Welcome to Motte and Bailey

We are a used and rare bookshop in Ann Arbor Michigan, with both more common and antiquarian books priced from $6 on up. We focus on American and European history, Books About Books, children's books, and scholarly titles. We have 8500 books in all subjects, with over 3,000 catalogued on our site in over 50 catalogs. New arrivals are always listed here before we post them to the internet bookselling sites.

To keep our stock interesting and growing, we buy individual books or entire libraries across our region. Also, when you visit our shop and choose 2 of our books, you get a 3rd book priced $12 of less free, everyday, any quantity.

We are one of the few remaining booksellers in our area who perform appraisals for estate, donation, or insurance purposes. See links to to your left for more information.

Feel free to contact us if you have any questions or if are looking for a had to find book. If you prefer to call our phone number is 734.669.0451. Our hours are Mon -Sat 10-8 p.m., Sunday 11-4 p.m.

Featured Items

A Method of Horsemanship, Founded Upon New Principles Including the Breaking and Training of Horses with Instructions for Obtaining a Good Seat.
Baucher, F. [ Francois ] .
Philadelphia: A. Hart, late Carey and Hart, 1852. Octavo. Slight fading to spine. Some wear to edges and corners of boards. Bumping to corners, head and heel of.. more
Price: $175.00

Up and Down the Line : The Centennial History of the Angelina & Neches River Railroad.
Bowman, Bob.
Lufkin, TX: Best of East Texas Publishers, 2000. Octavo. Light wear to edges of boards. Dj has light wear to edges and minor scuffing to covers. 232 pages.. more
Price: $25.00

The Kings and Their Hawks : Falconry in Medieval England.
Oggins, Robin S.
New Haven, CT.: Yale University Press, 2004. Octavo. Light wear to edges of boards. Dj has light wear along edges and minor scuffing to covers. 251 pages.. more
Price: $35.00

Travels in North Queensland.
Devanny, Jean.
London: Jarrolds Publisher, 1951. Octavo. Light wear to edges of boards with light bumping to head and heel of spine. Dj has light wear.. more
Price: $30.00

GIFT CERTIFICATE for Motte & Bailey Booksellers.
Ann Arbor: Motte & Bailey Booksellers. This allows you to purchase a gift certificate for Motte & Bailey Booksellers, which can be used in our shop.. more
Price: $25.00

Doctor to the Front : The Recollections of Confederate Surgeon Thomas Fanning Wood, 1861 - 1865.
Wood, Thomas Fanning. Edited by Donald B. Koonce.
Knoxville: The University of Tennessee Press, 2000. Octavo. Light wear to edges of boards. Dj has some wear along edges and minor scuffing to covers. Printer's stamp.. more
Price: $20.00

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