Items Lost in Transit from Mertztown, PA to NYC
The 13 items below have been reported as lost in transit from Mertztown, PA to NYC. They were shipped via USPS Signed Priority Mail on April 3, with the last recorded tracking on April 5 in...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Stolen: Thomas Paine, Common Sense 1776 in Los Angeles
The following book has been reported stolen by internet fraud, sold to someone in Los Angeles. (PAINE, Thomas). Common Sense; Addressed to the Inhabitants of America, on the following interesting...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Stolen in New England
Two books were reported stolen from a customer in New England: 1. Dante, Tutte le Opere, Ashendene Press, 1909, in a quarter, white pigskin binding over wooden boards. 2. Thomson, The Seasons,...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Protest Signs: Barometers of Social Change
Millions of people who have joined, or watched, the recent protests across the country, beginning with the March for Women, have been struck by the diversity of signs in the crowd. Princess Leia as...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Latest Rare Book Catalogs
“Genius is immediate, but talent takes time.” —Janet Flanner If you think of Paris as a golden city of culture, eternally haunted by the ghosts of “lost generation” writers like Ernest Hemingway, F....
View ArticleStolen Maps and Engravings
The following items have been reported stolen: "Comitatus Hollandia", Blaeu, 1608 (ref. Schilder VI, 70) "Comitatus Hollandia" Pieter vanden Keere, 1610 (ref. Schilder VI, 71) "Novus XVII Inferioris...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Editing Shakespeare
A look at some of the items currently offered by ABAA members can present a partial, but nonetheless illuminating, history of various editors’ attempts to complete, "improve," or make Shakespeare more...
View ArticleClik here to view.
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 ArticleClik here to view.
Collecting the Complete Works of Harper Lee
Harper Lee has passed away, but her great novel, To Kill a Mockingbird lives on, accompanied by either a second novel, Go Set a Watchman, or as many have speculated, simply the published version of an...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Belle da Costa Greene Scholarship offers Tuition-plus for Underrepresented...
Belle da Costa Greene Scholarship With the goal of actively working to achieve a more diverse and inclusive community of booksellers and librarians, thanks to the generosity of Lisa Unger Baskin, The...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Latest Rare Book Catalogs
If you only read the books that everyone else is reading, you can only think what everyone else is thinking. – Haruki Murakami Who would argue with Haruki Murakami, the annual favorite to win the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
In Memoriam: Robert Fraker
“Three columns of unknown verse by the Mad Poet of Broadway: Life is good.” (A brief remembrance of Robert Fraker from Garrett Scott, May 3, 2017.) I probably met Robert Fraker of Savoy Books...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Belle da Costa Greene Scholarship offers Tuition-plus for Underrepresented...
Belle da Costa Greene Scholarship With the goal of actively working to achieve a more diverse and inclusive community of booksellers and librarians, thanks to the generosity of Lisa Unger Baskin, The...
View ArticleStolen in New York
The following book is missing, presumed stolen, from NY Book Fair, March 13, 2017. STEELE [RICHARD]. An Essay upon Gardening, Containing a Catalogue of Exotic Planes for the Stoves and Green-Houses...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Latest Rare Book Catalogs
We invite you to peruse the most-recent catalogs of rare books and print ephemera from the memebrs of the ABAA. Please note, this list is updated weekly, usually on Wednesdays. *New* indicates any...
View ArticleStolen: Jefferson Autograph Note
The following item has been reported stolen: Autograph note signed, April 16, 1785, with address panel, to “Monsier Ruston, Hotel d’Orleans, Palais Royal.” “Mr. Jefferson’s compliments to Mr. Ruston...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Gyngr Schon Bequest
The ABAA Benevolent Fund recently received the largest contribution in the fund’s history from the estate of Gyngr Schon, who owned Old London Books in Bellingham Washington with her husband Michael...
View ArticleClik here to view.
40th Annual Colorado Antiquarian Book Seminar
The 40th annual Colorado Antiquarian Book Seminar will be held this year July 16 to July 21, at Colorado College in Colorado Springs. Our keynote speaker this year is Kevin Young, the author of ten...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Latest Rare Book Catalogs
We invite you to peruse the most-recent catalogs of rare books and print ephemera from the memebrs of the ABAA. Please note, this list is updated weekly, usually on Wednesdays. *New* indicates any...
View ArticleStolen: ‘A Display of Heraldry’ (1610)
The following item has been reported stolen: Title: A Display of Heraldry Authors: GUILLIM, John (1565-1621). Date of publication: 1610 Publisher: Printed by William Hall, London Description: FIRST...
View Article