Gordon, Grant. Story of the Ship. McLoughlin Brothers Inc: 1919. First edition. In very good condition. If you have any information regarding this book, please contact ABAA Headquarters at 212... [more {visitor:mbr_blog_screenname}]
Entries from August 2011
Watts-Dunton, Theodore. Christmas at the Mermaid, Flowers of Parnassus - XI. London & New York: John Lane, 1902. Leather bound. The book is inscribed to Thomas Hardy (from the author). If you ha... [more {visitor:mbr_blog_screenname}]
Bibliofile, Yale's dedicated site for Book History, has announced the publication of “Rare Book Photography: An Introduction”. This free guide “explains the handling and photographic practices t... [more {visitor:mbr_blog_screenname}]
Dr. David Culpin of St. Andrew's University came across a rare piece of travel literature while studying at the library of Sir George Grey, who was governor of Cape Colony (today's Capetown) between 1... [more {visitor:mbr_blog_screenname}]
New England Chapter “Unseminar” on New Tools: Marketing Approaches, Platforms, & Technology
By Susan BenneThe New-England chapter of the ABAA is pleased to invite members of the ABAA, the trade in general, and all interested observers to a special one-day "unseminar" entitled "New Tools: Marketing Approac... [more {visitor:mbr_blog_screenname}]
Entries from July 2011
Click here to view a photos of "five architecturally impressive libraries". I was especially intrigued by the fact that Yale's rare book collection is housed in a building built with "marble sliced so... [more {visitor:mbr_blog_screenname}]
The Burns Library at Boston College has made a surprising discovery in their own Yeats archiveYeats' unpublished first play, Love and Death, written in 1884 when he was only 18 or 19 years of age. Th... [more {visitor:mbr_blog_screenname}]
UPDATE: These items have been recovered. Over the weekend of July 24/25 the following items were stolen from the premises of R.A. Gekoski Booksellers, 13 Bathurst Mews, London W2 2SB. Anyone with info... [more {visitor:mbr_blog_screenname}]
Click here to read a Q & A with Robert Darnton, a cultural historian and the Director of Harvard University's library system, on the proposed Digital Public Library of America. Mr. Darnton made one co... [more {visitor:mbr_blog_screenname}]
The Barnstable-Hyannis Patch is featuring "10 Questions with Isaiah Thomas Books' Jim Visbeck". Click here to read! 10 Questions with Isaiah Thomas Books' Jim Visbeck [more {visitor:mbr_blog_screenname}]