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We are located in the beautiful Finger Lakes area of New York State between Rochester and Syracuse. Browse our used, rare and out of print books on-line or visit our shop. Find books on subjects from Adventure to Zoology under one roof. 2 floors of 7000+ books of collectible, first edition and antiquarian books featuring Americana, religion, history, exploration, biography, classic literature, poetry, art and more. Old and modern novels, mystery, Modern Library, local and regional history, university press and other scholarly publications.  Large selection of books on horses and horsemanship, nature, and animal behavior. If you love books, you will love Old Scrolls Book Shop!

Get the latest on our book scouting trips, tips on book collecting, and other relevant and entertaining information on our blog: http://oldscrolls.wordpress.com/
 
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We offer 100% GUARANTEED SATISFACTION with your book purchase. If you aren't satisfied with a book purchased on our website, contact us and return the book within 30 days for a full refund of your original purchase price. We encourage you to call ahead as we do leave the shop to hunt for new inventory from time to time. You can visit our on-line store 24 hours a day/365 days a year.
 
  Old Scrolls Book Shop
      4578 RTE 247 
Stanley, New York  14561

Phone: 585-355-6971

E-mail questions or  comments to:  info@oldscrolls.com     

 
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We recently traveled to the beautiful city of New Orleans to visit Nevada Barr, best-selling author of the wonderful Anna Pigeon mystery series, where Cathy interviewed her for an article for Bookthink:  http://tinyurl.com/yec6qql Nevada's new stand-alone murder mystery novel 13-1/2 was released on September 29th. We are offering SIGNED COPIES of her books here at Old Scrolls. 

View highlights from our N
ew Orleans trip  
by clicking here: A BOOKISH VISIT TO NEW ORLEANS.

        

                               Cathy and Nevada at her home in New Orleans

 
  

Some of our selection includes novels, plays, biography, children's fiction, nature, travel and adventure, mystery, and so much more.  We hope you find a special book in the features here on our home page, but if you don't please remember this is just a sampling of what is available in our inventory of 7,500 books offered on-line--feel free to use our search box to snoop for other outstanding titles or browse by category using the menu on the left side of our home page.

  Collectible First Editions at Old Scrolls Book Shop

Real books...for Real People

 Are you interested in collecting great modern literature--at a reasonable cost--in well-made, convenient size editions?  Modern Library published (and still publishes) the best that literature has to offer, including history and biography, plays and poetry, short stories and theology.   Anyone can find space in their home for a first class library with these editions.  We take pride in carrying a large selection of quality Modern Library Editions (see below).  To browse our Modern Library offerings in a new window, CLICK HERE .





  HOW WE GRADE OUR BOOKS:
 
  FINE (F): No visible flaws, has been well cared for, is clean and crisp (without mustiness), no tears, marks, writing or bookplates. Dustjacket is bright and clean, no tears or chips, not price clipped.  

VERY GOOD (VG): May show some slight signs of wear (these will be described) such as previous owner name, light wear. Dustjacket may have slight fading or short closed tears or shallow chips (will be described).
 
GOOD (G): Some shelf wear, usually a book that has been used and read multiple times. Flaws will be described. Book may have library markings (will always be noted in description). Dustjacket may have chips, tears, creasing or wear as described.
 


Spider the cat oversees the operations of the book shop.

The new book store cat  - Spider
 


At Old Scrolls Book Shop, there is no such thing as a "stupid question." There is always something to learn when it comes to books and book collecting, whether you are a beginner or an expert. So don't be afraid to approach us with a question! We will answer promptly and accurately, and if we don't have the answer, we will say so and help you find the information you need from other sources.
 

