About

Thank You for your interest! My Name is Bob Cowden. I have bought ,sold and traded books full time since 1993. I have had a internet presence since 1996. I developed and managed Oklahoma book and paper fairs as well as  participated  various regional book and paper fairs .In addition,I have organized and conducted multiple fine book auctions.

Always a reader,at 12  I wanted to be a writer and had an essay published .  Fast forward to when I started buying and selling books .The very first book I sold ; actually brokered for my mother in law was Lewis and Clark’s Journals printed in 1814 by the US government on their return.

“The official publication of the journals of Lewis and Clark did not appear until 1814, nearly eight years after the return of Lewis and Clark. Lewis, who was given the responsibility of preparing the journals for publication, died prematurely in 1809. After Lewis’s death, Nicholas Biddle assumed the task of editing the journals, but before completing the task turned the effort over to Paul Allen. The long awaited work, often referred to as the Biddle-Allen edition, was finally published in 1814 when 1,417 copies of the two-volume work were made available for purchase.From the Aubrey R. Watzek Library Lewis and Clark College.

As you can see it was down hill from there ! I then became a book scout part time.In 1993 I opened a small used bookstore and have sold books on the internet or at shows fairs and three other used bookstores I have owned. I am an old bookseller looking for a new way.

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