I-B) Bookstores in Great Britain and the United States
This list is particularly heavy on dealers who stock or search for rare and out-of-print books because it has become so simple to order new and in-print books through the web. Some of the virtual bookstores have allied themselves with search services or vice versa (i.e. Amazon with Bibliofind in the US or ChaPitre.com with Le Tour du monde in Paris) but they are not necessarily helpful in finding rare or very specialized books.

•Barnes and Noble: see the Virtual Bookstores page.

•Borders: see the Virtual Bookstores page.

•John T. Zubal, Inc. (Scholarly and Out of Print Books): this bookshop does not sell new books and is not a search service. It is particularly good at locating old (before 1960) and very old books, particularly those intended for research; it specializes in the social sciences, history, philosopy, anthropology and archaeology, art, theology and religion, as well as literary criticism and biography. It has almost 5,000,000 books in stock and a database of its stock is available on the web at http://www.zubal.com. Inquiries can be made by e-mail. If you prefer to telephone, the library is open weekdays from 8:30 AM to 4:30 PM (don't forget to take into account the central time zone). Mailing address:
John T. Zubal, Inc.
2969 W. 25th Street
Cleveland OH (44113)
Phone: (1-216) 241-7640
Fax: (1-216) 241-6966
E-mail (inquiries, no orders): info@zubal.com

•Leaves of Grass Rare Books: this library is resolutely traditional (no website, no e-mail). Not a search service, it sells from stock, is accustomed to selling by mail and accepts international money orders (or at least they did at the time of our last contact). They stock about 20,000 books and specialize in literature, in what the owner calls "books on books" (literary criticism) and in Americana. Write directly to the owner, Tom Nicely, and he will tell you whether the book you want is in stock.