THIS JUST IN: Henry David Thoreau's Walden, a scarce 1854 first edition

Michael Slicker discusses an important contribution to American letters, a scarce first edition of Henry David Thoreau's Walden, published in 1854.

Rare book appraiser Michael Slicker has owned Lighthouse Books, ABAA in St. Petersburg, Florida, for more than 35 years. Lighthouse Books, ABAA specializes in antiquarian books, serving St. Petersburg, Tampa, the Tampa Bay area and all of Florida. In addition to rare books, out-of-print books, used books, antique maps, vintage prints, and antique photographs, Lighthouse Books, ABAA also offers expert appraisals of antiquarian books, maps, prints, photographs, and ephemera.

If you'd like to learn more about this or other books in our store, call us at (727) 822-3278 or send us an email at lighthousebooksABAA@gmail.com 

THIS JUST IN: New discoveries of old things especially fun in old book stores

Michael has a couple of new discoveries to share. If you'd like to learn more about them, call us at (727) 822-3278 or send us an email at lighthousebooksABAA@gmail.com

Michael is headed to the Miami map fair

Michael Slicker shares a special map he is taking to the Miami International Map Fair. The fair showcases antique maps, rare books, panoramas and atlases, and features some of the finest map dealers in the world. It is one of the world's largest map fairs.

You can buy tickets online for the book fair

As most of our regular readers know, we delight in participating in the Florida Antiquarian Book Fair every year. The book fair is Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, March 13-15 this year. This is a public service announcement to let you know you can buy tickets online for the event. They're available now so if you want to get them in advance you can. This blog post will move on and be replaced by other posts eventually so the link in the column on the left also takes you to Eventbrite where the online ticket are available. If you're interested in keeping up with the lastest news about the book fair, click the link and you'll be taken to the Florida Antiquarian Book Fair blog. Just a few reminders about the book fair. It'll be here before you know it.