For October, we're going all Florida and Caribbean on you! Come find treasures

At last, books about Florida and the Caribbean are on sale at Lighthouse Books, ABAA. These, of course, are our bestsellers, and our favorites as well. It is our gift to you, our loyal customers. We know that you love Florida and the Caribbean as much as we do and that you're going to find something here to add to your collection. And, frankly, we're pleased that we can find good homes for these very special items. So, come on in and browse. There's some special treasure waiting for you.

Here's what's on sale for February during our huge yearlong 40th anniversary celebration

We're celebrating 40 years of Lighthouse Books, ABAA during all of 2017 with special sales each month. Here's Michael Slicker, proprietor of Lighthouse Books, ABAA, to tell about the sale in February. All literary books and books on books less than $100 are 40% off. All literary books and books on books $100 or more are 20% off. Sales must be made on the premises and paid in full at the time of purchase.

Watch for more videos during the year to hear about all of our sales. To be sure you receive notice of our sales please email us at lighthousebooksabaa@gmail.com and request to be put on our email list.

Hooker's Point shipyard photos, 1942

THIS JUST IN: This is a lot of 10 photographs of a shipyard construction project in Tampa taken by Burgert Brothers. In 1942, America needed Liberty Ships to aid the war effort, and Philadelphia industrialist Matthew McCloskey began construction of a $30 million shipyard at Hooker’s Point in Tampa. The shipyard would employ 6,000 and produce concrete Liberty Ships to transport war materiel. Click on the photographs to enlarge them. This is only part of an extensive collection of Tampa-related ephemera we have acquired. We’ll show you more later.

See you at the Florida Antiquarian Book Fair

It's the weekend we've been anticipating for a long time. We'll be at the Florida Antiquarian Book Fair Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. More than 100 dealers from around the country will be available with collectible books, ephemera, vintage photographs, prints, out-of-prints books, rare books, and more. The Book Fair opens Friday evening at 5 p.m. and runs until 9 p.m. On Saturday, we'll be there from 10 a.m. until 5 p.m. and on Sunday from 11 a.m until 4 p.m. We hope you'll come out and see us at the Book Fair.

We're at the Sunshine City antiques show

There certainly are a lot of antiques lovers in the Tampa Bay area. Many of them are at the Sunshine City Antiques and Collectibles Show at The Coliseum in downtown St. Petersburg this weekend. And we've had a good share of antique book lovers stop by the booth. We're in the first alcove on the left as you come in. We brought a van load of vintage books, maps, prints and photographs to share.

In this slide show, you'll see some of the treasures we brought to the show and also some of our friends who have stopped by. We hope you will, too.

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