Edit: The Fair is now open! Shop the Fair here... Don't miss the 2023 ABAA Holiday Virtual Book Fair! The Antiquarian Booksellers' Association of America (ABAA) and the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers (ILAB) will host a virtual book fair to kick off the end-of-year holidays at www.abaa.org/vbf from 12 pm ET on Thursday, November 30 until 7 pm ET on Saturday, December 2, 2023. Over the last three years, virtual book fairs hosted by the ABAA have grown in size and scope, offering a wide array of rare books and related items, including manuscripts, maps, autographs, prints, and a wide variety of ephemera, and drawing a diverse group of collectors. At this ABAA Holiday Virtual Book Fair, international dealers will join ABAA members to offer their latest acquisitions and rare finds. The exhibitors can be previewed here... Doors... [more ABAA Holiday Virtual Book Fair 2023]
In partnership with the Rare Books and Manuscripts Section Conference (Indiana University Bloomington, June 27-30, 2023) and the ABAA's in-person Booksellers' Showcase, the ABAA will offer a virtual showcase that everyone can visit, regardless of their location. Doors will remain open continuously from Tuesday, June 27 at 12:00pm ET until Friday, June 30 at 8:00pm ET. The RBMS Virtual Showcase will take place at www.abaa.org/vbf Preview the exhibitors... Enjoy this preview of selected books and ephemera that you'll find offered by ABAA members at the 2023 RBMS Booksellers' Virtual Showcase. The Anatomical Eye Glass - The Best on the Face of the Earth Milwaukee: The Milwaukee Litho & Engraving Co, 1902. Lightly warped. Scrapbook residue on reverse.. A fine 11.5" by 8/75" advertising trade sign or counter card. It depicts the earth wearing ... [more RBMS Virtual Showcase Highlights]
Our most-recent in-person event was the well-attended 63rd New York International Antiquarian Book Fair. Now, we present the ABAA Virtual Book Fair: Spring Edition, the premiere virtual event for books, maps, autographs, ephemera, and more! May 11-13 abaa.org/vbf Open continuously from 12 pm ET on Thursday until 7 pm ET on Saturday. Explore the finest rare books, manuscripts and ephemera. Shop the virtual booths of international sellers and discover their latest acquisitions and rare finds. View exhibitors here... Learn more about the ABAA Virtual Book Fair: Spring Edition at abaa.org/vbf... For news about our upcoming in-person and virtual book fairs, visit our events page... [more Join us for the ABAA Virtual Book Fair: Spring Edition]
The 63rd New York International Antiquarian Book Fair (April 27-30, 2023 at the Park Avenue Armory) will feature over 180 exhibitors from 17 countries, presenting a vast treasure trove of items: rare books, maps, illuminated manuscripts, incunabula, fine bindings, illustrations, historical documents, prints and print ephemera. Below are some of the items dealers have indentified as their finest or most-exciting offerings! Publisher's Deluxe Edition with the Plates Colored by Hand A Wonderful Example in the Publisher's Superlative 'Polychromatic' Binding SAND, Maurice; MANCEAU, A, illustrator Masques et Bouffons (Comédie Italienne). Texte et Dessins par Maurice Sand. Gravures par A. Manceau. Preface par George Sand. Paris: A Lévy Fils, Libraire-Éditeur, 1862. Publisher's Deluxe Edition in the Superlative 'Polychromatic' Binding by Antoi... [more New York Book Fair Preview]
Spring is in the air and the Antiquarian Booksellers' Association of America's New York Book Fair returns to the Park Avenue Armory April 27-30, 2023. The Fair's specialties encompass art, science, medicine, literature, history, gastronomy, fashion, first editions, Americana, philosophy, children's books and much more. From the historic and academic, the religious and spiritual—to the bedrock of secular culture, finance, politics—the Fair boasts offerings in every conceivable genre and subject. The 63rd New York International Antiquarian Book Fair is officially sanctioned by the Antiquarian Booksellers' Association of America and the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers. This means that the consumer can rely upon the experience and professionalism of participating dealers and the authenticity of the items available for purc... [more 2023 New York Book Fair]
