Company lists · Data refreshed September 2026
Top 25 Rare book publishers worldwide
RevenueBase identified 355 rare book publishers worldwide as of September 2026 and tracks 1,260 professional contacts across them, including 212 with verified work emails. The United States is the largest market and London the largest hub.
This list covers rare book publishers worldwide, matched on what each company actually does as described in its own words. Ranked by team size, largest first. Every row shows the company's own description, its RevenueBase Smart Search rating, and when it was last checked. Data refreshed September 21, 2026. Country and city lists for rare book publishers follow the table.
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The 25 largest rare book publishers worldwide
Ranked by team size| # | Company | Contacts | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 51 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “ARTIKA is a publishing house that specialises in art books.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 2 | 37 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Peter Harrington is one of the most respected and dynamic names in the world of rare books, with permanent galleries in London and New York.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 3 | 31 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Bauman Rare Books offers an extraordinary selection of rare, antiquarian, first editions, signed and inscribed books ranging from the 15th through the 20th centuries.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 4 | 25 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Started in 2002 with one part-time employee in the basement of a remote log cabin in southern Vermont, Echo Point Books & Media, supports the old adage that “build a better…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 5 | 24 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “We were established in 2007 by veterans of the industry from the ground up as a book printer.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 6 | 19 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Die Keure is a Belgian family owned and managed company with 80 years of experience in printing and publishing.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 7 | 19 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “At Bridgeport National Bindery, we've made books one at a time for nearly 80 years.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 8 | 17 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Fondata nel 1875 da Luigi Gonnelli nel cuore di Firenze, in Via Ricasoli, 6, la "Libreria Antiquaria Gonnelli" è una delle più antiche e storiche librerie antiquarie d'Italia e…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 9 | 14 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “The world's leading limited edition book publisher in music and culture, since 1974.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 10 | 13 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Arion Press is a publisher of fine limited edition artist books, based in San Francisco, California.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 11 | 11 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “A boutique publisher of premium bespoke books dedicated to private editions For those who value excellence.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 12 | 11 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Acme Bookbinding is a privately-held and family-owned business.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 13 | 9 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Founded in 1847, Bernard Quaritch Ltd is one of the oldest antiquarian book dealers in the world.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 14 | 9 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “We are a seller of antiquarian books with a collection spanning more than five centuries.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 15 | 9 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Há 10 anos resgatando histórias antigas das bibliotecas dos nossos antepassados e transformando-os em tesouros literários A Wish foi pensada como um projeto diferenciado e moderno…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 16 | 8 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “To exhibit beauty, and to unite its seekers with its creators: to inspire and to connect.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 17 | 8 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Founded in York in 1761, established in London in 1815, Henry Sotheran Limited has a long and distinguished history.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 18 | 8 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Since 2004, JRP|Editions (formerly JRP|Ringier, 2004–2018) has established itself as one of the leading international and independent publishers of contemporary art, partnering…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 19 | 8 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “El libro ha sido la razón de ser y el vínculo entre Lucam, los editores y el sector gráfico.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 20 | 7 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Established in 1853, Maggs Bros.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 21 | 7 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Small Editions is a book studio and artist book publisher based in Lenapehoking (Brooklyn, New York) that offers services in book design, print consulting, and limited edition…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 22 | 7 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “D'ORO Collection is an Italian publishing house dedicated to the creation of collectible books, bespoke editorial projects, and handcrafted works conceived to preserve stories…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 23 | 6 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Meridiaan Uitgevers is in mei 2019 opgericht door Nelleke Geel en Carla de Jong, samen goed voor een kleine 50 jaar ervaring in het boekenvak.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 24 | 6 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Rodona es una empresa dedicada en exclusiva a la impresión y encuadernación de libros, en color y blanco y negro.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 25 | 6 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Publishing company located in Santa Barbara California.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
RevenueBase Smart Search
RevenueBase Smart Search assesses information from a company’s LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website, and other publicly available sources. It uses that information to rate how closely the company relates to this list’s category: rare book publishers. Every row carries its rating and the description the rating was read from, so each one can be checked rather than taken on trust.
- Strong evidence
- The company's own public description of its business names rare book publishers.
