Over the past half century, Second Story Books has provided the greater Washington, DC metropolitan area access to an unlimited and rich reading experience. From their original small second floor loca... [more {visitor:mbr_blog_screenname}]
Entries from September 2024
Jeff Weber is proprietor of Jeff Weber Rare Books, Montreux and Neuchâtel, Switzerland. He is a member of ILAB, ABAA and VEBBUKU/SLACES (Switzerland). What, by its nature, would be rarer than an orig... [more {visitor:mbr_blog_screenname}]
The National Collegiate Book Collecting Contest awards ceremony was held at the Library of Congress on September 13, 2024. The Contest was established in 2005 by Fine Books & Collections Magazine to r... [more {visitor:mbr_blog_screenname}]
Edit: The recording of this event is now available on our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DfeHt5PvU6U The Antiquarian Booksellers' Association of America was founded in 1949 to promot... [more {visitor:mbr_blog_screenname}]
Entries from August 2024
Edit: The recording of this event is now available on our YouTube channel. The Brown Bag Lunch Series, presented by the ABAA Gender Equity Initiative, is a series of short virtual talks covering vario... [more {visitor:mbr_blog_screenname}]
Meet the latest group of booksellers elected as members of the ABAA. Full Membership Obadiah Baird - The Book Bin For almost fifteen years Obadiah Baird has specialized in rare and collectible Science... [more {visitor:mbr_blog_screenname}]
Entries from July 2024
Edit: the recording of this event is now available on our YouTube channel: The Brown Bag Lunch Series, presented by the ABAA Gender Equity Initiative, is a series of short virtual talks covering vario... [more {visitor:mbr_blog_screenname}]
Entries from June 2024
What's better: a simple author signature, or an inscription? As a longtime bookseller -- a veteran of Borders, Waldenbooks, and independent bookstores -- I thought I knew the answer. But, once I began... [more {visitor:mbr_blog_screenname}]
Edit: The recording of this event can be viewed on our YouTube channel or below: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U43Q7qerAEI The Brown Bag Lunch Series, presented by the ABAA Gender Equity Initiative,... [more {visitor:mbr_blog_screenname}]
Entries from May 2024
Edit: The recording of this event is now available on our YouTube channel... The Brown Bag Lunch Series, presented by the ABAA Gender Equity Initiative, is a series of short virtual talks covering var... [more {visitor:mbr_blog_screenname}]