Research documenting rare bindery dust jackets from the eighteenth to the twentieth centuries. Adapted from the Spring 2019 Journal of The Private Libraries Association, Pinner, Middlesex, England. Re... [more {visitor:mbr_blog_screenname}]
Entries from February 2022
A 1916 bound manuscript illuminated by Alberto Sangorski is missing from Oakland University Libraries (Rochester, MI) following a leak in Kresge Library discovered on December 11, 2021. Specifically, ... [more {visitor:mbr_blog_screenname}]
ABAA-member Stuart Bennett (Stuart Bennett Rare Books) talks with Walter Edgar about about his novel, The Charleston Gambit (2021, Evening Post Books) -- recorded at the Charleston Literary Festival i... [more {visitor:mbr_blog_screenname}]
Wouldn't you like to automate the process of searching our members' listings for the books or other items you desire? Well, you can easily let us do the searching for you! WANT LISTS Customers can set... [more {visitor:mbr_blog_screenname}]
Entries from November 2021
Robert Jordan was the best-selling author of The Wheel of Time fantasy series, and (because I need to get my utter impartiality out of the way at the start) one of my favorite authors. I've collected ... [more {visitor:mbr_blog_screenname}]
Entries from October 2021
Meet the latest antiquarian booksellers accepted as members of the ABAA. Full Members: Keith de Lellis, Keith de Lellis Gallery LLC, New York City, NY Beginning in 1970 at the age of 15, Keith de Lell... [more {visitor:mbr_blog_screenname}]
Between 1995 and 2004, 62 older and very valuable books from the National Library of Sweden (KB) were stolen by the then head of the unit for manuscripts. Today ten of them are returned to KB, made po... [more {visitor:mbr_blog_screenname}]
Possible Theft of Eleven Important Mark Twain Documents from the Detroit Public Library
By Susan BenneThe eleven documents were part of a fifteen item lot sold by Charles Hamilton from his catalogue 15 in 1966, and they were not discovered missing until 2010. They consist mostly of legal documents sig... [more {visitor:mbr_blog_screenname}]
We asked the winners of the 2021 National Collegiate Book Collecting Contest to introduce themselves, and learned about some fascinating books and collections along the way! First place: Jessica Camil... [more {visitor:mbr_blog_screenname}]
Entries from September 2021
We are pleased to announce that for the fourth year the Northern and Southern California chapters of the ABAA will be jointly awarding a prize for the best young book collectors in California. As with... [more {visitor:mbr_blog_screenname}]