Happy New Year! We are just three weeks away from the 45th California International Antiquarian Book Fair and our office is buzzing with excitement! The California Fair is one of the three major fairs the ABAA sponsors- we also sponsor fairs in Boston every November and in New York every April- and the location alternates between San Francisco and Los Angeles biannually. This year, the fair will be held in Pasadena at the Pasadena Convention Center from February 10-12. It will be our first fair in this location and we couldn't be more thrilled, as the pre- and post-Fair hours will be easy to fill with activities and great dining. There will be more than 200 members of the ABAA and ILAB exhibiting a wide selection of books, maps, and ephemera from all different fields and disciplines. Click here to view a list of exhibitors and their speci... [more 45th California International Antiquarian Book Fair]
Blog posts by Susan Benne
Susan is the Executive Director of the ABAA. She collects material on Brooklyn as well as ephemera and vernacular photography. Susan is focused on making the book trade diverse and equitable.
The following item has been reported stolen: Title : Tabula Nautica. Authors : Tabula Nautica. Date of publication : 1612 Description : Tabula Nautica. Copper engraving, by Hessel Gerritsz, 1612. 24 x 52 cm. If you have any information on this item, please contact Robert Braeken at rbraeken@gmail.com. [more Stolen: Tabula Nautica (1612)]
This item was still reported missing as of June 4, 2019. The following item has been reported stolen: Title : Gone With The Wind Authors : Margaret Mitchell Date of publication : 1936 Description : Second edition, 1936, with one-off dust jacket - same colour as the curtain used to make the dress If you have any information on this item, please contact Ian Roelofsz at roelofsz@hotmail.com or 020 7439 3118. [more Stolen: Second Edition of 'Gone With The Wind']
The following items have been reported missing: 1. Milton, John. Paradise Lost. A Poem in Twelve Books. London, Printed by S. Simmons, next door to the Golden lion, in Aldersgate-Street, 1678, The Third Edition Revised and Augmented by the same Author. 8vo. , 331 pp. Portrait frontispiece by William Dolle. New full leather binding blind tooled in the 17th century manner. Gilt lettering on spine all by master binder Pat Bruno. Some toning to the printed pages, otherwise very good +. 2. Cableways, Tramways, Suspension Bridges, Inclined Planes and Cable Railways. Built by John A. Roebling's Sons Co., Trenton, New Jersey, John A. Roebling's Sons Co, 1905, 8vo. 110 pp. Profusely illus. in b/w. Pictorial Arts and Crafts wrappers. Fine. 3. Dolce, Ludovico. I quattro Libri Delle Osservationo Di Lodovico Dolce. Di Nuovo Da Lui Medisimo Ricorrette ... [more Missing Books from Richard L. Press Fine and Scholarly Books]
This item was still reported missing as of June 3, 2019. Title : De Necrosi Ossium. Authors : WEIDMANN, Johann Peter Date of publication : 1793 Publisher : Andreaeis, Francofurti ad Moenum Description : Folio, pp. (vi), 60, 15 fine engraved plates by Cöntgen, “Graveur de la Cour et de l'Université de Mayence”. Engraved vignette on title. Some minor foxing, and creasing in the fore-edge margins. Early 19th century cloth-backed boards, spine neatly repaired, edges of boards rubbed, original paper label, very good copy. If you have any information on this item, please contact Nigel Phillips at nigel@nigelphillips.com or 01264 861186 [more Stolen: De Necrosi Ossium]
The 2011 Boston International Antiquarian Book Fair was a blast for exhibitors and attendees alike. Below is a video that I think will get any book lovers excited about attending a fair, and certainly puts me in eager anticipation for the upcoming California International Antiquarian Book Fair, which will be held in Pasadena this coming February. Enjoy! [more Video of the 35th Boston International Antiquarian Book Fair]
Member Barbara Cohen has put together a fabulous website, newyorkboundbooks.com, that is a "resource dedicated to all things New York for readers and writers". Here's a link to a blog post about the site from the NY Times. Congratulations, Barbara, and thank you for putting together a great resource! [more Member Barbara Cohen’s Website, A “Resource Dedicated to All Things New York”]
The following item has been reported stolen: Title : Big Beasts and Little Beasts. Authors : Andre Hellé Date of publication : 1924 Publisher : Frederick A. Stokes, New York Description : First U.S. Edition . Oblong 12mo, about 7.25 inches (18.5 cm) wide,5.25 inches (13.5 cm) tall, in brown cloth with cover pastedown, a tiger incolor. 80 pages with full page color illustrations of 20 animals followedby a leaf (two pages) with text about the animal. An uncommon example ofthe French illustrator's work in an English language book. Published inFrance as "Grosses Betes & Petites Betes", that version has some black andwhite drawings and references to Noah's Arc that this one does not. Awonderful array of Art Deco images grace this small but lovely book. Clean,sound and bright inside and out with barely a hint of extremity wear.Hardcover. Near ... [more Stolen: 'Big Beasts and Little Beasts' (First U.S. Edition)]
The following Books and a Print were stolen from Barking Dog Books and Art on December 11, 2011. Please contact Allan Linscott of the Marietta, OH Police at 740-373-4141 if you have any information about these items. 1. The Bewick Collector with Supplement (Two Volumes) Hugo, Thomas "A descriptive catalogue of the works of Thomas and John Bewick; including cuts, in various states, for books and pamphlets, private gentlemen, public companies, exhibitions, races, newpapers, shop cards, invoice heads, bar bills, coal certificates, broadsides, and other miscellaneous purposes, and wood blocks." Principal catalogue published 1866 xxiii, 562 pp "illustrated with a hundred and twelve cuts". Together with "A Supplement" published 1868 xxv, 353 pp "illustrated with a hundred and eighty cuts" Both volumes finely bound in burgundy leather with f... [more Theft from Barking Dog Books and Art]
As a lifelong student of literature, there has always been one question about symbolism that has persistently nagged me, especially when reading critical theory: Did the author really mean that? In some texts, symbolism is so intricate and seamless that it seems hard to believe its use could not have been a conscious decision by the author. In other instances, I've found that some claims made in critical theory pieces seem to be a reach. In 1963, 16 year-old Bruce McAllister, a budding young writer himself, was determined to answer this question and prove to his high school English teacher that authors did not consciously intertwine symbols into their texts. He composed a four question survey that he sent to 150 of the most well-known authors of the time, including Ayn Rand, Ralph Ellison, Ray Bradbury, John Updike, and Jack Keuroac, to n... [more Paris Review: ‘Document: The Symbolism Survey’]