Dividing Line Books is a New York rare book firm buying and selling materials animated by themes of experimentation and radicalism; we are drawn to works that disrupt prevailing conventions, whether social or aesthetic. Areas of focus include 20th-century counterculture, artists' books, queer histories, and poetries of the avant-garde. 

We are always acquiring new material in these and other fields, and warmly welcome inquiries of any nature. Though we don't keep open hours at our Ridgewood offices, we're happy to arrange pickups for local customers. To receive new catalogs and updates about in-person events, please consider signing up for our email list and/or Instagram account.

  • Fifty Small Paintings

    Poster for a 1978 exhibition of paintings by Agnes Martin at Pace Gallery in New York.

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  • Open

    A conceptual re-editioning, published in 2012, of a 1986 photobook by Brian Griffin.

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  • 128 Details From A Picture

    First edition of this work documenting a single painting by German artist Gerhard Richter. 

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  • X: A Fabulous Child's Story

    Lois Gould and Jacqueline Chwast's 1976 children's book about a non-gendered child.

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