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Membership Options for Firms with Multiple Owners
A recent discussion on social media illustrates there are some misunderstandings about the cost and application process when a firm has more than one owner or shareholder. Though not all shareholders...
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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: cover detail from The Complete...
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Kenneth Karmiole Establishes New Fellowship at UCLA
Longtime ABAA member Kenneth Karmiole continues to support research in the history of the book through a new endowed fellowship at the University of California Los Angeles' Center for 17th- &...
View ArticleMissing from House of Seven Gables: 1st Ed. The House of the Seven Gables
Book Theft, August 2018 The House of Seven Gables in Salem has suffered a theft of a first edition The House of the Seven Gables, A Romance by Nathaniel Hawthorne. Here are the details: ·...
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Carnegie Library Theft
In an effort to assist in the recovery of materials missing as a result of the Carnegie Library theft, the ABAA would like to bring to the public’s attention the list of items believed stolen. Click...
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ABAA’s California Chapters Launch Book Collecting Prize
The Northern & Southern California Chapters of the Antiquarian Booksellers’ Association of America would like to announce The California Young Book Collectors' Prize. Most great collectors...
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Books of the Week
Among the eye-catching items newly listed on abaa.org or featured in members' catalogs this week are some signed first editions, an inscribed photo of everyone's favorite princess from a galaxy far,...
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Kenneth Karmiole Establishes New Fellowship at UCLA
Longtime ABAA member Kenneth Karmiole continues to support research in the history of the book through a new endowed fellowship at the University of California Los Angeles' Center for 17th- &...
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Crime in Bookselling: Insuring against Unforeseeable Acts
Many booksellers have insurance policies that protect against loss, damage, and even liability, but what can you do to protect against crime? We asked experts from Risk Strategies and Michals...
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Carnegie Library Theft
In an effort to assist in the recovery of materials missing as a result of the Carnegie Library theft, the ABAA would like to bring to the public’s attention the list of items believed stolen. Click...
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Modern First Editions
The ABAA Glossary of Book Terms defines a first editon, in part, as "all of the copies printed from the first setting of type," which can "include multiple printings if all are from the same setting...
View ArticleMissing Steadman Print
The follwoing item was reported missing: Steadman, Ralph. LET'S PARTY: Limited Edition, Signed Silkscreen Print. (Lexington, KY: Petro III Graphics), 2006. First edition. One of 250 SIGNED, numbered...
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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: cover detail from The Life and...
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Carnegie Library Theft
In an effort to assist in the recovery of materials missing as a result of the Carnegie Library theft, the ABAA would like to bring to the public’s attention the list of items believed stolen. Click...
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Books of the Week
Books "catch the eye" for many reasons: a colorful cover, a pithy title, or that rare moment of synchronicity that seems to conjure the perfect book at the perfect time. This week, a 1926 biography of...
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Carnegie Library Theft
In an effort to assist in the recovery of materials missing as a result of the Carnegie Library theft, the ABAA would like to bring to the public’s attention the list of items believed stolen. Click...
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Meet the 2018 NCBCC Winners
The National Collegiate Book Collecting Contest is sponsored by the Antiquarian Booksellers' Association of America (ABAA), the Fellowship of American Bibliophilic Societies (FABS), the Grolier Club,...
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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: plate detail from Esquemeling,...
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Carnegie Library Theft
In an effort to assist in the recovery of materials missing as a result of the Carnegie Library theft, the ABAA would like to bring to the public’s attention the list of items believed stolen. Click...
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Material from Börsenverein Library in Leipzig
One of our members recently purchased material bearing the Börsenverein Library’s stamp. It seems the library doesn’t typically deaccession material and was the victim of looting and related problems...
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