- Partial evidence
- Its own public description names part of rare book publishers, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
- Indirect evidence
- The description shown does not name rare book publishers. The match rests on the rest of the company's public profile rather than the one sentence quoted here, so this is the rating to check first.
RevenueBase Smart Search is how these lists are built: RevenueBase's data engine and AI assemble the companies that match a category defined in a user's own words, so a list can be about what companies actually do rather than about whichever industry code they were filed under.
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Rare book publishers worldwide at a glance
As of Sep 21, 2026Companies by employee count
Email recency is reported on each country list linked below.
How this list was built
Company categories are rarely black and white. RevenueBase reads each company's own description of its business to decide whether it belongs among rare book publishers, so some rows will be adjacent to the category rather than pure plays. The description and RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row are there so you can check each match yourself.
- Source
- The RevenueBase company graph: 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts resolved from primary sources, queried with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search available to every RevenueBase user.
- Coverage
- Every country. Country and city lists for rare book publishers are linked below.
- What qualifies
- Companies worldwide whose own description of what they do matches “rare book publishers”. Matching reads each company's description, not its industry code or its name.
- RevenueBase Smart Search
- RevenueBase Smart Search is how this list is assembled and how each row is rated. RevenueBase's data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to a category defined in a user's own words. Each row is rated strong evidence (its own description names rare book publishers), partial evidence (it names part of the category) or indirect evidence (the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile). The description supporting each rating is quoted on the row.
- What we exclude
- Companies whose own description does not clearly place them among rare book publishers, and records with no verified work email.
- Match quality
- In blind human judging of this matching method, 86% of matched companies were on target. Expect roughly 1 in 7 rows to be adjacent to the category rather than a pure play. Every row shows the company's own description and its RevenueBase Smart Search rating so you can judge each match yourself. Read the full methodology: how the lists are built, how the judging worked, and what the figure means.
- Ranking
- Team size, largest first: companies are ordered by the number of professionals RevenueBase tracks at each one. Employee ranges shown are reported bands, for context.
- Verification
- Every listed company carries at least one verified work email, 212 across the full list. Contacts re-verify on a rolling cadence, and each contact's own verification date is shown inside RevenueBase.
- Refresh
- This page's figures were pulled from the company graph on September 21, 2026. Lists refresh periodically as the graph is re-checked.
- Corrections
- Wrong category, wrong headquarters, or a company that has closed? Use “Report an issue” on any row. Reports go to the RevenueBase Data Team and feed back into the company graph.
Rare book publishers by location
2 lists · largest firstEvery Rare book publishers list RevenueBase publishes, by country and city. Counts are matching companies in each list as of its own refresh date.
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Frequently asked
What is RevenueBase Smart Search?
RevenueBase Smart Search is how RevenueBase decides which companies belong on this list and how strongly each one fits. Its data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to the category the list is about. Each row is rated strong evidence when the company's own description names rare book publishers, partial evidence when it names part of the category, and indirect evidence when the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile.
How many rare book publishers are there worldwide?
RevenueBase identified 355 rare book publishers worldwide as of September 2026, matched on each company's own description of what it does rather than its industry code.
What is the largest company on this list?
Artika Books, headquartered in Barcelona, tops this list with the largest team on record.
Which country has the most rare book publishers?
The United States leads with 92 companies, followed by the United Kingdom (53). Every rare book publishers list by country and city is linked on this page.
Which city has the most rare book publishers?
London leads with 19 headquartered companies, followed by Paris (14) and New York (10).
How do I get contact information for these companies?
A free RevenueBase account lets you run this exact search and work the top results, verified emails and direct dials included. Upgrading unlocks all 212 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 355 companies.
How current is this list?
The list refreshes periodically as the company graph is re-checked. This page's figures were pulled on September 21, 2026.
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About this data
RevenueBase is a B2B data infrastructure company. Its company graph covers 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts, with emails verified on a rolling cadence rather than scraped once and left to decay. These company lists are generated directly from that graph with RevenueBase Smart Search, the same natural-language company search every RevenueBase user has: describe a market in plain words, get the companies that match, and add verified emails and direct dials for the people at them. It is the same data that powers RevenueBase's B2B data products, and a free account includes 500 credits to start. How these lists are built and judged.