 
Recent Acquisitions:
The Blood Bay Colt
Farley, Walter
20.00 USD
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The English Philosophers from Bacon to Mill
Miscellaneous
25.00 USD
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Rose Island
Vildrac, Charles
20.00 USD
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The Bartletts of Box-B Ranch
Campbell, Camilla
25.00 USD
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Logging Chance
Lasher, M. H.
25.00 USD
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The Philosophy of Spinoza - Selected from his Chief Works
Spinoza
15.00 USD
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Riders of the Gabilans
Dean, Graham M.
20.00 USD
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Seven Pillars of Wisdom
Lawrence, T. E.
25.00 USD
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The Twenty-fifth Mission
Mackaye, Loring
New Item
25.00 USD
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The Island Stallion Races
Farley, Walter
65.00 USD
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The Black Stallion's Filly
Farley, Walter
70.00 USD
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Stonecliff
Nathan, Robert
New Item
25.00 USD
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The Train in the Meadow
Nathan, Robert
New Item
20.00 USD
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Lovey Childs: A Philadelphian's Story
O'Hara, John
New Item
20.00 USD
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The Waves
Kang, Shin-Jae
New Item
15.00 USD
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Murderous Angels - A Political Tragedy and Comedy in Black and White
O'Brien, Conor Cruise
25.00 USD
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The Journal of Edwin Carp
Haydn, Richard
New Item
25.00 USD
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Island in the Sun
Waugh, Alec
New Item
30.00 USD
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"F" Is for Fugitive - A Kinsey Millhone Mystery
Grafton, Sue
New Item
50.00 USD
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Astrology for Everyone
Adams, Evangeline
New Item
15.00 USD
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The Copper Scrolls
Weinreb, Nathaniel Norsen
New Item
15.00 USD
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Small Town
Block, Lawrence
New Item
30.00 USD
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Tanner on Ice An Evan Tanner Novel
Block, Lawrence
New Item
35.00 USD
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St. Jerome and the Lion
Godden, Rumer
New Item
25.00 USD
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My War - A Love Story in Letters and Drawings from World War II
Sugarman, Tracy
New Item
25.00 USD
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The Good Terrorist
Lessing, Doris
New Item
60.00 USD
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The Night is Coming
Furnas, Marthedith
New Item
35.00 USD
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Tales of a Grandfather - Being the History of Scotland from the Earliest Period to the Union of Scotland and England
Scott, Sir Walter
New Item
30.00 USD
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God's Little Acre
Caldwell, Erskine
New Item
25.00 USD
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Learning to Ride, Hunt, and Show
Wright, Gordon
New Item
25.00 USD
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Unfinished Journey
Jones, Jack
New Item
35.00 USD
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Red Harvest
Hammett, Dashiell
New Item
40.00 USD
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Give Us This Day
Leighton, Clare
New Item
40.00 USD
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Cloud Forest - A Chronicle of the South American Wilderness
Matthiessen, Peter
New Item
55.00 USD
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The Last Time I Saw Paris
Paul, Elliot
New Item
45.00 USD
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The Sun of Quebec - A Story of a Great Crisis
Altsheler, Joseph A.
New Item
325.00 USD
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The Beautiful and Damned
Fitzgerald, F. Scott
New Item
150.00 USD
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The Mudhen
Allen, Merritt Parmelee
New Item
150.00 USD
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The English Patient
Ondaatje, Michael
New Item
15.00 USD
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The Settlers
Eastman, E. R.
New Item
30.00 USD
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Collector's Corner
Hathoo of the Elephants
Wheeler, Post
Featured Item
250.00 USD
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The Borrowers Afield
Norton, Mary
Featured Item
100.00 USD
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Nothing on Earth
Hale, Idolene Hooper
Featured Item
200.00 USD
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Fan Mail
Thomas, Lowell
Featured Item
100.00 USD
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Love Among The Chickens; a story of the haps and mishaps on an English chicken Farm
Wodehouse, P. G.
Featured Item
650.00 USD
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Any Number Can Play (SIGNED)
Heth, Edward Harris
Featured Item
325.00 USD
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Paths of Glory
Cobb, Humphrey
Featured Item
800.00 USD
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Cold Mountain
Frazier, Charles
Featured Item
400.00 USD
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Tropic of Capricorn
Miller, Henry
Featured Item
95.00 USD
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The Club Dumas
Perez-Reverte, Arturo
Featured Item
100.00 USD
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Bride in the Solomons
Johnson, Osa
Featured Item
150.00 USD
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Songs Out of Doors (in Original dustjacket)
Van Dyke, Henry
Featured Item
50.00 USD
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The Red Pony
Steinbeck, John
Featured Item
150.00 USD
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Invisible Man
Ellison, Ralph
Featured Item
300.00 USD
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Killaen's Formula Handicapping: A Professional Career
Killaen, Jayce
Featured Item
200.00 USD
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Oliver Wiswell
Roberts, Kenneth
Featured Item
120.00 USD
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Play It Again, Sam
Allen, Woody
Featured Item
400.00 USD
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The Borrowers Aloft
Norton, Mary
Featured Item
85.00 USD
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The Seven Lady Godivas
Seuss, Dr.
Featured Item
950.00 USD
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Lost in Translation
Mones, Nicole
Featured Item
40.00 USD
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House Made of Dawn
Momaday, N. Scott
Featured Item
350.00 USD
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Dispatches
Herr, Michael
Featured Item
275.00 USD
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The Uneasy Chair: A Biography of Bernard DeVoto
Stegner, Wallace
Featured Item
100.00 USD
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The Other
Tryon, Thomas
Featured Item
125.00 USD
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The Greene Murder Case
Van Dine, S. S.
Featured Item
1200.00 USD
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The Dark Tower: The Gunslinger
King, Stephen
Featured Item
2200.00 USD
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If We Only Had Money
Shippey, Lee
Featured Item
70.00 USD
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