Where do you start with a place like Vegas? Bally's Hotel and Casino is hosting the 2014 Moose International convention and dealing with a chronic shortage of aquatic plant life, willow shoots, and ot... [more {visitor:mbr_blog_screenname}]
Entries from June 2014
Member Chic Goldsmid reports having shipped (USPS, insured) a box of books to the District of Columbia. The box arrived today, having been opened and without the two books below: RICHARD WILBUR. Anter... [more {visitor:mbr_blog_screenname}]
Welcome to the new ABAA website. We hope you'll find it an exciting place to explore rare books, find items to purchase, and meet some of the best booksellers in the US. The site is packed with new fe... [more {visitor:mbr_blog_screenname}]
On June 17th, join ABAA members George Koppelman and Dan Wechsler for an evening at Swann Auction Galleries, where they will be speaking about their recently published book Shakespeare's Beehive and r... [more {visitor:mbr_blog_screenname}]
The stretch from 1833 up through early 1834 was a pretty good run for the Chester County (Penna.) Cabinet of Natural Science. The museum published its seventh report in April 1834, and while its pages... [more {visitor:mbr_blog_screenname}]
The Library Company of Philadelphia, “America's oldest cultural institution,” traces its history back to the good offices of Benjamin Franklin, who was instrumental in establishing the Library Com... [more {visitor:mbr_blog_screenname}]
Last December, the Rare Book and Special Collections Division at The Library of Congress held an excellent symposium on authenticity. “Authenticity,” was a day-long program that looked at one of t... [more {visitor:mbr_blog_screenname}]
For the past five years the New Bedford Whaling Museum has been sponsoring a scrimshaw show in conjunction with their annual Scrimshaw Symposium. This year they opened the show up to include a wider r... [more {visitor:mbr_blog_screenname}]
This item is still missing as of 5/28/2019. The following item has been reported missing: RODIN, AUGUSTE. Signed postcard photograph with inscription, n.p., n.d. He writes, "To Madame ...." and signs,... [more {visitor:mbr_blog_screenname}]
Update: these items were recovered in 2016. (5/31/2019) Bay Leaf Books in downtown Newaygo, Michigan, was robbed last Thursday evening. Below is a list of books that were taken, a couple of which were... [more {visitor:mbr_blog_screenname}]