Treats for the Reader

Avenue Magazine - December 2009

Treats for the Reader - The city's specialized bookshops offer rare reads that make perfect holiday gifts. By E.F. Ulmann

An excerpt of the article that appears in the December edition of The Avenue Magazine includes..."Finally, I recommend the exquisite antiquarian bookstore, Bauman Rare Books at 535 Madison Avenue (between 54th and 55th Streets). A visit to the shop is a must, but there's also www.baumanrarebooks.com

A couple more recommendations: A first edition of Hemingway's Old Man and the Sea ($3500) and Twain's masterpiece (It's the best book we've had," wrote Hemingway), Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, 1885, first edition, first issue ($18,000).

View the full article (pdf).