Old Saratoga Books

Old Saratoga Books Old Saratoga Books is a used and rare online bookshop owned by Dan and Rachel Jagareski since 1996.

Founded in 1996 as an open used and rare book shop, Old Saratoga Books is now an online only book shop.

Ezra Ames of Albany: Portrait Painter, Craftsman, Royal Arch Mason, Banker, 1768-1836, by Theodore Bolton and Irwin F. C...
06/15/2026

Ezra Ames of Albany: Portrait Painter, Craftsman, Royal Arch Mason, Banker, 1768-1836, by Theodore Bolton and Irwin F. Cortelyou, NY: The New-York Historical Society, 1955, first edition. Includes a Catalogue of his works. Gray cloth binding, xix, 398pp, index, many black and white illustrations, chronology, bibliography. VG. Biography of the life and work of Massachusetts native Ezra Ames, who was a prolific and sought after portraitist during the Federal era. $50

Bookplate of the Week
06/13/2026

Bookplate of the Week

Woman Reading at the Window, by Abraham van Strij (circa late 18th, early 19th century)
06/12/2026

Woman Reading at the Window, by Abraham van Strij (circa late 18th, early 19th century)

Lunenburg: ; The Heritage of Turkey Hills 1718-1978, by Nelda K. Drumm and Margaret P. Harley, Lunenburg Historical Soci...
06/11/2026

Lunenburg: ; The Heritage of Turkey Hills 1718-1978, by Nelda K. Drumm and Margaret P. Harley, Lunenburg Historical Society, 1977. Softcover. Good. Spine creased, covers rubbed, spine cracked. Two large folding maps, many other photos and illustrations. History of the Town of Lunenberg, Massachusetts. 330 pages. $30

Gardening with Peat Moss: A Guide to Easier Methods in Growing More Beautiful Flowers, Shrubs and Trees and Making More ...
06/10/2026

Gardening with Peat Moss: A Guide to Easier Methods in Growing More Beautiful Flowers, Shrubs and Trees and Making More Permanent Lawns, by F.F. Rockwell and William G. Breitenbucher, NY: Atkins & Durbrow, Inc., 1928, first edition. 12mo. 71pp. Very Good. Owner name on front free endpaper, boards lightly worn. Brown cloth binding. Beautiful color plates and black and white photos and illustrations throughout. A vintage gardening manual touting the benefits of planting with peat moss. $20

06/09/2026

"I would define a book as a work of magic whence escape all kinds of images to trouble the souls andchange the hearts of men."
Anatole France

In Lynn Woods with Pen and Camera, by Nathan Mortimer Hawkes, Lynn, MA: Thos. P Nichols, 1893. Brown cloth spine with gi...
06/08/2026

In Lynn Woods with Pen and Camera, by Nathan Mortimer Hawkes, Lynn, MA: Thos. P Nichols, 1893. Brown cloth spine with gilt-decorated brown cloth boards. TEG, vi, 104pp. Photos, illustrations, poems, and lovely nature writing about the woods of Lynn, Massachusetts. VG. Boards worn. $70

Richard Diebenkorn: Figure Drawings, NY: Acquavella Contemporary Art, 1996. Softcover. Very Good. Covers lightly scuffed...
06/06/2026

Richard Diebenkorn: Figure Drawings, NY: Acquavella Contemporary Art, 1996. Softcover. Very Good. Covers lightly scuffed. Though noted for his abstract paintings, Diebenkorn produced a series of 60 figure drawings from 1958-67, which are the subject of this gallery exhibition held April 26-May 23, 1996. $35

Boston's North Shore: Being an Account of Life Among the Noteworthy, Fashionable, Wealthy, Eccentric and Ordinary, 1823-...
06/05/2026

Boston's North Shore: Being an Account of Life Among the Noteworthy, Fashionable, Wealthy, Eccentric and Ordinary, 1823-1890, by Joseph E. Garland, Boston: Little, Brown & Company, 1978, first edition. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; Jacket toned. Signed by the author on the front flyleaf. Green cloth binding, map endpapers, xvi, 409pp, index. Photos, notes, bibliography, index. $30

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