About Ellipsis Rare Books
Founded by Andrew Lenoir in East Hampton, NY in 2019, Ellipsis Rare Books specializes in rare, out-of-print, unique, and unusual books and ephemera pertaining to weird fiction, unusual history, counterculture, quackery, occultism, spiritualism, and alternative spirituality.
Every item we sell has a story and it is our pleasure to discover and share them with our customers. Curators and cultural custodians in addition to collectors, we pride ourselves on participating in the ongoing preservation of understudied and underappreciated movements, moments, and texts. As we sometimes “joke”, we are in the business of buying and selling evidence.
In 2022, Ellipsis Rare Books was accepted into the International Online Booksellers’ Association (IOBA).
Our Team
Andrew Lenoir, Proprietor
Andrew Lenoir is a historical journalist and bookseller who was a teenage obituarist in East Hampton, New York before being introduced to antiquarian books working under Glenn Horowitz and John McWhinnie.
An undergraduate Lovecraft scholar and former student head of the Charles Watts Book Arts program at the John Carter Brown Library at Brown University, he remains passionate about history, weird fiction, and esoterica. A presenter at the 2014 Necronomicon Conference in Providence, Rhode Island and former speechwriter, he holds an MFA in nonfiction writing from Columbia University where he led an undergraduate course on history writing. In 2019, he had the pleasure of attending the Colorado Antiquarian Book Seminar.
His research on books, authors, and other topics often turns into articles and essays which can be read in magazines, academic journals and websites like Fine Books and Collections Magazine, The Brown Journal of History, NYU’s The Revealer, Atlas Obscura, Mental Floss, and All That’s Interesting. He has also appeared on radio and podcasts including America This Week, Coast to Coast AM, and I’m Probably Wrong About Everything.
Learn more in his June 2021 interview on the Fine Books and Collections website.
Charlotte Anderson, Lead Designer and Creative Director
The multi-talented and multi-titled Charlotte Anderson has a hand in nearly every facet of Ellipsis’ appearance and presentation from the name itself and the fonts used in our branding to building this website.
A Ketchum, Idaho by way of Seattle native and graduate of Brown University, Charlotte is the founder of the creative agency Studio Maenad, as well as the co-editor of the forthcoming NINE magazine. Formerly a producer for GQ and a creative consultant for the New York City Ballet, her track record includes leading creative branding projects for nonprofits, fashion brands, and luxury hospitality. Her nonfiction writing has appeared in Cool Hunting, GQ, High Snobiety, and Surface Magazine. She previously worked in editorial photo production for Vogue, V Magazine, and O32C.
From lovingly laying out the description cards that come with every Ellipsis book and designing each of our catalogs since 2022, her unique eye, strategic mind, steady hand and constant collaboration have helped make the dream a reality. (Andrew Lenoir is lucky to call her his wife).
Terms & Conditions
We stand by our books, our research, and our descriptions. Please don’t hesitate to ask us any questions you may have about any listing. If you ever find that a book you purchased from us was incorrectly described, we’ll accept it back for a full refund, shipping included. Should you change your mind about a purchase, we are glad to offer a 14-day return window (shipping not included).
Memberships & Associations
