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Welcome to Common Crow Books!

Welcome to Common Crow Books!

We are Pittsburgh's premier purveyor of old, rare, out-of-print and unusual books & ephemera.  Browse our 75,000+ items online or make an appointment to visit us in person!

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New Arrivals for October

New Arrivals for October

Newly cataloged items from local estates!

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A Charles Dibdin Collection

A Charles Dibdin Collection

A collection of works -- music and prose -- many signed -- by the brilliant 18th century English composer.

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Judaica - New Arrivals

Judaica - New Arrivals

Books from several local collections, including from the estate of Walter Jacob, a nationally recognized leader in American Reform Judaism and the chief rabbi at Rodef Shalom in Pittsburgh.

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Fine Bindings and Leatherbound Treasures

Fine Bindings and Leatherbound Treasures

Handsome devils! Take a look at some good-looking volumes from across the centuries.

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Mary Roberts Rinehart: A List

Mary Roberts Rinehart: A List

A collection of the Pittsburgh author's mysteries, fiction, essays, autobiographical accounts, travels, WWI writings, etc. Have a look!

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List of Books in African Languages

List of Books in African Languages

A list of over 300 items, all extremely uncommon, in Zulu, Hausa, Mende, Sesotho and other African tongues. Includes primary school books, novels, poetry, Christianity, history, etc.

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East Asian Buddhism List

East Asian Buddhism List

Well over 100 books, the majority in Chinese or Japanese, on Buddhism and related subjects. Many are very uncommon!

East Asian Buddhism List

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Bon: Tibet's Ancient Religion. Christoph Baumer.
Baumer, Christoph

Bon: Tibet's Ancient Religion

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The Origins of the Korean War: Liberation and the Emergence of Separate Regimes 1945-1947; and. Bruce Cumings.
Cumings, Bruce

The Origins of the Korean...

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Anthony Adverse (1st ed., 1933) -- author's own copy. Hervey Allen.
Allen, Hervey

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1612 allegorical map from Poly-Olbion: Carnarvanshire, Merionetshire, the Isle of Anglesey, Wales. Wales, Michael Drayton.
(Wales) Drayton, Michael

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The Journal of Hellenic Studies: Volume LIV, Parts I and II, 1934 [Two volume set!
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The Journal of Hellenic Studies...

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The Journal of Hellenic Studies: Volume LVIII, Parts I and II, 1938 [Two volume set!
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The Journal of Hellenic Studies...

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Sir Charles Sedley 1639-1701: A Study in the Life and Literature of the Restoration
Pinto, V. de Sola

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Treatise of Man; Harvard Monographs in the History of Science [Peter Machamer's copy!
Hall, Thomas Steele, trans.; Rene...

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