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 choose 3 of our books priced $12 and less, the cheapest of the 3 is 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
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
Life of Osborn H. Oldroyd : Founder and Collector of Lincoln Mementos.
William Burton Benham.
Washington DC: Osborn Oldroyd, 1927. Thin, small octavo. Some wear to edges and corners of boards. Signature of former owner in endpaper in blue ink... more
Price: $150.00
George of Bohemia : King of Heretics.
Heymann, Frederick G.
Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1965. Octavo. Light wear to edges of boards with minor bumping to head and heel of spine. Dj has wear and.. more
Price: $50.00
Featured Book "First with the Most " Forrest [ Nathan Bedford ].
Henry, Robert Selph.
Indianapolis: Bobbs Merrill, 1944. Thick octavo. "Bedford edition". SIGNED on limitation page at front of book. Slight wear to edges and corners of boards... more
Price: $295.00
Featured Book Notes on the Rebel Invasion of Maryland and Pennsylvania, and the Battle of Gettysburg , July 1st, 2d and 3d, 1863. Accompanied by an Explanatory Map.
Jacobs M. [ Michael ] . Introduction by Charles P. Krauth.
Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott & Co., 1864 (1863). Small octavo. A prime candidate for the first book on the Battle of Gettysburg. Light stains to front and back.. more
Price: $375.00
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I heard his library burned down and that both books were destroyed-and one of them hadn't even been colored in yet. -- John Dawkins
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