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Top 23 Rare book dealers based in the United States

RevenueBase identified 98 rare book dealers headquartered in the United States as of September 2026 and tracks 361 professional contacts across them, including 148 with verified work emails. New York is the largest hub.

This list covers rare book dealers headquartered in the United States, 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.

Published by RevenueBase, a B2B data infrastructure company. This list was built with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search RevenueBase customers use to build their own targeted lists and unlock verified emails and direct dials at the companies on them. How these lists are built and judged.

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361Contacts tracked
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The 23 largest rare book dealers based in the United States

Ranked by team size
Top 23 of 98 rare book dealers based in the United States, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Sep 21, 2026. RevenueBase Smart Search rates how each company's information relates to rare book dealers: strong evidence (its own description names it), partial (names part of it), indirect (matched on the rest of its profile rather than the description shown). Click a contact count to view that company's people.
#CompanyRevenueBase Smart SearchHeadquartersEmployeesContacts
1Strong evidenceNew York, NY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 21, 202651-200100 contacts →

Strong evidence

“Founded in 1962, Doyle is one of the world's foremost auctioneers and appraisers of fine art, jewelry, furniture, decorations, Asian works of art, coins, stamps, rare books and a…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
2Strong evidenceNY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 21, 202611-5039 contacts →

Strong evidence

“Swann Galleries was founded in 1941 as an auction house specializing in Rare Books.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
3Strong evidencePhiladelphia, PA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 21, 202611-5031 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, 2026
4Indirect evidenceAlexandria, VA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 21, 202611-5016 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Founded in 2006, The Potomack Company is a leading auction house in the Washington, D.C.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
5Partial evidenceBoston, United StatesHQ checked Sep 21, 202611-5013 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Headquartered in Boston, RR is a globally recognized and trusted source for rare manuscripts, autographs, and historic artifacts.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
6Partial evidenceSummerville, NY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 21, 202611-509 contacts →

Partial evidence

“We are a seller of antiquarian books with a collection spanning more than five centuries.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
7Strong evidenceNew York, NY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 21, 2026201-5006 contacts →

Strong evidence

“Your trusted source for rare books, genuine autographs, and print ephemera since 1949.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
8Strong evidenceBerkeley, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 21, 202611-505 contacts →

Strong evidence

“Auctioneers & appraisers of rare books, prints, works on paper and more!”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
9Partial evidenceTualatin, United StatesHQ checked Sep 21, 20261-103 contacts →

Partial evidence

“VJ Books is the largest online seller of signed books and collectible books by today's bestselling authors.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
10Indirect evidenceHamden, CT, United StatesHQ checked Sep 21, 20261-102 contacts →

Indirect evidence

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
11Partial evidencePortland, United StatesHQ checked Sep 21, 20261-102 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Lion & Phoenix Books is an online bookstore specializing in First Editions, collectible paperbacks and pulps and hard-to-find scholarly books.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
12Strong evidencePacifica, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 21, 20261-102 contacts →

Strong evidence

“Prints Old and Rare / Manning’s Books is the source for discerning collectors, dealers, galleries, frame shops, designers, libraries and museums for over 50 years.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
13Indirect evidenceWest Hollywood, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 21, 20261-102 contacts →

Indirect evidence

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
14Indirect evidencePotomac, MD, United StatesHQ checked Sep 21, 20261-102 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Thank you for visiting our store!”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
15Indirect evidenceLos Angeles, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 21, 20261-101 contacts →

Indirect evidence

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
16Strong evidenceSilver Spring, MD, United StatesHQ checked Sep 21, 20261-101 contacts →

Strong evidence

Rare book firm "known for edgy stock that pushes the boundaries of the rare books category"(The New York Times): TPM sells a mixture of beloved classics and innovative texts from…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
17Indirect evidenceWest Chester, PA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 21, 20261-101 contacts →

Indirect evidence

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
18Partial evidenceBuford, United StatesHQ checked Sep 21, 20261-101 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Providing professional collection development and personal gift services for book lovers, collectors, and corporations since 1992.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
19Strong evidenceNew York, NY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 21, 20261-101 contacts →

Strong evidence

“Ursus Books Ltd is a rare book and art bookshop located on East 78th Street in New York City.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
20Strong evidencePhoenix, AZ, United StatesHQ checked Sep 21, 20261-101 contacts →

Strong evidence

“Online auction house with a focus on collectibles, rare books, historically important paper ephemera, and antique photography.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
21Indirect evidenceMcminnville, OR, United StatesHQ checked Sep 21, 20261-101 contacts →

Indirect evidence

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
22Indirect evidenceSan Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 21, 20261-101 contacts →

Indirect evidence

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
23Indirect evidenceWilmington, DE, United StatesHQ checked Sep 21, 20261-101 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Antiquarian Booksellers.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026

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Rare book dealers based in the United States at a glance

As of Sep 21, 2026
41.0%Verified-email coverage
3.7Average contacts per company
1-10Median size (employees)
13.3%Largest-city concentration · New York
Sep 21, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10
78
11-50
15
51-200
3
201-500
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Email recency for this list is measured worldwide rather than for United States, so it is reported there. Company counts and contact totals on this page are exact for United States, over 98 companies.

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 dealers, 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.
What qualifies
Companies headquartered in the United States whose own description of what they do matches “rare book dealers”. 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 dealers), 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 dealers, and records with no verified work email. Companies headquartered outside United States are excluded even when they keep an office there.
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, 148 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
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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 dealers, 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 dealers are there based in the United States?

RevenueBase identified 98 rare book dealers headquartered in the United States 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?

Doyle Auctioneers & Appraisers, headquartered in New York, tops this list with the largest team on record.

Which city has the most rare book dealers?

New York leads with 13 headquartered companies, followed by Boston (4) and Brooklyn (3).

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 148 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 98 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.