The ABAA is now accepting entries for the 2022 National Collegiate Book Collecting Contest, where more than $6,000 in prizes will be awarded to student collectors. The National Collegiate Book Collect... [more {visitor:mbr_blog_screenname}]
Entries from April 2022
The New York International Antiquarian Book Fair takes place at the Park Avenue Armory in New York City, April 21-24, 2022. Here are some highlights from among the rare books and related ephemera ABAA... [more {visitor:mbr_blog_screenname}]
Entries from February 2022
The ABAA Women's Initiative Committee is proud to announce the second round of the ABAA Mentorship Program. In an effort to further the Association's mission, the mentorship program builds relationshi... [more {visitor:mbr_blog_screenname}]
Research documenting rare bindery dust jackets from the eighteenth to the twentieth centuries. Adapted from the Spring 2019 Journal of The Private Libraries Association, Pinner, Middlesex, England. Re... [more {visitor:mbr_blog_screenname}]
A 1916 bound manuscript illuminated by Alberto Sangorski is missing from Oakland University Libraries (Rochester, MI) following a leak in Kresge Library discovered on December 11, 2021. Specifically, ... [more {visitor:mbr_blog_screenname}]
ABAA-member Stuart Bennett (Stuart Bennett Rare Books) talks with Walter Edgar about about his novel, The Charleston Gambit (2021, Evening Post Books) -- recorded at the Charleston Literary Festival i... [more {visitor:mbr_blog_screenname}]
Wouldn't you like to automate the process of searching our members' listings for the books or other items you desire? Well, you can easily let us do the searching for you! WANT LISTS Customers can set... [more {visitor:mbr_blog_screenname}]
Entries from November 2021
Robert Jordan was the best-selling author of The Wheel of Time fantasy series, and (because I need to get my utter impartiality out of the way at the start) one of my favorite authors. I've collected ... [more {visitor:mbr_blog_screenname}]
Armed Services Editions, small-format paperback books distributed to US servicemen during WWII, are credited with achieving a great deal: not just with improving morale among the troops, but also with... [more {visitor:mbr_blog_screenname}]
Entries from October 2021
Meet the latest antiquarian booksellers accepted as members of the ABAA. Full Members: Keith de Lellis, Keith de Lellis Gallery LLC, New York City, NY Beginning in 1970 at the age of 15, Keith de Lell... [more {visitor:mbr_blog_screenname}]