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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 Caliban Book Shop's new...
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In Time We Shall Know Ourselves
ABAA-member Raymond Smith has an exhibition of his black-and-white photography, "In Time We Shall Know Ourselves" running at the Bruce Museum in Greenwich, CT through June 3, 2018. Inspired by the...
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Rare Book News
Our monthly roundup of the stories bibliophiles are reading, sharing, and discussing. Kenneth Karmiole Establishes Research Fellowship at UCSB ABAA_member Kenneth Karmiole has established the...
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Hollywood Loves Rare Books
Why is it that we love tales of book heists? Two new films set in the world of rare books, both crime thrillers, are coming in 2018. The first trailer for "Can You Ever Forgive Me?", based on Lee...
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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: Figbash Acrobate by Aedwyrd Goré...
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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 Island of Doctor Moreau by H.G. Wells London: William Heinemann, 1896. Pictorial ochre cloth,...
View ArticleMissing in Transit
The following item has gone missing in transit: (COOKERY). MIDDLETON, JOHN. FIVE HUNDRED NEW RECEIPTS IN COOKERY, CONFECTIONARY, PASTRY, PRESERVING, CONSERVING, PICKLING; AND THE SEVERAL BRANCHES OF...
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Kenneth Karmiole Endows Research Fellowship
ABAA-member Kenneth Karmiole has endowed a new research fellowship at his alma mater, the University of California Santa Barbara. This is the second endowment Karmiole has established at UCSB, the...
View ArticleReported Stolen: Poe and Dickens
These works were reported stolen with the use of a fraudulent credit card. Please contact us (hq@abaa.org or 212-944-8291) if you are offered either of these. The Complete Works of Edgar Allan Poe....
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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: Coton, Pierre, S.J. Devotes Oraisons...
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Anita Loos: Hollywood Pioneer
Pioneering screenwriter Anita Loos was born on April 26, 1889. After learning her trade acting and writing one-act plays for her father’s somewhat-disreputable theater troupe, Loos began submitting...
View ArticleStolen: First Edition of Dracula
The following item has been reported stolen: STOKER, BRAM. DRACULA. (Westminster: Archibald Constable and Company, 1897) 200 x 130 mm. (7 3/4 x 5 1/8"). ix, , 390 pp. FIRST EDITION, First Issue,...
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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: American (Boys')! Life (Post-WWII)...
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Books of the Week
What caught the eye among this week's crop of new listings? Why a signed letter from P.T. Barnum, a bound set of the Harvard Law Review (1984-2004), and a signed Christmas card from (arguably) the...
View ArticleMissing in LA area: In Parenthesis by David Jones
Maggs Bros’ copy of ‘In Parenthesis’ by David Jones was presumably stolen en-route to a dealer in Los Angeles, California. The package was delivered complete to their mailbox on the street and when...
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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: Beware. Important Caution... from...
View ArticleMissing in Beverly Hills: Biker Photographs
The following collection of photographs was reported missing: [Bikers]. Collection of 58 Snapshots from a California Biker. [California]: c. 1970's. 58 Snapshots, ranging in size from s 1/2" square...
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Books of the Week
Which books and pieces of ephemera caught the eye among this week's crop of new listings? A very early biography of Stalin, a protest poster from 1969, and a first edition of an influential poetry...
View ArticleHarry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets Missing in Transit from Michigan to...
Lost in the USPS system somewhere between Allen Park, Michigan and Fernandina Beach, Florida within the last 45 days. Please contact the us at (212) 944-8291 or hq@abaa.org if offered. Rowling, J. K....
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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 "Archive of Sample Books and...
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