The Cornstalk Bookshop: Australian Books: Antiquarian, Rare and Out-of-Print

Click here to read the history of the
Cornstalk Bookshop
by the founder Paul J. Feain.

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Find out what goes on behind the scenes.
You'll see how far we go to find a book,
little stories from different members
of the Cornstalk gang, and recent acquisitions.

Books of the week

This week we look at a first edition of George Barrington's History of New South Wales

This month we had found over 330 titles!
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Recent Acquisitions

Check out photographic essay by Ria Desiree. 'The Cornstalk Bookshop - April 2011

What's on the shelves at Cornstalk?

HISTORY

THE ARTS

COLLECTIBLES

SPORT

TRANSPORT

LITERATURE

REFERENCE

Subject in Alphabetical order

A	Australian Literature	E	N	T
Aboriginal Art	Australian Literary Criticism	European History	New South Wales	Tasmania
Aboriginal History	Australian Natural History	F	Northern Territory	Technology
Agriculture	Australian Poetry	Fiction	P	This Month
Americas History	Australian Politics	Fine Bindings	Pacific	Transport
Ancient History	Aviation	First Editions	Photography	U
Antarctica	B	Fishing	Private Press	Arthur Upfield
Architecture	Bibliographies	G	Q	V
Art	Biographies	Golden Cockerel Press	Queensland	Victoria
Asia - History	Book of the Week	H	R	W
Australian Architecture	Guy Boothby	Fergus Hume	Rail	Western Australia
Australian Art	Bushranging & True Crime	L	Reader's Library	Y
Australian Capital Territory	C	Life Saving	Religion	Yellowbacks
Australian Crime Fiction	Cricket	Lindsay, Norman et al	S
Australian Education	Crime Fiction Pulp	M	Shipping
Australian Exploration	D	Medical Books	South Australia
Australian Fiction	Detective Crime Fiction	Military	Sport
Australian History	Dictionaries	Modern First Editions	Sydney
Australian Juvenile Fiction		Motoring

About the Cornstalk Bookshop
The Cornstalk Bookshop was established 1980 by Paul Feain.
20, 000 titles specialising in antiquarian books, rare books and out-of-print books on Australian History, Australian Military, Detective Fiction, and old Medical books.
You may browse the shelves or even order from this site.

Ordering Books from The Cornstalk
The Cornstalk Bookshop guarantees that we will describe all of our books with accuracy and thoroughness. All orders are shipped promptly, efficiently, and are always securely packaged for safe transport.

Payment
We accept payment by cash in all major currencies, credit cards including VISA, Mastercard, Bank Card and AMEX, Paypal, bank deposits, bank drafts and personal cheques drawn on Australian accounts. We do not accept international money orders.

Our Statement on Customer Privacy
We do not disclose or sell customer information ever.

Our eBay store
At present we have a number of books listed on ebay.

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ANZAAB
As members of The Australian & New Zealand Association of Antiquarian Booksellers we exhibit at most of the major Australian Bookfairs. Click here to enter their site. Our next fair is in Melbourne. November 13-25. We look forward to seeing you there!

ILAB
Paul Feain is the General Secretary of the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers. ILAB has over 2000 of the worlds leading book sellers from over 30 nations.

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We love buying books!
Do you have books you want to sell? We love buying old and used books. Come in and show us your what you have. For large collections we can organise to come to you. Contact us.

Valuations
We are experienced in book evaluations for insurance or probate purposes. Our charge for a professional valuation has a minimum fee of $1000. All our valuations include photographs of all major items in the collection and each item is catalogued.
For more information please Contact us.

Bank Details
ANZ Broadway
The Cornstalk Bookshop
BSB: 012 030
Acc No: 240 314 922

Paypal books@cornstalk.com.au

Newbold & Collins Bookbinders
Newbold and Collins are Australia's leading antiquarian bookbinders. They are experienced in the repair and restorations of old books and use sypathetic and correct archival non acidic paper and boards. They are experts in all forms of restorations and conservation for books and paper. They are located at our premises.

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Words of wisdom and inspiration by Paul Feain:
"I am an antiquarian bookseller not a collector. I started buying books when I was a 14 year old boy and over the years it developed from a serious interest into an obsession.. I was a taxi driver and owned my own taxi but as the house filled with books and I took more time out from cab driving to buy books I realized that I should become a bookseller. That way I could satisfy my desire to buy and collect books and make a living."

"It seems that I have a fascination with the written word and the book and I see that it is important that there are a number of individuals and institutions working on preserving the culture of the written word and the book for future generations. It has been suggested that I must have a regressive gene to allow so much attention to old books to invade my life!"

"A collector must be comfortable with his book. He must appreciate the object sitting on his shelf for years. I can enjoy the ownership of a book just be looking at in on the shelf or even by knowing that it sits comfortably on my bookshelf."

"Antiquarian books will continue to flourish for the same reason that people have always purchased them. An antiquarian book is an object of beauty and wonderment for many people and this will continue. In fact people will have more space on their shelves for old books because their lives will not be cluttered with the many new books which we now purchase as most of these will not be published in their present format. Many of the new books which will be published in hard copy will be works of art and will be desirable objects. I think that in the long run the e book revolution will lead to more exciting books being published. They will be much better produced, on better paper and more attention will be paid to the illustrations and the bindings as the public will become less price sensitive about these beautiful objects."