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The 2025 winner of the California Young Book Collector's Prize is Kierra Duncan. Kierra is 27 years old. She was raised in the Los Angeles area and graduated from UCLA summa cum laude in English and current doctoral candidate at Princeton University. Duncan's collection, “Translating Blackness Across Space: American, British, and Caribbean Editions of 20th Century Black Literature.” wowed the jud... [ more about 2025 Annual California Young Book Collector’s Prize Awarded]

Browse the latest catalogs, newsletters, and e-lists of rare books, fine bindings, incunabula, print ephemera, and much more from the members of the ABAA below. (Also includes podcasts, blog posts, and other digital formats.) *New* indicates any catalogs brought to our attention since late-December 2024. AARDVARK BOOKS/EZRA TISHMAN BOOK APPRAISALS SABF 2024 Highlights 16 Recent Aardvarkian Acquisitio... [ more about Latest Catalogs of Rare Books]

Our members list new acquisitions and recently cataloged items almost every day of the year. Below, you'll find a few highlights from these recent additions... Farewell Address of President Jimmy Carter; January 14, 1981 by Carter, Jimmy : Palaemon Press Limited, 1981. First Edition / Limited Edition. Cloth. Very good. Limited edition of the Farewell Address of President Jimmy Carter, signed on the t... [ more about Weekly Highlights]