Welcome to Cerulean Day Books

Cerulean Day Books is an online bookshop specializing in antiquarian, rare, collectible and used books. The heart and soul of our catalog is an extensive collection of vintage travel guides from the 19th and 20th centuries, with a strong focus on antiquarian European guidebooks.

As a book collector, book seller and bibliophile, I'd like to hear from other book lovers. I started out with a small collection of Baedekers, Cooks, and Murray's Handbooks, and now find myself consumed by the book trade.

I'll be posting here from time to time with biblio-tales and general rants about the book business, searches for that elusive rare edition,books I love, life, the universe,and all things bookist.

"To be a book-collector is to combine the worst characteristics of a dope fiend with those of a miser." Robertson Davies