WE HAVE MOVED!

NEW LOCATION: 209 E 500 S inside the Leonardo Museum

HOURS: Tuesday through Sunday 10 AM - 6 PM

There are 3 levels at this location -- the main floor, the rare room, and the underground.

Parking is available inside the City Library parking garage on 500 S. The first two hours are free.

Metered street parking is also available along 200 E and 500 S. Street parking is free for two hours on Saturdays and all day on Sundays.

 

Welcome to Ken Sanders Rare Books, Salt Lake City's premier antiquarian bookshop since 1997. We offer a selection of rare and collectible books, a smattering of new books, an enormous stock of eclectic and affordable used titles, and an ever-changing selection of art, ephemera, maps, photographs, and postcards. We also offer book purchasing and appraisaservices.

Ken Sanders Rare Books specializes in regional interest Utah & the Mormons and the broader Western Americana, with emphases on the Grand Canyon and the Colorado River, National Parks, and the literary West. We offer rare and collectible books in many subjects, including Literature, Art, Photography, Children's, Illustrated, and Wordless Novels. We are a member of the Antiquarian Booksellers' Association of America (ABAA). 

Serious collectors and casual shoppers are equally welcome, and browsing is encouraged. You can search our inventory on this website but a significant portion of our stock is uncatalogued--  please call or drop by if you don’t see what you’re looking for!

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Ken Sanders Rare Books at New York Bibliography Week Booksellers’ Showcase 2025

Ken Sanders Rare Books at New York Bibliography Week Booksellers’ Showcase 2025

We are pleased to offer here a list of forty of the items that we will be exhibiting as part of the New York Bibliography Week Booksellers’ Showcase 2025 at the L’Alliance New York’s Le SkyRoom on Wednesday, January 22nd from 10:30am-4pm. Some highlights here include a scarce signed limited edition fine press Gary Snyder volume, a rare volume inscribed by its author to massacre and captivity survivor Olive Oatman, several lovely vernacular photograph albums, and many radical labor publications including two nicely illustrated Hungarian labor movement journals from the 1930s.

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"There are three levels of surprises, and treasures throughout. I could have spent countless hours and even days combing through the store... Can’t wait to come back!"

Seth H.

"this bookstore is my safe space."

Paige D.