Carl Williams Rare Books
About Carl Williams Rare Books
I buy as well as sell and will travel anywhere to see good, rare books, manuscripts, archives and so on. I also undertake valuations of archives and collections and am proud to say that I also did the valuation of Felix Dennis's Oz archive for London's Victoria and Albert Museum. Which was subsequently acquired by the Performance Department of the V&A. In July 2018. I tend to specialise in the occult, counterculture, erotica, Contemporary/Modern Art, protest, the sixties and so on. I've worked in the rare book trade for twenty-five or so years. I helped to start the UK branch of a dotcom in '99 dealing rare and secondhand books then worked for Maggs Bros until 2015. For three or so of the years that I worked with Maggs Bros I was also on secondment to Julio Mario Santo Domingo's LSD Library. In the 8 years that I have worked as an independent dealer I have, among other things, done small shows of Aktionsraum, Joseph Beuys, Sheila Rock's punk photos and original calendar art from India. I like to sell large/major collections en bloc such as protest posters produced by the Berkeley Poster Workshop that I sold to The Houghton Library. Three printed catalogues of material from the LSD Library called 'The Search For Soma', Still Kicking and 'LSD 3.1 & 3.2' are 'out there' and more are on their way.
Terms of Sale for Carl Williams Rare Books
All purchases of rare books, manuscripts, works on paper, photographs etc remain the property of Carl Williams Rare Books until paid for in full. Postage and packing is usually charged extra at cost. We reserve the right to charge for any merchants fees incurred if a refund is issued.
