Black’s Fine Books & Manuscripts

We are a rare book firm specializing in a diverse range of works on paper. We actively buy, sell and place rare and out-of-print books, as well as manuscripts, printed ephemera, and archival collections in Canada, the United States, and Europe. With nearly two decades of experience, we are pleased to offer a wide selection of over 25,000 scarce and unique titles, from the retrospective to the modern. Our specialisms include, but are not limited to, antiquarian and fine bindings, manuscripts, ephemera, Canadiana, culinaria, Indigenous studies, and socialist literature. We are also home to one of the nation’s largest private collections of Ukrainian émigré publications.

In addition, our practice is devoted to the thoughtful stewardship, and placement of literary and institutional archives, and we provide USPAP compliant monetary appraisals for universities, museums, and private clients.

We remain, as ever, attentive to the desiderata of both institutional and private collectors, and are proud to collaborate with a diverse and distinguished clientele. Our clients have included Library and Archives Canada, the Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library, McGill University, McMaster University, the University of Manitoba Archives & Special Collections, University of Alberta (Bruce Peel Special Collections), The British Library, and The Library of Congress, among others.

Please use the search function to locate titles of interest. If you are unable to find what you seek, we would be pleased to search our extensive private inventory or to assist in its acquisition. Visitors are warmly welcomed; however, both our Toronto and Winnipeg galleries operate by appointment only.

Curated lists are issued periodically and may be viewed at www.blacksbooks.ca.