Our members list new acquisitions and recently cataloged items almost every day of the year. Below, you'll find a few highlights from these recent additions... Salman Rushdie collection: signed first ... [more {visitor:mbr_blog_screenname}]
Entries from August 2022
Browse the latest catalogs, newsletters, and e-lists of rare books, fine bindings, incunabula, print ephemera, and much more from the members of the ABAA below. (Also includes podcasts, blog posts, an... [more {visitor:mbr_blog_screenname}]
Entries from July 2022
In early 2022, the Antiquarian Booksellers' Association of America's Diversity Initiative Committee announced a new paid summer internship program, co-sponsored by AbeBooks, intended to provide an alt... [more {visitor:mbr_blog_screenname}]
UPDATE: Melville Recovered; Missing in Transit from Philadelphia: Father Hidalgo & Lettsom
By Eloisa AmezcuaUPDATE: The following item has been recovered. The two below are still missing after being placed in a UPS deposit box at The Arsenal in Philadelphia. The First American Edition Melville, Herman. Moby... [more {visitor:mbr_blog_screenname}]
Entries from June 2022
The Antiquarian Booksellers' Association of America (ABAA) is pleased to announce that Susan Jaffe Tane will fund the prizes for the National Collegiate Book Collecting Contest. The prize is now known... [more {visitor:mbr_blog_screenname}]
Get ready for the RBMS Booksellers' Showcase: a virtual book fair in conjunction with RBMS' annual conference. This virtual fair will take place at abaa.org/vbf from Tuesday, June 21 to Friday, June 2... [more {visitor:mbr_blog_screenname}]
How does one shop an ABAA Virtual Book Fair? Our Virtual Book Fairs combine the convenience of online commerce with the community of in-person book fairs. Just like at an physical book fair, you will ... [more {visitor:mbr_blog_screenname}]
On the 100th anniversary of her birth, an exhibition, entitled GET HAPPY! celebrates the life and artistic contribution of actress, singer and cultural icon Judy Garland. Garland's expansive career hi... [more {visitor:mbr_blog_screenname}]
Entries from May 2022
Book Fairs are back! After two years without an in-person fair, the ABAA has been able to safely hold two so far this year with Boston coming up this fall. California and New York by all accounts were... [more {visitor:mbr_blog_screenname}]
The following list of items were stolen from a post office in the Sellwood district of Portland, Oregon during a break-in on Saturday, April 30, 2022. The books had been enroute to a Portland book dea... [more {visitor:mbr_blog_screenname}]