Welcome to Old Algonquin Books
& author John Dunning's website

Something to put on your calendar if you are in the Denver area or planning a vacation in the Rocky Mountain West this summer. The 25th annual Rocky Mountain Book and Paper Fair will be held on July 31 and August 1, 2009, again at the Denver Merchandise Mart. Many book, map and paper dealers from around the country, much to see and or purchase, and a lot of fun. Special event this year will be Wes Cowan, host of the PBS television series History Detectives giving a presentation on Saturday, August 1.

John and Helen Dunning's Old Algonquin Books has been in business since 1984. We are founding members of the Rocky Mountain Antiquarian Booksellers Association RMABA.
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Scribner has published five of John's mysteries featuring Cliff Janeway, bookseller and ex-Denver cop, and a mystery about old-time radio in New Jersey in 1942. John also published an extensive encyclopedia on old-time radio, a novel about Denver in the 1920s, and three other earlier mysteries. We do not usually carry these books, but you should be able to find them in your favorite new or used book store. For more information click in the box on the right.

If you are looking for a book in our stock, enter author, title, publisher, or a topic in the search box on the right. For more detailed book searches, including by subject, publisher, keywords, etc., just click "Search" then click Search Tips for more information.