Last May, the Brooklyn Historical Society discovered a rare 1770 Ratzer map in its possession. The map was delivered to the society's office in May along with a shipment of other maps and prints from ... [more {visitor:mbr_blog_screenname}]
Entries from January 2011
Please contact Susan Benne at ABAA Headquarters (212-944-8291 or hq@abaa.org) if you are offered or know the whereabouts of the following: The Hobbit, first impression with first state jacket. Georg... [more {visitor:mbr_blog_screenname}]
UPDATE: Book has been recovered Missing book, San Francisco-Berkeley and Bay area: Missing in transit, following an appraisal at the Turtle Island Book Shop. It left the shop on December 4th, and ... [more {visitor:mbr_blog_screenname}]
Entries from December 2010
These items were still reported missing as of May 29, 2019. The books listed below have gone missing from Randall House. All the books should have price and notes penciled in the back, with id numbers... [more {visitor:mbr_blog_screenname}]
Check out this article, Glorious Patriotism: The Britain in Pictures Series, written by ABAA member Priscilla Lowry-Gregor and published in Firsts Magazine in December 2009. [more {visitor:mbr_blog_screenname}]
An article from the online version of the Wall Street Journal about collecting. Collecting Literary Treasures [more {visitor:mbr_blog_screenname}]
An interesting New York Times article on Litquake and the literary scene in San Francisco; several ABAA firms are mentioned- Bolerium, Libros Latinos, Meyer Boswell- and there's a nice paragraph on Jo... [more {visitor:mbr_blog_screenname}]
Entries from November 2010
This article from the International Herald Tribune is about Gyorgy Kepes, a designer and design theorist. His archive was recently sold by an ABAA firm, Ars Libri. Congratulations on the sale and the ... [more {visitor:mbr_blog_screenname}]
On November 18, 2010, the following items were stolen from the Complete Travel and Antiquated Bookstore: -3 Volume set of Richard Burton's Journey to Mecca and Medina -Limited, signed edition of The H... [more {visitor:mbr_blog_screenname}]
These books were still reported missing as of May 29, 2019. Over the last few months books belonging to the "Botanical Library of Harrison G. Yocum" have gone missing from Tucson, Arizona. These range... [more {visitor:mbr_blog_screenname}]