Rare and Collectible Items
These special items are especially rare or valuable, and are still available at great prices!

Browse our Collection or Rare Books and Ephemera

Greater St. Louis Book Fair sells many rare and collectible books, movies, music, comics and ephemera. Our inventory includes first editions, limited editions, out-of-print editions, signed copies and other treasures. These items are located in the Collector's Corner section at the fair, and are sold on a first come, first serve basis. Volunteers begin posting rare and collectible inventory in the summer.

All rare and collectible items are sold on a first come, first serve basis at the purchase counter. Patrons must remain at the purchase counter while their items are being pulled from the display cases. Request lists will not be fulfilled unless the interested patron is present. Please note that Greater St. Louis Book Fair reserves the right to add or remove items for sale as necessary. Furthermore, all prices are tentative until they are locked in one week before the fair. Check back frequently for new updates.

Original photo of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer "Barkies" Buster and Oscar and their trainer Rennie Renfro.
By
unknown
$55.00
Ephemera - Photograph

Note on back of photo says: MG 7716 Going in for a rest cure....Buster and Oscar of the MGM "Barkies" are taken to a "dog sanitarium" for a rest between movies by their trainer Rennie Renfro. This original photo is a rare find for fans of the "Barkies"...a series of nine short comedy films called All Barkie Dogville Comedies...known as Barkies in parody of "talkies".

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Our National Parks
By
Jon Muir
$50
Rare Books - Nature

First Editon

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Paris mon coeur
By
Louis Cheronnet
$30
Rare Books - History

Book written in French

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Personal Memoirs of P. H. Sheridan
By
P. H. Sheridan
$100
Rare Books - Biography & Autobiography

First Edition

Set of Two Volumes

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Poster photo of Michael Cimino's Heaven's Gate
By
United Artists
$25
Ephemera - Activities & Games - Adult

Great 11x13 photo of the Heaven's Gate cast in costume

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Repetition
By
Peter Handke
$30
Rare Books - Fiction

First Edition

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Roar of the Tiger
By
James H. Howard
$75
Rare Books - Biography & Autobiography

Signed and First Edition

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Souvenir de Biarritz
By
Maison d'Edition
$30
Ephemera - Art

Beautiful B&W photos of an elegant seaside town on southwestern France's Basque coast. Photos appear to be taken in 1930-40 era.

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Souvenir of the World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago 1893
By
Keystone Watch Case Co.
$25
Ephemera - Book

Beautiful color drawings of the exposition buildings

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Sports Illustrated FIRST ISSUE
By
None
$25
Ephemera - Book

First issue of Sports Illustrated, August 16, 1954, Collectible Reprint

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St Andrew's in the Gilded Age
By
Peter Landau
$25
Rare Books - Sports and Recreation

Signed

Limited Edition #35

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St. Louis MO map. Plan of City by Rene Paul.
By
Edward & Julius Hutawa
$200
Ephemera - Other

A map of St. Louis, Missouri dated 1842, linen-backed. About 18' by 48". Folded 10' by 10".

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