Stuart at the completion of his ride. As anyone in the trade knows, being an antiquarian bookseller is a pretty much a 24/7 job, so it can be surprising to hear about sellers' lives outside of their work. Nonetheless, sellers can do some amazing things in their spare time! A perfect example is member Stuart Lutz (Stuart Lutz Historic Documents, Inc.). While he's not working with historic documents, letters, and autographs or being with his family, Stuart is an avid bicyclist. Yesterday he completed his sixth NYC Century Bike Tour, an annual event that allows riders to determine the length of their ride, which ranges from 15 to 100 miles. Stuart opted to complete the full century ride and navigated 100 miles through four of the five NYC boroughs. Cheers, Stuart! [more Stuart Lutz Completes NYC Century Bike Tour for the Sixth Year]

This item is still missing as of 6/2/2019. The following item was reported missing: Title: Devil May Care - Bentley Edition Author: Sebastian Faulks Description: Signed, number, limited edition bound in "burnt oak" leather. This book is numbered edition 233 out of 300 produced. If you have any information on this item, please contact Alan Tong at alan@picotech.com [more Missing: 'Devil May Care' Bentley Edition]

Each summer is an extra treat for the rare book world because of the excellent educational programs provided by Rare Book School and the Colorado Antiquarian Book Seminar. Rare Book School offers a number of fascinating courses on an array of trade-related subjects (to name just a few courses from this past summer: Developing Collections: Donors, Libraries & Booksellers; Digitizing the Historical Record; and The Illustrated Scientific Book to 1800). Fondly known as 'Bookseller Boot Camp', for the past 35 years the Colorado Antiquarian Book Seminar (CABS) has been helping booksellers, librarians, and collectors elevate their knowledge of the trade. (I attended myself last summer and strongly recommend the program. Hopefully I can apply to a course at Rare Book School next summer!) Below are three links to impressions and reflections from b... [more Rare Book School & Colorado Antiquarian Book Seminar Attendees Laud Programs]

Check out this video in which Master Printer Robert Warner prints with the famous 1901 clamshell press, The Golding Jobber. PRINTER'S BLOCK from Georgia Gruzen on Vimeo. [more Clamshell Press 'The Golding Jobber' at Work]

F A Bernett Books of Boston, a charter member of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America (and members of the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers and the Verband Deutscher Antiquare) is seeking to fill a long-term, full-time position for a cataloger, bookseller and acquisitions specialist experienced with materials pertaining to the fine arts, architecture and visual culture. The ideal candidate will combine entrepreneurial drive with intellectual curiosity and a passion for art history. Professional requirements include: strong overall writing skills (including knowledge of rare books cataloging) a professional demeanor, proven sales ability an instinct for acquiring materials suitable to our categories of trade a willingness to undertake significant travel foreign language skills, familiarity with the book auction... [more Boston Rare Bookseller F.A. Bernett seeks Cataloguer/Bookseller]

First prize winner Elias Serna gets props from his Santa Monica community! We can't wait to meet him at the awards ceremony on October 18th at LC! [more Community rallies around National Collegiate Book Collecting Contest Winner]

ILAB has announced the contenders for the 16th Breslauer Prize for Bibliography, a prestigious competition that occurs every four years. I'm proud to say that four of the candidates are ABAA membersDavid Bromer, Joseph Felcone, Gordon Hollis, and Jeff Weber. The official press release from ILAB and the full list of submissions are below. Best of luck to all these bibliographic scholars! ***** “Bibliographies are, if not the most important tool of an antiquarian bookseller, certainly one of the most important tools of antiquarian booksellers, librarians, scholars, researchers, and collectors. It is therefore only befitting that the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers (ILAB) honours a work in this scholarly field with a prize." -Arnoud Gerits (Secretary, ILAB Breslauer Prize for Bibliography) During the 41st ILAB Congress, pr... [more ILAB Breslauer Prize for Bibliography Submissions]

The winners of the 2013 National Collegiate Book Collecting Contest are: First Prize: Elias Serna, University of Califonia-Riverside, The Chicano Movement Second Prize: Ashley Young, Duke University, New Orleans' Nourishing Networks Third Prize: Amanda Zecca, Johns Hopkins University, From Berkeley to Black Mountain Congratulations to our winners! The Awards Ceremony will be held at the Library of Congress on October 18th at 5:30pm. The National Collegiate Book Collecting Contest is an annual competition to recognize outstanding book collecting efforts by college and university students. The NCBCC is administered by the ABAA, the Fellowship of American Bibliophilic Societies (FABS), the Center for the Book and the Rare Books and Special Collections Division (the Library of Congress), with major support from the Jay I. Kislak Foundation. F... [more 2013 National Collegiate Book Collecting Contest Winners Announced!]

This item is still missing as of 5/25/2019. The following autograph is missing: Hugo Wolf, Austrian composer (1860-1903) Autograph Note Signed on visiting card (business card size), both sides, signed on verso. If you have any information on this item, please contact: J.B. Muns, Fine Arts Books & Musical Autographs Phone: 510-525-2420 email: jbmuns@aol.com [more Missing Hugo Wolf Autograph]

JAMES CUMMINS BOOKSELLER of New York City is seeking an experienced antiquarian book cataloguer and rare bookseller, familiar with the full range of material handled by the firm: printed books, manuscripts, autographs, archives, and illustration art. The ideal candidate will have strong writing skills, as well as practical, demonstrable knowledge of descriptive cataloguing (including collation, bibliography, and knowledge of reference sources) from an antiquarian bookselling perspective, with suitable foreign language skills (at least one language beyond English). Sales experience is essential, including the ability to engage new customers, conclude sales, and maintain relations with existing customers. The ideal candidate will have the ability to work as an autonomous member of a small team in cataloguing, buying, researching, and sellin... [more NYC-Based James Cummins Bookseller Seeks Cataloguer/Bookseller]