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Quill & Brush

Contact
Allen Ahearn
Elizabeth Fisher
Address
PO Box 158
Middletown, MD  21769
United States
Opening Hours
By appointment only
Phone
(301) 874-3200
Fax
(301) 874-0824
firsts@qbbooks.com
allen@qbbooks.com
Website
http://www.qbbooks.com
Map of Quill & Brush

The Quill & Brush was established in 1976 as an outgrowth of a part-time business run by Allen and Patricia Ahearn who started collecting and cataloging books in the early 1960s. At present the Quill & Brush is operated by Allen and one of the Ahearn's daughters, Beth Fisher.

The Quill & Brush specializes in first editions of literature, mystery/detective fiction and poetry, as well as collectible books in all fields. The firm focuses mainly on books published from the middle of the 19th century to the present. Their stock of over 15,000 books is housed in a beautiful library in the Ahearns' home, nestled in the woods at the base of scenic Sugarloaf Mountain in Maryland. The Quill & Brush issues catalogs, offers books on the internet and at book fairs, and invites customers to visit the library Monday through Saturday by appointment.


The Ahearns are the authors of Collected Books: The Guide to Values (4th edition, 2011), Book Collecting 2000 (Putnam: 2000) and over 200 individual Author Price Guides, all of which require they keep current on the market prices for collectible books and make them uniquely qualified to offer professional appraisal services and to establish fair prices when purchasing books or libraries.

The Quill & Brush is unique in its proud adherence to their long-standing, stated policy of accepting the return from a collector of any book at any time (in the same condition in which it was sold to them) for full store credit of the original purchase price. Their goal is to offer the finest copies of books available at a fair market price.

Specialities

  • Bibliography
  • Crime fiction
  • Literature
  • Modern first editions
  • Prints and drawings
  • Twentieth century
  • First Editions

Other Specialities

First Editions, American & English Literature, Signed & Inscribed Books, Finance, Books on Book Collecting, Author Price Guides, Bibliography

Quill & Brush

Sales Information

We accept checks in U. S. dollars, Canadian dollars and English pounds. We accept Visa, MasterCard, and PayPal. If you do not wish to provide your card number over the internet, you may call us (301-874-3200) or fax us (301-874-0824).