Philadelphia Rare Books & Manuscripts has lost something in transit to a customer: La Fontaine, Jean de. Fables de La Fontaine Paris: de l'Imprimerie de Didot l'aine, 1789. 8vo in 4s (19 cm, 7.5"). 2 ... [more {visitor:mbr_blog_screenname}]
Entries from June 2019
Entries from October 2018
This item is still missing as of 6/14/2019. The following item was reported stolen in Ann Arbor: The Royal Path of Life. by T. I. Haines, A.M. & L.W. Yaggy M.S. 1877. 1st edition. Brown hardcover. If ... [more {visitor:mbr_blog_screenname}]
These items are still missing as of 6/13/2019. Please contact the ABAA at hq@abaa.org or 212.944.8291 if you have been offered, have, or have handled any manuscript or typescript letters of correspond... [more {visitor:mbr_blog_screenname}]
Entries from September 2018
In an effort to assist in the recovery of materials missing as a result of the Carnegie Library theft, the ABAA would like to bring to the public's attention the list of items believed stolen. Click t... [more {visitor:mbr_blog_screenname}]
Entries from August 2018
What new additions to the abaa.org website caught the eye this week? Signed books from James Baldwin, Annie Leibovitz, and P.L. Travers, as well as several classic children's books, among other intere... [more {visitor:mbr_blog_screenname}]
WHO OWNED THIS? Libraries and the Rare Book Trade consider issues surrounding Provenance, Theft and Forgery. A symposium presented by the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers (ILAB), the An... [more {visitor:mbr_blog_screenname}]
Entries from July 2018
This item is still missing as of 6/12/2019. A customer reports that a package containing the following book was stolen from her mailbox in Brooklyn, NY. Weiss, Harvey. Twenty-four and Stanley . New Yo... [more {visitor:mbr_blog_screenname}]
What new additions to the abaa.org website caught the eye this week? An interesting endorsed letter to President Andrew Jackson, a very early collection of medical recipes, and first editions of books... [more {visitor:mbr_blog_screenname}]
Every famous poet and writer started small, usually with cautious publishers who printed small batches of the first edition of their early books. For most, the cautious print runs continues, even afte... [more {visitor:mbr_blog_screenname}]
Great Catalogues by Master Booksellers: A Selection of American and English Booksellers' Catalogues, 19th-21st Century. By John R. Payne. Introduction by Kurt Zimmerman. Austin , Roger Beacham, Publis... [more {visitor:mbr_blog_screenname}]