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Top 23 Rare book publishers based in the United States
RevenueBase identified 92 rare book publishers headquartered in the United States as of September 2026 and tracks 264 professional contacts across them, including 80 with verified work emails. New York is the largest hub.
This list covers rare book publishers 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.
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The 23 largest rare book publishers based in the United States
Ranked by team size| # | Company | Contacts | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 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. | |||||
| 2 | 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. | |||||
| 3 | 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. | |||||
| 4 | 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. | |||||
| 5 | 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. | |||||
| 6 | 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. | |||||
| 7 | 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. | |||||
| 8 | 6 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Publishing company located in Santa Barbara California.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 9 | 4 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “The premier destination for bibliophiles and book lovers who appreciate the art of bookmaking.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 10 | 4 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “The Donning Company Publishers is a specialty book publisher of limited-edition commemorative volumes, pictorial histories and contemporary portraits.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 11 | 3 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, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 12 | 3 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “PRINT was founded with the goal of creating illustrated books with purpose, strategy and vision; unique book-objects that are timeless, emotional and perfectly fabricated to evoke…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 13 | 3 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “The team at Intermedia Publishing Services (IPS) forms a cutting-edge publishing company that has over 200 hardcover books in its creative library.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 14 | 3 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Creating handmade editions in the historic fine-press tradition of the Kelmscott Press and Doves Press.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 15 | 2 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Thank you for visiting our store!” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 16 | 2 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, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 17 | 2 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Granary Books Inc is a publishing company based out of 168 Mercer St # 2, New York, New York, United States.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 18 | 1 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, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 19 | 1 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, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 20 | 1 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 21 | 1 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 22 | 1 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Irving Zucker Art Books was established in New York 1939, initially catering to advertising artists, typographers, universities, public and private libraries, and, of course…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 23 | 1 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence 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 based in the United States at a glance
As of Sep 21, 2026Companies by employee count
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 92 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 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.
- What qualifies
- Companies headquartered in the United States 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. 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, 80 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.
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 based in the United States?
RevenueBase identified 92 rare book publishers 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?
Bauman Rare Books, headquartered in Philadelphia, tops this list with the largest team on record.
Which city has the most rare book publishers?
New York leads with 10 headquartered companies, followed by San Francisco (4) and Los Angeles (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 80 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 92 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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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.
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