It's back! The Boston International Antiquarian Book Fair returns to the Hynes Convention Center in Boston's beautiful Back Bay for its 42nd year, November 16-18, 2018. Special events at this year's e... [more {visitor:mbr_blog_screenname}]
Entries from October 2018
A couple of literary first editions caught to eye this week, along with an original WWII propaganda poster, and an entertaining and very honest description of a first edition Julia Child's Mastering t... [more {visitor:mbr_blog_screenname}]
Please inform Stranraer police if you are offered the ”Treacle Bible” which was stolen from the Old Kirk (Kirk Covenant), outside Drummore village, at the end of June. The bolts were removed from ... [more {visitor:mbr_blog_screenname}]
One of our members recently purchased material bearing the Börsenverein Library's stamp. It seems the library doesn't typically deaccession material and was the victim of looting and related problems... [more {visitor:mbr_blog_screenname}]
The National Collegiate Book Collecting Contest is sponsored by the Antiquarian Booksellers' Association of America (ABAA), the Fellowship of American Bibliophilic Societies (FABS), the Grolier Club, ... [more {visitor:mbr_blog_screenname}]
This item is still missing as of 6/14/2019. The following item was reported stolen in Ann Arbor: The Royal Path of Life. by T. I. Haines, A.M. & L.W. Yaggy M.S. 1877. 1st edition. Brown hardcover. If ... [more {visitor:mbr_blog_screenname}]
These items are still missing as of 6/13/2019. Please contact the ABAA at hq@abaa.org or 212.944.8291 if you have been offered, have, or have handled any manuscript or typescript letters of correspond... [more {visitor:mbr_blog_screenname}]