About Us

Le Bookiniste specializes in books and ephemera about art, theatre, radicalism, poetry, and whatever else we find of interest. We regularly exhibit at book fairs on the East Coast and online. 

Yeah, OK, but What's a 'Bookiniste'?

Ever been to Paris? Oui? Did you notice those green boxes along the Seine where you can buy books? Those booksellers are called bouquinistes. We merely Anglicized the name because we have some French ancestry, live in the U.S., and want to honor the people selling books in all kinds of weather.

Le Bookiniste is a member of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America (ABAA), the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers (ILAB), the Independent Online Booksellers Association (IOBA), the Bibliographical Society of America (BSA), the American Printing History Association (APHA), and the Ephemera Society of America (ESA).