This item is still missing as of 6/2/2019. Mace Neufeld reports that a 2 volume set of HISTORICAL SKETCHES OF THE PAPER CURRENCY OF THE AMERICAN COLONIES (1865) with numerous examples of colonial curr... [more {visitor:mbr_blog_screenname}]
Located! These items were recovered as of 10/3/2015. The following four items were allegedly stolen from the home of a collector in Georgia (USA) on July 18, 2015. Please contact us if you are offered... [more {visitor:mbr_blog_screenname}]
A selection of featured items from among those offered by ABAA members, including very rare inscribed, pseudonymous novels by Agatha Christie, a first edition H.G. Wells, rare Robert McCloskey, and an... [more {visitor:mbr_blog_screenname}]
Rounding up the rare book news for August... Ernest Hemingway Look-Alike Competition Yes, there really is an Ernest Hemingway look-alike competition. This is the guy who won it this year... Lost Colon... [more {visitor:mbr_blog_screenname}]
We thank all who submitted applications. Once again, the ABAA is delighted to be a part of the contest. Without further ado, the 2015 Winners of the National Collegiate Book Collecting Contest are: 1s... [more {visitor:mbr_blog_screenname}]
Ted Hughes was born on August 17, 1930. He became one of the most-famous poets of the Twentieth Century, and was Great Britain's Poet Laureate from 1984 until his death in 1998 (Poet's Laureate tradit... [more {visitor:mbr_blog_screenname}]
These items have been recovered and are no longer missing. These following were possibly left behind in one box in Madison, Virginia: Vols. 7,8, & 9 of the 1778 2nd edition of Johnson's annotated Shak... [more {visitor:mbr_blog_screenname}]
For 27 years, the Colorado Antiquarian Books Seminar (CABS) has provided a training ground for rare book collectors, dealers, and librarians to meet and share their knowledge. Even experienced book de... [more {visitor:mbr_blog_screenname}]
Virginia Woolf is on people's minds this week, as Monday was the anniversary of her marriage to Leonard Woolf, who spent his life caring for her and founded the Hogarth Press largely so Virginia could... [more {visitor:mbr_blog_screenname}]
Can you point to your first book? I can. No, it wasn't the first book I ever read, but it was the first collectible book I ever obtained. It started me on a journey that took me from nascent book col... [more {visitor:mbr_blog_screenname}]
