuova (1294)

De Monarchia (1313, manuscript editions)

Italo Calvino:

Invisible Cities (1972, first edition)

If on a Winter's Night a Traveler (1979, first edition)

The Baron in the Trees (1957, first edition)

Alessandro Manzoni:

The Betrothed (I Promessi Sposi) (1827, first edition)

Adelchi (1822)

Pasquale Ossorio (1838)

Finnish Literature
Aleksis Kivi:

Seven Brothers (Seitsemän veljestä) (1870)

The Heath Cobblers (1864)

Nummisuutarit (1864)

Mika Waltari:

The Egyptian (Sinuhe egyptiläinen) (1945)

The Etruscan (Turms, kuolematon) (1955)

The Roman (1964)

Eino Leino:

Helkavirsiä (1903)

The Death of Elina (1917)

Swedish Literature
Selma Lagerlöf:

The Wonderful Adventures of Nils (1906)

Gösta Berling's Saga (1891)

Jerusalem (1901–1902)

August Strindberg:

The Red Room (1879)

Miss Julie (1888)

The Son of a Servant (1886)

Astrid Lindgren:

Pippi Longstocking (1945)

Emil of Lönneberga (1963)

Karlsson-on-the-Roof (1955)

Norwegian Literature
Henrik Ibsen:

A Doll’s House (1879)

Hedda Gabler (1890)

Peer Gynt (1867)

Knut Hamsun:

Hunger (1890)

Growth of the Soil (1917)

Mysteries (1892)

Sigrid Undset:

Kristin Lavransdatter (1920–1922)

The Master of Hestviken (1925–1927)

Korean Literature
Shin Saimdang:

Eojincho (16th century, classical poetry collection)

Jehol Diary (Hanguk ilgi) (historical texts)

Kim Sowol:

Azaleas (Cheonnyeonhwa) (1925, poetry collection)

The Wagon Driver’s Song (Jeongi norae) (1920s, poem)

Yi Sang:

Crow’s Eye View (Obangjip) (1934, collection of short stories and poems)

Wings (1936, short story)

Arabic Literature
Al-Mutanabbi:

Diwan (10th century, poetry collection)

Praise of Sayf al-Dawla

Naguib Mahfouz:

Palace Walk (Bayn al-Qasrayn) (1956, first edition)

Children of the Alley (Awlad Haretna) (1959)

Taha Hussein:

The Days (Al-Ayyam) (1929, autobiography)

The Oneness of Being (Wahdat al-Wujud)

Russian Literature
Alexander Pushkin:

Eugene Onegin (1833, first edition)

The Captain’s Daughter (Капитанская дочка) (1836, first edition)

Leo Tolstoy:

War and Peace (Война и мир) (1869, first edition)

Anna Karenina (Анна Каренина) (1877, first edition)

Fyodor Dostoevsky:

Crime and Punishment (Преступление и наказание) (1866, first edition)

The Brothers Karamazov (Братья Карамазовы) (1880, first edition)

Simplified Chinese Literature
Lu Xun:

A Call to Arms (吶喊) (1923, first edition)

The True Story of Ah Q (阿Q正传) (1921)

Ba Jin:

Family (家) (1931, first edition)

Spring (春) (1938, first edition)

Mo Yan:

Red Sorghum (红高粱家族) (1986, first edition)

Big Breasts and Wide Hips (丰乳肥臀) (1995, first edition)

Traditional Chinese Literature
Cao Xueqin:

Dream of the Red Chamber (紅樓夢) (18th century manuscript and printed versions)

Wu Cheng'en:

Journey to the West (西遊記) (16th century, first printed edition)

Shi Nai'an:

Water Margin (水滸傳) (14th century, manuscript editions)

Turkish Literature
Ahmet Hamdi Tanpınar:

A Mind at Peace (Huzur) (1949, first edition)

The Time Regulation Institute (Saatleri Ayarlama Enstitüsü) (1961, posthumous first edition)

Orhan Pamuk:

My Name is Red (Benim Adım Kırmızı) (1998, first edition)

The Black Book (Kara Kitap) (1990, first edition)

Nazım Hikmet:

Human Landscapes from My Country (Memleketimden İnsan Manzaraları) (1959, first edition)

Polish Literature
Adam Mickiewicz:

Pan Tadeusz (1834, first edition)

Dziady (Forefathers' Eve) (1823, first edition)

Henryk Sienkiewicz:

Quo Vadis (1896, first edition)

With Fire and Sword (Ogniem i Mieczem) (1884, first edition)