The ABAA is accepting entries for the 2023 National Collegiate Book Collecting Contest, which is jointly administered by the Antiquarian Booksellers' Association of America (ABAA), the Fellowship of American Bibliophilic Societies (FABS), the Grolier Club, and the Center for the Book and the Rare Books and Special Collections Division (Library of Congress). The National Collegiate Book Collecting Contest is open to all prizewinners of college book-collecting contests, as well as to interested students whose institutions do not offer formal contests. (More information can be found here...) All entries should be submitted at https://www.abaa.org/ncbcc/ncbcc-application... All entries for the 2023 competition must be submitted by June 15, 2023. For more information on the contest, please visit https://www.abaa.org/ncbcc/the-national-collegia... [more 2023 National Collegiate Book Collecting Contest]
The upcoming 55th California International Antiquarian Book Fair (February 10-12 at the Pasadena Convention Center, Pasadena, CA) will feature fine and rare materials from around the globe, including manuscripts, first editions, children's books, ephemera, maps and autographs, as well as antiquarian books in a vast array of fields. Here is a preview of some of the items our exhibitors will be bringing to the Fair: LAMOTTE, Louise. Album with 191 Fashion Design Illustrations. Paris: 1920-1924. Three large quarto volumes with 191 beautiful original fashion design illustrations tipped in on cards. Illustrations are in pen-and-ink and hand-colored with watercolors and sometimes heightened in gold and silver. Leaves: (11 x 9 inches; 280 x 225 mm) Illustrations: (9 1/2 x 6 3/8 inches; 240 x 160 mm). Each illustration is stamped with Lamotte's i... [more CA Book Fair: Preview]
Don't miss the ABAA Virtual Book Fair: Boston Holiday Edition! Your chance to finish your holiday shopping and find rare and unique gifts for everyone on your list! December 8-10, 2022 www.abaa.org/vbf Explore the finest rare books, manuscripts and ephemera. Shop the virtual booths of international sellers and discover their latest acquisitions and rare finds. View participating booksellers... Virtual doors open continuously from 12pm EDT on Thursday, December 8 until 7pm EDT on Saturday, December 10. www.abaa.org/vbf [more ABAA Virtual Book Fair: Boston Holiday Edition]
The Boston International Antiquarian Book Fair returns to the Hynes Convention Center in Boston's Back Bay for an in-person book fair November 11-13, 2022. Here are some highlights from among the rare books and related ephemera you'll find when you visit! Aldus Chapin Higgins Photo Album, 1923. A Ten Weeks Vacation Trip to Europe. February 23rd to May 12th 1923 by Mary Sprague and Aldus Chapin Higgins ending with a Motor Trip in France with Elizabeth and W. Irving Clark Large format hand-made book, unpaginated , colored ink manuscript calligraphy on cover, bound in leather parchment over stiff boards, 306 large and medium format professional black and white photographs mounted on laid paper with deckled edges, each photo titled in manuscript, 3-page typed itinerary bound in at end of book, one small landscape oil painting "Taormina" bound... [more Boston Book Fair Featured Items]
The Boston International Antiquarian Book Fair (BIABF) is making its much-anticipated return to the Hynes Convention Center in downtown Boston from November 11-13, 2022. The 44th Boston Book Fair is the annual fall gathering for book lovers and collectors, featuring the top selection of items available on the international literary market, sanctioned by the Antiquarian Booksellers' Association of America (ABAA) and the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers (ILAB). An alluring treasure trove awaits seasoned collectors and first-time attendees. More than 100 exhibitors, from nine different countries –- Canada, Denmark, France, Georgia, Germany, Netherlands, Italy, the UK, and the US -– will showcase the finest in rare and valuable books, photography, illuminated manuscripts, autographs, maps, historic documents, maps, fine bin... [more Boston Book Fair Returns]