Welcome to the home of Michael R Thompson Booksellers. We have books from the 15th to the 21st century and feature a stock strong in literature, history, Western philosophy, history of science, fine printing, and art. We are members of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of American and the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers and adhere to their high ethical standards.

Please search or browse our inventory of fine, antiquarian, and scholarly books. Use the links to peruse our recent catalogues, see descriptions of new arrivals, and learn more about our business and our services.

Our office is located in Los Angeles on West Third Street, between the Beverly Center and Farmer's Market. Though we gave up an open shop after more than thirty years, we welcome serious customers and dealers. Many of our less expensive books are located at home, so you may want to call us ahead of time to insure that the book you want to see will be available. We are normally open from 10 to 6 Monday through Saturday.

We do appraisals for income tax and insurance purposes, as well as for personal interest. We are always interested in purchasing individual books and libraries in our areas of interest.

Please feel free to write or call us about your book collecting needs.

Partners: Michael R. Thompson, Kathleen D. Thompson, Carol Sandberg

Featured Items

[130] pp., with a separate title-page for pp. [110] and following, which is printed: “The Paper Maker. An Account of a Unique Publication, with a Selective Index.” With nineteen pages of illustrations and samples from each of the “lesser-known mills,” including a papyrus sample from Hassan Ragab at the Papyrus Institute in Cairo. The other mills discussed include the Twinrocker Press in San Francisco, Papeterie Saint-Gilles in Quebec, and Richard de Bas in France. Printed on handmade paper, with the title of the book in the watermark. The Paper Maker: A Survey of Lesser-Known Hand Paper Mills in Europe and North America.
[ Bird & Bull Press ]. Morris, Henry.
North Hills, PA: Bird & Bull Press, 1974. [130] pp., with a separate title-page for pp. [110] and following, which is printed: “The Paper Maker. An Account of.. more
Price: $1,500.00
With seven pages of early manuscript notes at the end. Greek and roman letter, in an elegant layout, with the Greek text occupying the upper half of the page, with the Latin translation underneath, and a Greek commentary at the foot. Second part in double columns, in Latin, with references in Greek. Printer's device on first title, decorative woodcut initials and tail-pieces. Tragoediae Septem.
Sophocles.
Geneva: Paul Estienne, 1603. With seven pages of early manuscript notes at the end. Greek and roman letter, in an elegant layout, with the.. more
Price: $8,500.00
Hand-set in Bembo and printed on 200 gsm Arches Cover. Title-page with photogravure vignette and pochoir lettering in red. Fifteen photogravures by Jon Goodman from drawings by Walter Bachinski, one to illustrate each of the fifteen selections from Ovid's work. Pochoir initial letters in red on a gray background, by Walter Bachinski. Stories from the Metamorphoses. Illustrations by Walter Bachinski. [
[ Shanty Bay Press ]. Ovid.
[Shanty Bay, Ontario:] Shanty Bay Press, 2013. Hand-set in Bembo and printed on 200 gsm Arches Cover. Title-page with photogravure vignette and pochoir lettering in red. Fifteen.. more
Price: $3,500.00
Complete with the two engraved titles and fourteen engraved plates. The Bible in Miniuture [sic]…
[Bible in English].
London: E[lizabeth] Newbery 1780. Complete with the two engraved titles and fourteen engraved plates. .. more
Price: $1,750.00
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