The following item has been reported stolen from the collections of the Melville J. Herskovits Library of African, Studies, Northwestern University: Balthazar Telles The Travels of the Jesuits in Ethi... [more {visitor:mbr_blog_screenname}]
Entries from November 2011
An unpublished manuscript written by a fourteen-year-old Charlotte Brontë will go up for auction at Sotheby's London next month. The manuscript is of a mini-magazine entitled The Young Man's Magazin... [more {visitor:mbr_blog_screenname}]
In commemoration of what would be William Golding's centennial birthday, the Bodleian Library at Oxford will be displaying the original manuscript of The Lord of the Flies. The exhibit was curated by ... [more {visitor:mbr_blog_screenname}]
ABAA members across the country are gearing up for next weekend's 35th Annual Boston International Antiquarian Book Fair and we hope to see you there! Over 120 dealers from the US and around the world... [more {visitor:mbr_blog_screenname}]
The following item has been reported stolen: Title : Les Plaisirs et les Jours Authors : Proust (Marcel) Date of publication : 1896 Publisher : Calmann Levy, Paris Description : Calmann Lévy, Paris, ... [more {visitor:mbr_blog_screenname}]
Below is a video by ABAA member Phil Pirages (Phillip J. Pirages Fine Books & Manuscripts) about book collectinghow and why people collect books, and the collaboration between the collector and the b... [more {visitor:mbr_blog_screenname}]
Today, a collection of over 600 rare bookswhat some are calling "the last great private library "will be auctioned off in New Zealand. The books were collected by Arthur Pycroft, a prominent Aucklan... [more {visitor:mbr_blog_screenname}]
These books were still reported missing as of June 4, 2019. The following books have been reported stolen: Title : Letters and Notes on the Manners, Customs, and Condition of the North American Indian... [more {visitor:mbr_blog_screenname}]
This item was still missing as of June 3, 2019. The following item was reported stolen: Title : The Lion The Witch and the Wardrobe Authors : Lewis. C. S. Date of publication : 1950 Publisher : Bles, ... [more {visitor:mbr_blog_screenname}]
Entries from October 2011
The Boston Globe has published an online slideshow of independently owned bookstores in Boston, and ABAA members were certainly the 'stars' of the show, making up half of the total bookstores listed. ... [more {visitor:mbr_blog_screenname}]