Black Swan Books
Voted Lexington's Best Used & Rare Bookstore

Black Swan Books
505 East Maxwell St.
Lexington, KY 40502

(859) 252-7255
bswan@mis.net

Mon-Sat: 11-5:30

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Mike Courtney, Proprietor

  • Wendell Berry
  • Kentuckiana
  • Americana
  • Southern History
  • Military History
  • Literature and Literary Criticism
  • Equestrian History and Literature
  • Leather-bound, Folios, and Limited Editions
  • Art and Photography
  • Modern First Editions
  • Private Presses
  • Broadsides
  • Poetry

Black Swan News

  • November 30th 1:00 - 2:30pm      Betty Boles Ellison will sign - Justice Delayed, Justice  Denied. (Famous Lexington Unsolved Murders)   
     

  • December 5th 6:30 - 8:00pm        Mary Ann Taylor-Hall and Michael Moran will read    and sign their new books, both from Larkspur Press, Dividing Ridge and The Fallen World.  
     

  • December 14th. 2:00 - 3:30pm      Estill Curtis Pennington will sign - Kentucky: The Master Painters. 
     

  • IN STOCK - autographed copies of Wendell Berry's Mad Farmer Poems and our new broadside - Manifesto: The Mad Farmer Liberation Front as well as signed copies of Ed McClanahan's O the Clear Moment and James Archambeault's Kentucky Horse County.  

         TAKING ORDERS  for Wendell Berry's Whitefoot. Advance Orders Encouraged for signings.  

A Lexington Tradition Since 1984

For over twenty years Black Swan has promoted the talents of local Kentucky authors, as well as hosting nationally recognized authors, both established and upcoming.

Just as we sell through the internet we also offer special ordering services to our customers to provide a wider base of out-of-print and specialized titles, bindings, and publishers.

 
"I have been an ardent book collector for nearly fifty years and I can say that Black Swan Books is one of the finest shops I have ever visited.  You should be commended on your clean, well run, and well organized shop."    

Jack Walsdorf
(Antiques Roadshow Host)