ABAA member Raymond Smith (R.W. Smith Bookseller) recently published In Time We Shall Know Ourselves, a book of 52 photographs taken during his three-month road trip through the Eastern half of the United States in 1974. Publication of the book coincided with a traveling exhibition of the photographs that commenced at the Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts in June. The exhibition will be on display at the Hickory Museum of Art from October 4, 2014-January 4, 2015; the Museum of Contemporary Art in Jacksonville, FL from April 23-August 23, 2015; and finally at the Georgia Museum of Art from October 25, 2015-January 3, 2016. In addition to the 52 photographs printed in duotone, In Time We Shall Know Ourselves also includes three critical essays, Richard H. King's “Mirror with a Memory”; Alexander Nemerov's “First and Last: The Sequence of... [more Photography Book by Raymond Smith Published and the Subject of Traveling Exhibition]

Exciting news for all my fellow fans of the Dead and historical musicology! San José State University has announced an upcoming conference and symposium on the Grateful Dead, taking place November 5-8. So Many Roads: The World in the Grateful Dead, A Conference & Symposium "represents the culmination of five decades of academic work on the Grateful Dead phenomenon, and demonstrates how scholarly understanding of the Grateful Dead leads to broader understanding of a host of associated literary, historical, artistic, and social contexts and issues." According to Dead.net, there will be 50+ speakers participating in the conference– a mix of academics, band family members and associates, journalists, artists, musicians, and authors. The Grateful Dead's influence has been far-reaching across a variety of disciplines and panels will explore ... [more Conference and Symposium on the Grateful Dead]

Coming soon: Catalogue 108 from Aleph-Bet Books, offering 500 collectible and rare children's and illustrated books. Ten Pound Island Co. just released Maritime List 225, entitled 'Old, Rare and Short'. Click here to browse. Tavistock Books recently issued 'A Catalogue of Catalogues'. Click here to browse. Kenneth Karmiole Bookseller, Inc. has issued "New Miscellany #38", a 16 page catalog of recent acquisitions. Edward T. Pollack's list of items he presented at the Brooklyn Antiques & Book Fair. Click here to browse. Brian Cassidy, Bookseller's latest catalogue, Fifty Cool Things Somewhat Haphazardly Arranged, includes strong selections of artists' books, Beat literature, punk and post-punk publications, and more. Click here to browse. The Boston Book Company just released their September New Arrivals list. Click here to browse. Ken Lop... [more September Catalogue and List Announcements]

UCLA's annual Kenneth Karmiole Lecture in Archival Studies will be presented by Professor Heather MacNeil on The Archive/Archives as Text: Themes and Variations on October 27. The Monk, the Bookseller, and the Manuscript: Tracking Lydgate's Boke of the Sege of Troy Through Bernard Quaritch's Catalogues PBS NewsHour's segment with Peter Mendelsund, the author of What We See When We Read and Cover, on dust jackets. A Bibliophile's Abode: the account of publisher and author Robert B. Wyatt's purchase of a Woodstock, NY home built by Thom Roberts. The Rosenbach Museum & Library currently has an exhibition on children's books on display. An exhibit on Caldecott award-winning illustrators Berta and Elmer Hader is on display at the Fisher's Children's Center of the San Francisco Public Library until October 23rd. InsideOUT, an exhibition of con... [more Endnotes: Rare Books News & Events]

Ray Smith of R.W. Smith Bookseller has published his long awaited photo book, In Time We Shall Know Ourselves (images available at the link). It contains 52 photographs from a three-month photographic road trip through the Eastern half of the United States in 1974, and includes essays on the photographs by Alexander Nemerov and Richard H. King of the University of Nottingham, and an afterword by the photographer. The book is the subject of a traveling exhibition organized by the Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts. Contact Ray for information on ordering a copy. A revised and expanded edition of Woman with Guitar: Memphis Minnie's Blues by Paul and Beth Garon of Beasley Books has just been released. Please contact Paul for information on purchasing and discounts to colleagues. Harper Levine of Harper's Books gives Ralph Lauren Magazine his to... [more New Antiquarians in the News]

UPDATE - The box of books have arived after two months of travel. A small box shipped from a bookbinder in Bath, England sent to Santa Monica, CA has gone missing. Five books were returned, four pamphlets by Thomas Taylor, "the Platonist", each rebound in new full calf, and a Chinese New Testament. Shaghai, c.1870 with a new calf back. If you are offered these items, please contact Ken Karmiole. [more Missing in Transit from Bath, UK to Southern California]

This item is still missing as of 5/29/2019. The following item was reported missing in transit: CUMING, Fortesque (1762-1828). Sketches of a Tour to the Western Country, Through the States of Ohio and Kentucky; A Voyage Down the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers, and A Trip Through the Mississippi Territory, and Part of West Florida. Commenced at Philadelphia in the Winter of 1807, and Concluded in 1809 ... Together with a Notice of an Expedition Through Louisiana. Pittsburgh: Cramer, Spear & Eichbaum, 1810. 12mo (6 3/4 x 4 1/4 inches). 504pp. (Pale dampstain at the gutter of the first signature). Original muslin-backed blue paper covered boards. Housed in a red morocco backed slipcase. Fine unsophisticated copy in original boards. If you have any information on this item, please contact Donald Heald Rare Books at (212) 744-3505 or Ilena@Donald... [more Missing in Transit: Cuming’s Sketches of a Tour to the Western Country]

UPDATE (12/8/14): BOOK RECOVERED Bromer Booksellers has reported a missing children's book (description below). If you are offered this item, please contact Bromer Booksellers at (617) 247-2818 or email shop manager Philip Salmon (phil@bromer.com). (Juvenile). W. BELCH'S HISTORY OF BEASTS. Newington Butts, London, W. Belch, c. 1820. 12mo. 8 ff. Illustrated with sixteen hand-colored engravings of various animals, arranged two per page. These are accompanied by a quatrain printed in the middle of the page, as well as the printed names of each animal. The printer Belch issued a number of children's books in this format, though this title is apparently unrecorded. Apart from some minor creasing to corners of covers and a few pages, this is a nearly fine copy of an ephemeral children's book. See an uploaded photo of the item here: https://www.... [more Missing: Belch’s History of Beasts]

At the request of the ILAB Committee, Munich-based auction house Zisska & Lacher (formerly Zisska & Schauer) has provided a list of the books confiscated or withdrawn from their auction No. 59 (May 2012) as material suspected of having been taken illegally from the Girolamini library. Because the computer belonging to the firm's former manager Herbert Schauer has been confiscated by the Bavarian police, no electronic copy of this list was available and Zisska & Lacher could only provide a hard-paper copy. ILAB has scanned and created a SEARCHABLE PDF document from the approx. 80-page list received from the auction house. A copy of the list may be found here (the file is 6MB – be patient in downloading): Zisska List This list is divided into three parts: 1. A short list of books confiscated by the authorities prior to the auction. 2. App... [more Zisska & Lacher list of books from auction No. 59 (May 2012) possibly stolen from Girolamini Library]

This item is still missing as of 5/28/2019. The following item has been reported missing: Nelson Mandela's LONG WALK TO FREEDOM, signed by Mandela with the signature dated "25 5 95" (May 5, 1995). The book was displayed in a sealed bag with a strip that reads "Personally signed by Nelson Mandela." If you are offered or have any information about this item, please contact Atlanta Vintage Books at 770-457-2919 or avbooks@att.net. [more Missing: Signed Copy of Nelson Mandela’s ‘Long Walk to Freedom’]