The Book Merchant Jenkins is an antiquarian bookseller and auctioneer buying and selling rare and interesting books in all genres with a focus on Sexuality, LGBTIQ+, Ethnopharmacology, Counterculture, and Art.
Formerly of Brisbane, we relocated in 2026 to a property on the banks of the Huon River in Tasmania’s far south. Our new purpose-built book house opens to visitors late 2027. Until then, find us at book fairs nationally and internationally, including Firsts London, and fairs in Melbourne, Berlin, and Sydney. Subscribe to our email list for updates and first pick whenever we have a new catalogue.
Buying and Selling
We are always buying, from single books to entire collections. Jenkins acquires quality books and related materials of cultural or academic value in all genres. Read more about our buying policy.
Rare Book Auctions
Jenkins conducts regular rare book auctions, in our rooms and with live online bidding, resuming in 2027. Browse past results and join the bidder registry to be notified of upcoming sales.
Yarran L. Jenkins
Yarran L. Jenkins has been an independent book merchant since 2006, first as a travelling bookstore on Australia’s festival circuit, then through a string of shops across Brisbane and Melbourne, including the beloved Logical Unsanity 24 Hour Book Shed. His years in Brisbane are the subject of two chapters in the 2023 anthology Brisbane Bookshops.
Yarran is a 2019 graduate of the Colorado Antiquarian Book Seminar (CABS), an ILAB affiliate, and an IOBA Life Member and former board member. He currently serves as Vice-president and Membership Officer of ANZAAB. In 2021 he was featured as a Bright Young Bookseller in Fine Books & Collections. See our full trade affiliations.
The Book Merchant Jenkins
PO Box 366
Geeveston TAS 7116
Australia
Phone: +61 413 469 509
hello@thebookmerchantjenkins.com