Staff Directory
Oak Knoll Books
310 Delaware Street - New Castle - DE - 19720
P: 302.328.7232
F: 302.328.7274
Hours: Mon-Fri 9am to 5pm
Sat-Sun by appointment.
Our store-front is currently closed to the public until further notice. Our inventory will still be available online for shipping, and our staff can be reached by phone or email during our normal business hours.
Bob Fleck, Jr.
Founder
Bob Fleck was the founder and owner of Oak Knoll Books. In 1976, Bob decided to leave a career in chemical engineering to start Oak Knoll Books, specializing in books about books. Two years later, he started publishing in the same field, beginning with a reprint of Bigmore and Wyman's A Bibliography of Printing. He was a past president of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America (ABAA) as well as the past president of the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers (ILAB/LILA). In 2016, he passed away and left his business to his son Rob, who has worked at Oak Knoll for many years. An in memoriam by ILAB (one of many heartfelt and beautifully written ones floating around online and in print) is available here. A video interview with Bob conducted by the ABAA is also available here.
Robert Fleck, III
Antiquarian Director
Rob Fleck is the son of founder Bob Fleck, and is the current Antiquarian Director for Oak Knoll Books. Having started off pulling books at the age of three, he started working full time at Oak Knoll as the bookkeeper and accounts payables. In 2008 he took over the Antiquarian department, and in 2016 he became the President & Owner after the passing of his father. He is now the main representitive of the company, including and especially for libraries, private customers, and institutions regarding out-of-print and rare books. He represents Oak Knoll at all bookfairs, so if you happen to be face-to-face with him, come up and say hello!
Erin Desmond
Generalist
Erin is a graduate from the University of Delaware and has been working full-time at Oak Knoll since 2019. A previous intern at Oak Knoll, Erin started off organizing shelves and photographing books and now spends most of her time designing Oak Knoll's marketing and advertising. Do you receive emails from Oak Knoll about new arrivals or virtual book fairs? Those are from Erin!
Arianna D'Avolio
Bookstore Assistant
Arianna is a recent graduate of the University of Delaware as well as a former Oak Knoll intern and is really excited to be joining Oak Knoll's full-time staff! Arianna is very interested in book publication and is looking forward to becoming more well-versed in the world of books about books and antiquarian books.
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