Wisława Szymborska:

View with a Grain of Sand (1995, first edition)

People on a Bridge (1986, first edition)

Romanian Literature
Mihai Eminescu:

The Evening Star (Luceafărul) (1883, poem)

Poems (1883, collection)

Liviu Rebreanu:

Ion (1920, first edition)

Forest of the Hanged (Pădurea spânzuraților) (1922, first edition)

Mircea Eliade:

Maitreyi (Bengal Nights) (1933, first edition)

The Myth of the Eternal Return (1949)

Hebrew Literature
Shmuel Yosef Agnon:

Only Yesterday (Tmol Shilshom) (1945, first edition)

Fires and Other Stories (1926, first edition)

S.Y. Abramovitsh (Mendele Mocher Sforim):

The Travels of Benjamin the Third (1865, first edition)

Fishke the Lame (1888, first edition)

Amos Oz:

My Michael (1968, first edition)

A Tale of Love and Darkness (2002, first edition)

Indonesian Literature
Pramoedya Ananta Toer:

This Earth of Mankind (Bumi Manusia) (1980, first edition)

Child of All Nations (Anak Semua Bangsa) (1981, first edition)

Footsteps (Jejak Langkah) (1985, first edition)

Chairil Anwar:

Aku (1943, poem)

Deru Campur Debu (1949, poetry collection)

Andrea Hirata:

The Rainbow Troops (Laskar Pelangi) (2005, first edition)

Czech Literature
Karel Čapek:

R.U.R. (Rossum's Universal Robots) (1920, first edition)

War with the Newts (1936, first edition)

The Absolute at Large (1922)

Božena Němcová:

The Grandmother (Babička) (1855, first edition)

Tales and Legends (collection)

Franz Kafka:

The Metamorphosis (Die Verwandlung) (1915, first edition)

The Trial (Der Process) (published posthumously 1925)

Thai Literature
Sunthorn Phu:

Phra Aphai Mani (1820, epic poem)

Nirat Phukaothong (travel poem)

Kulap Saipradit (Sriburapha):

Behind the Painting (ข้างหลังภาพ) (1937, first edition)

Chart Korbjitti:

The Judgment (คำพิพากษา) (1981, first edition)

Hungarian Literature
Sándor Petőfi:

János Vitéz (John the Valiant) (1845, epic poem)

National Songs (1847, collection)

Imre Madách:

The Tragedy of Man (Az ember tragédiája) (1861, first edition)

Miklós Radnóti:

Forced March (Kényszerút) (posthumous, 1946)

Bulgarian Literature
Ivan Vazov:

Under the Yoke (Под игото) (1894, first edition)

Epic of the Forgotten (Епопея на забравените) (published 1925)

Elin Pelin:

Earth (Земя) (1902, first edition)

The Gerakovi Family (1911, first edition)

Yordan Yovkov:

Legends (1924, first edition)

Tales of the People (1924)

Greek Literature
Homer:

The Iliad (circa 8th century BCE, ancient epics)

The Odyssey (circa 8th century BCE, ancient epics)

Nikolaos Kazantzakis:

Zorba the Greek (1946, first edition)

Captain Michalis (1953, first edition)

Odysseas Elytis:

Axion Esti (1959, poetry collection)

Vietnamese Literature
Nguyễn Du:

The Tale of Kieu (Truyện Kiều) (1820, epic poem)

Nam Cao:

Chí Phèo (1941, short story)

The Diary of a Crazy Woman (Tâm sự người điên) (1941)

Bùi Giáng:

Selected Poems (20th century, posthumous collections)

Ukrainian Literature
Taras Shevchenko:

Kobzar (1840, poetry collection)

Haydamaky (1841, poem)

Lesya Ukrainka:

Forest Song (Лісова пісня) (1911, play)

The Stone Host (Камінний господар) (1912, play)

Ivan Franko:

Zakhar Berkut (1883, short story)

Crossroads (Перехресні стежки) (1908, novel)

Slovak Literature
Martin Kukučín:

The Locusts (Rákosníci) (1909, novella)

Nepoznaní (The Unknown) (1894, novella)

Jozef Cíger-Hronský:

Farská pani (The Parson’s Wife) (1932, novel)

Pavol Országh Hviezdoslav:

Emä (1880, epic poem)

Hájnikova žena (The Forester’s Wife) (1884, drama)

This selection represents only a fraction of our extensive catalog dedicated to classic literature from around the world. Each item is meticulously preserved, ensuring that our patrons can enjoy these literary treasures for generations to come.