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Oak Knoll Books was founded in 1976 by Bob Fleck, a chemical engineer by training, who let his hobby get the best of him. Somehow making oil refineries more efficient using mathematics and computers paled in comparison to the joy of handling books. Oak Knoll Press, the second part of the business, was established in 1978 as a logical extension of Oak Knoll Books. Today, Oak Knoll Books is a thriving company that maintains an inventory of about 20,000 titles. Our main specialties continue to be books about bibliography, book collecting, book design, book illustration, book selling, bookbinding, bookplates, childrens books, Delaware books, fine press books, forgery, graphic arts, libraries, literary criticism, marbling, papermaking, printing history, publishing, typography & type specimens, and writing & calligraphy - plus books about the history of all of these fields. We are a firm of about 10 people that come from all walks of life, but are united in our love of books. Kelly Chandler, who joined Oak Knoll in December of 2005, handles our Antiquarian Department. Jeanette Sikes, after several years of book cataloguing, has taken over our customer service department. Shereen Deemer is our cataloging and graphics specialist. Oak Knoll Books is a member of the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers (ILAB - about 2000 dealers in 20 countries) and the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America (ABAA - about 450 dealers in the US). Their logos appear on all of our antiquarian catalogues and web pages. These logos mean that we guarantee accurate descriptions and customer satisfaction. Our founder, Bob Fleck, has long been a proponent of the ethical principles embodied by ILAB & the ABAA. He has taken a leadership role in both organizations and is a past president of both the ABAA and ILAB. Click to see our Rare, Books Catalogues, We are located in the historic colonial town of New Castle (founded 1651), next to the Delaware River and have an open shop for visitors (see our virtual tour). The shop is situated in the Opera House, a building built by the Masons in 1879 with high ceilings and great views of the town and river. We are located close to Philadelphia and Washington, DC and near many historic areas and attractive sights including Winterthur, the Delaware Art Museum, the Brandywine River Art Museum and Longwood Gardens. If you would like to plan a visit please see our visiting page. Book-selling is much more than balance sheets and income statements. We sell books because we really enjoy it and hope that fact comes through clearly when you deal with us. ternational League of Antiquarian Booksellers (ILAB - about 2000 dealers in 20 countries) and the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America (ABAA - about 450 dealers in the US). Their logos appear on all of our antiquarian catalogues and web pages. These logos mean that we guarantee accurate descriptions and customer satisfaction. Our founder, Bob Fleck, has long been a proponent of the ethical principles embodied by ILAB the ABAA. He has taken a leadership role in both organizations, is a past president of the ABAA, and currently serves as the president of ILAB. He is the first American to serve as ILAB president in over forty years.

 

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