Every four years the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers (ILAB) awards the $10,000 Breslauer Prize for Bibliography to the author(s) of the most original and outstanding work on the histor... [more {visitor:mbr_blog_screenname}]
Entries from March 2012
Zhenya Dzhavgova, proprietor of Zh Books, is a promising young bookseller who recently attended an ABAA Northern California Chapter meeting as a guest of member Vic Zoschak. Last summer, Zhenya attend... [more {visitor:mbr_blog_screenname}]
This Sunday, the Council of Friends of the Princeton University Library will be holding a Book Adoption Party, which will allow attendees to view a number of rare items from Princeton's special collec... [more {visitor:mbr_blog_screenname}]
Pssst! We're less than a month away from the incredible NY Antiquarian Book Fair (April 12-15), held annually at the historic Park Avenue Armory, and we have a small preview of just a few of the excit... [more {visitor:mbr_blog_screenname}]
The weather is gloomy here in NYC, but the video below brightened my day and is good for a laugh. Enjoy! Brontë Sisters Power Dolls [more {visitor:mbr_blog_screenname}]
ABAA member Sunday Steinkirchner of B & B Rare Books in Manhattan is the newest contributor for Forbes.com! Her new blog is called 'Home Office' and it will detail Sunday's entrepreneurial life as a r... [more {visitor:mbr_blog_screenname}]
The Antiquarian Booksellers' Association of America is delighted to announce that Sid Lapidus and Jay and Jean Kislak have been awarded the ABAA and ILAB Patron of Honor. The ABAA feels these individu... [more {visitor:mbr_blog_screenname}]
Today, Swann Galleries in New York will be offering an original manuscript from the Salem witch trials as part of the Eric C. Caren Collection auction, entitled 'How History Unfolds on Paper'. The man... [more {visitor:mbr_blog_screenname}]
ABAA member Vic Zoschak of Tavistock Books has generously offered a scholarship to any antiquarian bookseller interested in taking Joel Silver's course, "Reference Sources for Researching Rare Books".... [more {visitor:mbr_blog_screenname}]
The following item has been reported stolen: Title : Authors : Mezzotint by Charles Turner after Henry Fuseli Description : Mezzotint portrait in Rosewood frame stolen from a Surrey auction house. NB ... [more {visitor:mbr_blog_screenname}]