Patrick Olson Rare Books

We specialize in printed books and ephemera from the hand-press period—those days when Western books were printed and bound entirely by hand. We take this period to begin with Gutenberg (ca. 1455) and end around 1830.

We offer a rotating selection of items we hope you’ll find interesting, relevant, or somehow worthy of your shelf space. While we’re dedicated generalists, we make a special effort to find compelling artifacts of book and print culture, as well as material that illuminates everyday life and the lives of those marginalized in the early modern West.