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Latest Rare Book Catalogs
Browse the latest catalogs, newsletters, and e-lists of rare books, fine bindings, incunabula, print ephemera, much more from the members of the ABAA. (Cover image: Party Going by Henry Green. London:...
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First State Notes
What’s the difference between a first edition, first printing, first issue, and first state? Pay attention, there will be a quiz! Sometimes the most simple questions have the most complicated...
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Latest Rare Book Catalogs
Browse the latest catalogs, newsletters, and e-lists of rare books, fine bindings, incunabula, print ephemera, much more from the members of the ABAA. Cover image: Madeline in London by Ludwig...
View ArticleMissing: Principles of Population
This item was sold using a presumably stolen cc number and likely will be attempted to be resold on the market. Please contact ABAA HQ if offered. ALISON, Archibald (1792-1867). The Principles of...
View ArticlePittsburgh Area Thefts
Detectives from the Allegheny County District Attorney’s Office, located in Pittsburgh PA, are currently investigating the theft of multiple rare books, folios, maps, plates, etc., which occurred over...
View ArticleReported Stolen: Movie related material for “What’s Eating...
The family of Darlene Cates, who played the mother in "What's Eating Gilbert Grape" had a bunch of her movie related material stolen from her by a care giver. This theft occurred more than two years...
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2018 National Collegiate Book Collecting Contest
The Antiquarian Booksellers' Association of America are pleased to announce the 2018 National Collegiate Book Collecting Contest! Established in 2005 by Fine Books & Collections Magazine to...
View ArticleMissing in Transit to Seattle: Forty Years a Fur Trader on the Upper Missouri
Please contact us if you are offered the following item which is missing in transit to a Seattle-area customer: FORTY YEARS A FUR TRADER ON THE UPPER MISSOURI. The Personal Narrative of Charles...
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Latest Rare Book Catalogs
Browse the latest catalogs, newsletters, and e-lists of rare books, fine bindings, incunabula, print ephemera, much more from the members of the ABAA. Cover image: Alexander and Eliza Hamilton (From...
View ArticleMissing Box of Books from NY Book Fair
A box of books went missing during load-out for the recent New York Antiquarian Book Fair. In addition to other material, the box contained: Sanders, Knave of Hearts Raoul Whitfield, Danger Zone...
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Rare Book News
The 2018 New York International Antiquarian Book Fair is behind us, and the reviews have been very positive. Several magazines ran previews focusing on dealer's highlights in the weeks before the...
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Women’s Initiative Hosts Panel on Collecting and Women
On March 11th, the ABAA Women's Initiative hosted a panel discussion on Collecting and Women during the New York Antiquarian Book Fair at the Park Avenue Armory. Elizabeth Denlinger, Sarah Gordon, and...
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In Memoriam: Helen Younger
I met Helen in 1998, while I was still an undergrad living in Washington, DC. I was dating her son and invited to New York to meet the family during a Passover seder, a holiday I had never observed....
View ArticleMissing/Stolen highspots from NYC area
We have received a report that these items were “purchased” with a stolen credit card. The fraudster will likely attempt to sell the items on eBay. Please contact us (hq@abaa.org or 212-944-8291) if...
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Ken Gloss Launches Rare Books Podcast!
Love old books, book stores, or just a good story? Tune in to Brattle Book Shop’s well-produced podcast: BRATTLECAST! At one of America's oldest bookshops, there are just as many stories to be told...
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Latest Rare Book Catalogs
Browse the latest catalogs, newsletters, and e-lists of rare books, fine bindings, incunabula, print ephemera, much more from the members of the ABAA. Image above from Bay Leaf Used & Rare Books's...
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Adventures of an Absent-Minded Treasure Hunter
I've been a full-time antiquarian bookseller for over two years now, specializing in selling original materials that tell interesting American stories, with an emphasis on social movements. So my...
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Books of the Week
A selection of rare books and print ephemera newly listed or catalogued by members of the ABAA. The Sun Also Rises (First Edition) by Ernest Hemingway New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1926. First...
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Latest Rare Book Catalogs
Browse the latest catalogs, newsletters, and e-lists of rare books, fine bindings, incunabula, print ephemera, much more from the members of the ABAA. Image above "John Cage in Concert" - Original...
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New ABAA Members
Meet the latest members of the ABAA. Andrea Peacock, Elk River Books Andrea Peacock is an author and former newspaper journalist who took up bookselling when she and her husband built a new house...
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