Froogle does allow you to search only within the field of "Books", but on Abebooks, that's an automatic limitation, and Alibris allows for that selection. Froogle also allows you to search certain specific categories, such as biography, but when you get back a list of 32,000 items, this isn't of much help (a keyword search on Abe for "biography" brings up 1,716,210 responses) .
If you go to Froogle and search its "books" category, you will find whose listings they are picking up. This does not necessarily mean that all of their listings are being found, though surely some are. Froogle finds its listings in two ways, one by submission, the other by searching the internet on its own. Any titles a site submits to Froogle in the proper form will be found, but others may or may not be found depending on whether the Google search engine can spot them on its own.
Alibris shows up as a site Froogle finds. Surprisingly, it says it finds only 329,000 listings, not many for a site which claims over 40 million books. This can partly be explained by the way Alibris lists books, with many copies appearing as a subset of the main listing. As a result, Froogle may be finding only 329,000 different listings, but a much larger number of individual copies. Still, this seems too few and I cannot determine whether Froogle is finding only some of the Alibris books or giving a short count. On the other hand, if you search for listings from Abebooks, you will find nothing on Froogle. This, obviously, is a shortcoming for Froogle since Abe, at 50 million, is still the largest listing site in the world for old books.
The ABAA (Antiquarian Booksellers' Association of America) makes its listings available to Froogle. Froogle counts 367,000 listings from their site. The ABAA site is not massive in its quantity of books, being limited to listings from its 470 members. However, they do offer many rare and more valuable titles that are not posted on the massive listing sites. Since the ABAA does not have one of the more highly trafficked websites, being included in Froogle may help them reach more buyers with their unique listings.
Another of the smaller listing sites that may get a boost from being found on Froogle is Tom Folio. Froogle says it finds 75,000 listings from this site. Booksamillion shows up with 207,000 listings. Used Book Central shows 68,000
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Many individual booksellers with their own listing sites also show up. Powell's is the largest of the independents, and they show up as having 168,000 listings. Jonathan Grobe Books shows up with 11,800 listings. Wessex Books has 20,200. The Brattle Book Shop shows 710. However, most independent booksellers, including many of the biggest and best known, do not have listings from their websites appear on Froogle. If their books can be found, it is only because they are also listed on a site that Froogle searches, most likely Alibris, ABAA, or Tom Folio.
Heritage, Dec. 15: Jerry Thomas. How to Mix Drinks, or the Bon-Vivant's Companion, Containing Clear and Reliable Directions for Mixing All the Beverages Used in the United States…
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Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("Martinus Luther") to His Friend the Theologian Gerhard Wiskamp ("Gerardo Xantho Lampadario"). $100,000 - $150,000.
Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: An Exceptionally Fine Copy of Austenís Emma: A Novel in Three Volumes. $40,000 - $60,000.
Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Presentation Copy of Ernest Hemmingwayís A Farewell to Arms for Edward Titus of the Black Mankin Press. $30,000 - $50,000.
Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Manuscript Signed Integrally for "The Songs of Pooh," by Alan Alexander. $30,000 - $50,000.
Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Manuscript of "Three Fragments from Gˆtterd‰mmerung" by Richard Wagner. $30,000 - $50,000.
Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Original Preliminary Artwork, for the First Edition of Snow Crash. $20,000 - $30,000.
Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("T.R. Malthus") to Economist Nassau Senior on Wealth, Labor and Adam Smith. $20,000 - $30,000.
Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides Finely Bound by Michael Wilcox. $20,000 - $30,000.
Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: First Edition of Lewis and Clark: Travels to the Source of the Missouri River and Across the American Continent to the Pacific Ocean. $8,000 - $12,000.
Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Original Artwork for the First Edition of Neal Stephenson's Groundbreaking Novel Snow Crash. $100,000 - $150,000.
Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: A Complete Set Signed Deluxe Editions of King's The Dark Tower Series by Stephen King. $8,000 - $12,000.
Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("John Adams") to James Le Ray de Chaumont During the Crucial Years of the Revolutionary War. $8,000 - $12,000.
Sotheby’s Book Week December 9-17, 2025
Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Francesco Colonna. Hypnerotomachie, Paris, 1546, Parisian calf by Wotton Binder C for Marcus Fugger. €200,000 to €300,000.
Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Nausea. De principiis dialectices Gorgias, and other works, Venice, 1523, morocco gilt for Cardinal Campeggio. €3,000 to €4,000.
Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Billon. Le fort inexpugnable de l'honneur, Paris, 1555, Parisian calf gilt for Peter Ernst, Graf von Mansfeld. €120,000 to €180,000.
Sotheby’s Book Week December 9-17, 2025
Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: Salinger, J.D. The Graham Family archive, including autographed letters, an inscribed Catcher, a rare studio photograph of the author, and more. $120,000 to $180,000.
Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: [Austen, Jane]. A handsome first edition of Sense and Sensibility, the author's first novel. $60,000 to $80,000.
Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: Massachusetts General Court. A powerful precursor to the Declaration of Independence: "every Act of Government … without the Consent of the People, is … Tyranny." $40,000 to $60,000.
![<b>Heritage, Dec. 15:</b> John Donne. <i>Poems, By J. D. With Elegies on the Author's Death.</i> London: M[iles]. F[lesher]. for John Marriot, 1633.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/8caddaea-4c1f-47a7-9455-62f53af36e3f.jpg "<b>Heritage, Dec. 15:</b> John Donne. <i>Poems, By J. D. With Elegies on the Author's Death.</i> London: M[iles]. F[lesher]. for John Marriot, 1633.")
![<b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 16:</b> [Austen, Jane]. A handsome first edition of <i>Sense and Sensibility,</i> the author's first novel. $60,000 to $80,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/9a74d9ff-42dd-46a1-8bb2-b636c4cec796.png "<b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 16:</b> [Austen, Jane]. A handsome first edition of <i>Sense and Sensibility,</i> the author's first novel. $60,000 to $80,000.")
