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}]
Entries from September 2021
Missing in Transit to NYC: Alice, Through the Looking-glass, plus Poe, Wharton and Wilde Titles
By Susan BenneMissing in Transit to NYC: Dodgson, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, New York, Appleton, 1866, finely rebacked, boxed with: Dodgson, Through the Looking-Glass (ink presentation to Rose Franklin, Chri... [more {visitor:mbr_blog_screenname}]
The ABAA is proud to announce the winners of the 2021 National Collegiate Book Collecting Contest. First: Jessica Camille Jordan (Stanford University) for "Six Decades of Leo and Diane Dillon." Second... [more {visitor:mbr_blog_screenname}]
UPDATE (Feb 9, 2022): An arrest has been made in connection with the theft of nearly 5,000 missing items from FSU Libraries' Robert M. Ervin Jr. Collection. The investigation remains open and ongoing,... [more {visitor:mbr_blog_screenname}]
Feast your eyes on some of the rare books and related items that will be available exclusively at the ABAA Virtual Book Fair: New York Edition, September 9-12, 2021. The dealers offering these items w... [more {visitor:mbr_blog_screenname}]