Well, not literally. But the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers has announced the winner of the 16th ILAB Breslauer Prize for Bibliography, and the prize goes to Jon Gilbert for his bibli... [more {visitor:mbr_blog_screenname}]
Entries from October 2013
Missing: 1791 version of Boydell’s “Illustrations to Shakespeare-Proofs and Etchings”, Volume II
By Susan BenneHappily, this item was recovered in 2014. The following item has been reported missing: 1791 version of Boydell's “Illustrations to Shakespeare-Proofs and Etchings”, Volume II. The book is large, ... [more {visitor:mbr_blog_screenname}]
Steve Green, President of the U.S. arts and crafts retailer Hobby Lobby, recently revealed his purchase of what some scholars believe may be the oldest known Jewish prayer book. The 11 x 10 centimete... [more {visitor:mbr_blog_screenname}]
ABAA Member Dan Wechsler's film 'More Than the Rainbow' won the prize for Best Documentary Feature at the 13th Annual Coney Island Film Festival last month. The film was previously posted about on our... [more {visitor:mbr_blog_screenname}]
The following item has gone missing during transit from the UK to the US: Ernest Rutherford (1871-1937), 1st Baron Rutherford of Nelson, New Zealand-born British physicist, winner of Nobel Prize in Ch... [more {visitor:mbr_blog_screenname}]
This item is still missing as of 5/28/2019. The following item was reported stolen: Mellis, Daniel. Nothing Beside Remains. Chicago, IL: Daniel Mellis. Limited Edition. Tight, bright, and unmarred. Bl... [more {visitor:mbr_blog_screenname}]
In the recording below, F. Scott Fitzgerald reads part of Othello's speech to the Venetian senators in Act 1, Scene 3 (if you have the text in front of you, you'll notice that it is edited). Near the ... [more {visitor:mbr_blog_screenname}]
Entries from September 2013
Who would have thought that the University of Pennsylvania's PennApps competition would produce an app beneficial to the rare book world? PennApps is touted as the "premiere college hackathon" and it... [more {visitor:mbr_blog_screenname}]
In addition to being a top-notch bookseller, member Dan Wechsler (Sanctuary Books) is also a filmmaker. His latest film is More Than the Rainbow, a documentary chronicling the life of Matt Weber, a NY... [more {visitor:mbr_blog_screenname}]
The Harriet Beecher Stowe Center is a museum in Hartford, CT located in the house where Stowe and her family moved to in 1873. She resided there for the final 23 years of her life, during which Stowe... [more {visitor:mbr_blog_screenname}]