The Antiquarian Booksellers' Association of America congratulates the 2016 winners of the National Collegiate Book Collecting Contest: 1st Place: Luke Kelly. Harvard University. “A Collection of Eug... [more {visitor:mbr_blog_screenname}]
Entries from September 2016
Entries from August 2016
Stolen from Bill Memorial Library: Handwritten Civil War Diary of Arminius Wesley Bill
By Janine MoodheThis item is still missing as of 5/31/2019. The following item has been reported stolen: Title : Handwritten Civil War Diary of Arminius Wesley Bill Author : (Arminius Wesley Bill) Date of publication... [more {visitor:mbr_blog_screenname}]
Entries from July 2016
Full Members Jennifer Johnson, The Book Shop, LLC Jen Johnson is the co-owner of The Book Shop, LLC in Covina, California, along with her husband Brad, a member of the ABAA Board of Governors. The Joh... [more {visitor:mbr_blog_screenname}]
Entries from May 2016
Even when they're successful, some writers prefer to keep their day jobs. For example, Wallace Stevens was an executive at a Connecticut insurance company, and he believed that work kept the poetic sp... [more {visitor:mbr_blog_screenname}]
A quick look at the stories being discussed in book-collecting circles this week. The Highlights: ABAA-Members interviewed on CBS Sunday Morning Starting off with the news that's closest to home, ABAA... [more {visitor:mbr_blog_screenname}]
To mark World Book and Copyright Day, April 23, ABAA booksellers had four “Pop-Up” book fairs around the country, donating the profits to UNESCO. We have reports and pictures from some of the orga... [more {visitor:mbr_blog_screenname}]
The classic Pauline Baynes' map poster of Middle Earth hung on many bedroom walls in the 1970s. Last year, a map annotated with the edits and instructions from J.R.R. Tolkien to Pauline Baynes while s... [more {visitor:mbr_blog_screenname}]
Even if you didn't have the experience I had as a teenager going to summer camps where they sang the Internationale, the May Day demonstrations of 1886 and the subsequent Haymarket Riot have touched y... [more {visitor:mbr_blog_screenname}]
Entries from April 2016
To commemorate the day of Shakespeare's birth, and death, April 23rd, The Folger Shakespeare Library will host an international live streaming event from the historic Paster Reading Room at the Folger... [more {visitor:mbr_blog_screenname}]
ABAA members are participating in UNESCO's World Book and Copyright Day (April 23, 2016) by organizing several "Pop-Up" Book Fairs around the country. The Pop-Up Books Fairs are organized by the Inter... [more {visitor:mbr_blog_screenname}]