“Treacle Bible” reported missing in Scotland
Please inform Stranraer police if you are offered the ”Treacle Bible” which was stolen from the Old Kirk (Kirk Covenant), outside Drummore village, at the end of June. The bolts were removed from the...
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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
A couple of literary first editions caught to eye this week, along with an original WWII propaganda poster, and an entertaining and very honest description of a first edition Julia Child's Mastering...
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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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Boston Book Fair 2018
It's back! The Boston International Antiquarian Book Fair returns to the Hynes Convention Center in Boston’s beautiful Back Bay for its 42nd year, November 16-18, 2018. Special events at this year’s...
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Latest Rare Book Catalogs
For decades, rare-book dealers have used printed catalogs to inform collectors of their available items. In the internet age, these print catalogs persist -- in fact, have often become things 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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Rare Book News
A quick roundup of the news about rare books and collectors from around the world. Ken Gloss, owner of Brattle Book Shop and resident book expert on Antiques Roadshow is interviewed about the rare...
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Latest Rare Book Catalogs
For decades, rare-book dealers have used printed catalogs to inform collectors of their available items. In the internet age, these print catalogs persist -- in fact, have often become things of...
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Boston Book Fair: Featured Items
Enjoy this selection of preview items that our members will be exhibiting at the upcoming 42nd annual Boston International Antiquarian Book Fair. We'll be adding items to this page all week, so check...
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ABAA Members Expanding
A number of ABAA members have either opened new stores or renovated their existing premises recently. This is significant because for years, antiquarian booksellers were either retiring or converting...
View ArticleMissing: ‘The Celebrated Jumping Frog’ (1872)
The following book went missing or was stolen from the main sorting facility of the USPS in Los Angeles between October 17 and October 21, 2018: Twain, Mark. THE CELEBRATED JUMPING FROG. London:...
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Boston Book Fair: Featured Items
Enjoy this selection of preview items that our members will be exhibiting at the upcoming 42nd annual Boston International Antiquarian Book Fair. We'll be adding items to this page all week, so check...
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New Members
Welcome the latest full- and associate-members of the ABAA. Full Members David Meikle, Archway Books (Dover, NH) David Meikle bought his first “old books” at age eleven, paying a bargain price for...
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Latest Rare Book Catalogs
For decades, rare-book dealers have used printed catalogs to inform collectors of their available items. In the internet age, these print catalogs persist -- in fact, have often become things 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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Rare Book News
A quick roundup of the news about rare books and collectors from around the world. (Contually updated, with the latest news items added at the top.) National Book Award The winners of the 2018...
View ArticleMissing: Henry Hughes’ Treatise on Sociology, Theoretical and Practical.
Please contact us if offered this book. In addition to the description below, it also is housed in a clamshell case. HUGHES, Henry. Treatise on Sociology, Theoretical and Practical. Philadelphia:...
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What was a Green Book?
In the Jim Crow era, travel was fraught with difficulty for African Americans. The growing black middle class could afford to buy cars and travel for leisure, and throughout the South, the purchase of...
View ArticleNotice of Censure of ABAA Members
Re: Notice of CENSURE of Seyla Martayan and Richard Lan The Board of Governors of the ABAA, pursuant to the Association’s By-‐Law Article V, section I (2), hereby CENSURE Seyla Martayan and Richard...
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