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

406 leaves, generally in quires of 8 leaves, likely small loss after fol. 169. Although the Early Modern foliation of the manuscript runs to 413, it contains several errors, including a jump from 329 to 340 without any leaves missed in between (so that there are no leaves numbered 330-339). With contemporary quire and leaf signatures. Ruled in a violet-brown ink. Single column. 22 lines. [Illuminated manuscript on vellum].
[Bible in English--New Testament,
England, Midlands c. 1400-25 (some portions likely scribed at different times). 406 leaves, generally in quires of 8 leaves, likely small loss after fol. 169. Although the Early Modern foliation of.. more
Price: $2,000,000.00
Featured Book Lettres à Son Altesse Royale le Duc regnant de Saxe-Coburg et Gotha sur la théorie des probabilités, appliquée aux science morales et politiques.
Quetelet, Lambert Adolphe Jacques.
Brussels: M. Haney, 1846.
Price: $3,000.00
5" x 8." Concertina album, comprised of thirty-six leaves, each with a single or multiple paper-weaving patterns, most in blue and white, some with black added. Each pattern has a border of gilt beaded paper. Album of Paper Weaving examples prepared for children's instruction. European, possibly Scandinavian, circa 1880.
[Paper Weaving].
5" x 8." Concertina album, comprised of thirty-six leaves, each with a single or multiple paper-weaving patterns, most in blue.. more
Price: $750.00
Printed in black and red in Ptolemy type with chapter summaries in the margins printed in Blado Italic type. Decorative initial letters and opening lines of each of the eight books designed by Graily Hewitt. [History of the Peloponnesian War]. Translated into English by Benjamin Jowett.
Thucydides.
Chelsea: Printed at the Ashendene Press, 1930. Printed in black and red in Ptolemy type with chapter summaries in the margins printed in Blado Italic type. Decorative.. more
Price: $4,500.00
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