RARE & UNUSUAL LITERATURE and FINE RELIGIOUS BOOKS

We sell used & rare books with a focus at the intersection of literature and theology. We carry vintage and fine editions of fiction, poetry, philosophy & the arts, and feature a wide offering of Christian literature, theology, mysticism and liturgical books.

Anagoge (ἀναγωγή) is the Greek word for climb or ascent, and is defined as the mystical or spiritual sense of a text in sacred scripture and in literature. Flannery O'Connor describes the anagogical as "the kind of vision that is able to see different levels of reality in one image or situation...which [has] to do with the divine life and our participation in it...an attitude toward all of creation, and a way of reading nature..." Our shop logo, hand illustrated by Joel Jensen-Heath, visualizes the word with symbology inspired by Hildegard von Bingen, John of the Cross, and The Cloud of Unknowing.

ANAGOGE BOOKS was founded in 2024 by Gabriel Connor and currently operates out of Bellevue, Kentucky, across the river from Cincinnati, Ohio. A native of San Francisco, he been involved intermittently in the secondhand book trade for over a decade, having worked previously for Andrew McKinley of Adobe Books. He is a graduate of the Colorado Antiquarian Book Seminar (CABS-Minnesota 2026) and a member of the Independent Online Booksellers Association (IOBA). 

WE BUY BOOKS

We actively buy books and travel widely to view collections. We seek a variety of books, such as, but not limited to: modern first editions, private press & fine bindings, ephemera & paper oddities, Southern Americana & Appalachian interest, scholarly & stately philosophy & theology, & old prayer books with a dash of chant. Email us at info@anagogebooks.com if you have books you'd like us to evaluate.