The following item has been reported stolen: Title : Les Plaisirs et les Jours Authors : Proust (Marcel) Date of publication : 1896 Publisher : Calmann Levy, Paris Description : Calmann Lévy, Paris, ... [more {visitor:mbr_blog_screenname}]
Entries from November 2011
Below is a video by ABAA member Phil Pirages (Phillip J. Pirages Fine Books & Manuscripts) about book collectinghow and why people collect books, and the collaboration between the collector and the b... [more {visitor:mbr_blog_screenname}]
Today, a collection of over 600 rare bookswhat some are calling "the last great private library "will be auctioned off in New Zealand. The books were collected by Arthur Pycroft, a prominent Aucklan... [more {visitor:mbr_blog_screenname}]
These books were still reported missing as of June 4, 2019. The following books have been reported stolen: Title : Letters and Notes on the Manners, Customs, and Condition of the North American Indian... [more {visitor:mbr_blog_screenname}]
This item was still missing as of June 3, 2019. The following item was reported stolen: Title : The Lion The Witch and the Wardrobe Authors : Lewis. C. S. Date of publication : 1950 Publisher : Bles, ... [more {visitor:mbr_blog_screenname}]
Entries from October 2011
The Boston Globe has published an online slideshow of independently owned bookstores in Boston, and ABAA members were certainly the 'stars' of the show, making up half of the total bookstores listed. ... [more {visitor:mbr_blog_screenname}]
Click here to read a brief opinion piece about used books and their relation to e-readers. I strongly agree with the author that it doesn't have to be "one or the other", and I don't by any means thin... [more {visitor:mbr_blog_screenname}]
Please click here to view a list of stolen books that was recently brought to our attention. If you have any information regarding any of these titles, please contact LaTonya C. Gibbs at lgibbs@chubb.... [more {visitor:mbr_blog_screenname}]
In 1863, Union Army Captain William A. Treadwill of the 4th New York Regiment took a book of court records from a Virginia county courthouse and shipped it north to Boston, presumably to keep the book... [more {visitor:mbr_blog_screenname}]
I found a great post about Books of Hours on a French blog about medieval manuscripts, and it provided several videos on various Books of Hours. Below I have included a short informational video on th... [more {visitor:mbr_blog_screenname}]