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12/04/2014
Exhibition: 100 Famous Children's Books
ABAA member and children's book expert Chris Loker, owner of San Francisco's Children's Book Gallery, has curated a new exhibition on 100 influential children's books.
11/26/2014
November Catalogue and List Announcements
by Susan Benne
The latest catalogues and lists offered by ABAA members.
11/25/2014
The First Thanksgiving Proclamation
by Seth Kaller
Seth Kaller discusses the first Thanksgiving Proclamation, issued by President Washington in 1789.
11/24/2014
Acknowledging the Past, Forging the Future
Terry Belanger reports on “Acknowledging the Past, Forging the Future," a National Colloquium on Library Special Collections organized by the Kelvin Smith Library at Case Western Reserve University.
11/21/2014
Collecting Vietnam War Memorabilia
by Stuart Lutz
The Vietnam War was the most influential event in American life during the second half of the last century. Stuart Lutz has built up an extensive personal collection of artifacts from the war.
11/20/2014
What’s Eating Archippus Seele? A 1788 Lawyer's Misogynistic Manuscript
by Ian Brabner
It is circa 1788. An American lawyer, Archippus Seele (1765–1789) of Easton, Massachusetts, is apparently in a grumpy mood. The reasons could be many as his handwritten manuscript attests....
11/19/2014
Changes: The Boston Bookstore Scene
A generation back, Boston had lots of used and antiquarian bookstores. Joyce Kosofsky of Brattle Book Shop examines the changes that have occurred since then.
