Fake Darwin Inscription
The Security Chair of ILAB recently issued the following alert: Recently several ILAB members have noticed a purported ‘presentation copy’ of the first edition of the ‘Origin of Species’, inscribed by...
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California Book Fair Celebrates 50 Years
The 50th annual California International Antiquarian Book Fair will take place in Oakland, CA from February 10-12, 2017. Recognized as one of the world’s largest and most prestigious exhibitions of...
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Collecting Alexander Hamilton
Lin-Manuel Miranda's Hamilton is a phenomenon, even by the standards of hit Broadway musicals; people who have no hope of getting their paws on a ticket until sometime next year are obsessively...
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Latest Rare Book Catalogs
“All discarded lovers should be given a second chance, but with somebody else.” — Mae West The celebrated Vaudevillian Mae West might have been talking about men she had known, but her advice is...
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California’s Wild Coast: Poet Robinson Jeffers
“The greatest beauty is organic wholeness, the wholeness of life and things, the divine beauty of the universe.” -- from “The Answer” by Robinson Jeffers Within his lifetime, the work of Robinson...
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Selling Rare Books on NYC Sidewalks
Bookseller Ed Smith (Ed Smith Books) interviewed Kurt Brokaw, a professor and film critic, who likes to moonlight as a rare bookseller (specializing in noir paperback originals) on the streets of...
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In Memoriam: Bernard Rosenthal (1920-2017)
Bernard M. Rosenthal was born in 1920 in Munich. Most of his immediate family left Munich for Florence in 1933, left Italy for France in 1938, and arrived in the US in 1939, each move in response to...
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Latest Rare Book Catalogs
“All discarded lovers should be given a second chance, but with somebody else.” — Mae West The celebrated Vaudevillian Mae West might have been talking about men she had known, but her advice is...
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50th CA Book Fair: Featured Items
Regarded as one of the world’s largest and most prestigious exhibitions of antiquarian books, the California International Antiquarian Book Fair gives visitors the opportunity to see, learn about, and...
View ArticleSignificant Warehouse Theft in London
Books of significant value were stolen from a West London warehouse on the night of 29th January while in transit for the California Book Fair. A full police investigation is underway. A list of...
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Symposium: Celebrating the Mark Samuels Lasner Collection
"Celebrating the Mark Samuels Lasner Collection: Rare Books and Manuscripts, Victorian Literature and Art" Symposium at the University of Delaware Library Newark, DE March 17-18, 2017 On March 17...
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California Book Fair Celebrates 50 Years
The 50th annual California International Antiquarian Book Fair will take place in Oakland, CA from February 10-12, 2017. Recognized as one of the world’s largest and most prestigious exhibitions of...
View ArticleAssembly Bill 228 Introduced to Address Consequences of California Autograph Law
You’ve no doubt heard the great news that Assembly Bill 228 has been introduced by California State Assembly Members Gloria and Chiu. If passed, this bill will provide significant relief from the most...
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50th CA Book Fair: Featured Items
Regarded as one of the world’s largest and most prestigious exhibitions of antiquarian books, the California International Antiquarian Book Fair gives visitors the opportunity to see, learn about, and...
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California Book Fair: Catalogs
Even if you are not able to be in Oakland for the 50th annual California International Antiquarian Book Fair this weekend, you can still browse some of the dealer's material (virtually) through their...
View ArticleMissing In Transit: Chevalier Jackson Autobiography
The following book has been reported as missing in transit through USPS. It is a unique item, because of the artwork and description, and could easily be distinguished from other copies of the book....
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“All discarded lovers should be given a second chance, but with somebody else.” — Mae West The celebrated Vaudevillian Mae West might have been talking about men she had known, but her advice is...
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Jack London, Oakland’s Favorite Son
"Day had turned cold and gray when the man turned aside from the main Yukon trail. He climbed the high earth-bank where a little-traveled trail led east through the pine forest. It was a high bank,...
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Latest Rare Book Catalogs
“All discarded lovers should be given a second chance, but with somebody else.” — Mae West The celebrated Vaudevillian Mae West might have been talking about men she had known, but her advice is...
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Ready for the New York Antiquarian Book Fair?
“The best book fair in the world.” – Andy Rooney What’s got over 200 rare book dealers from around the world, signed books by Martin Luther King, Jr., a pointe shoe worn by Anna Pavlova, and a cache...
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