News Archive
11/07/2014
Recollections Of The Boston Book Fair, By A Lifer
by Rusty Mott
Longtime dealer Rusty Mott recounts the history of the Boston Book Fair– including all the great finds and fun had by members of the trade.
11/06/2014
Boston: Characters in the Rare Book Trade
Peter Stern, a longtime Boston bookseller, fondly recalls some of the more colorful figures among Boston's antiquarian dealers.
11/03/2014
Dear Mr. Dearborn...
by John Waite
What was it like to teach in a rural New England schoolhouse in the 1830s? John Waite delves into a trove of letters written to a schoolmaster and ponders how to appraise them.
10/31/2014
The Artists Behind F. Scott Fitzgerald’s Dust Jackets: Part I (1920-1923)
The art of William E. Hill & John Held, Jr. adorned the dust jackets of F. Scott Fitzgerald's early works.
10/30/2014
1964: The Little Red Book
'Quotations from Chairman Mao', also known as The Little Red Book, came out 50 years ago. Justin Schiller, a New York dealer and specialist in artifacts of the Cultural Revolution, has curated a show commemorating the book that opens at the Grolier Club in November.
10/29/2014
THE SAVVY BOOKSELLER: Social Media for the Antiquarian Book Trade, Post #5
In this edition, Kaitlin Manning considers the pros and cons of blogging as well as some of the better sites out there that support the endeavor.
10/23/2014
Book Show Wars
by Greg Gibson
Is there room for three antiquarian book fairs on the same weekend in New York City? We'll soon find out. The New York Book Fair season of 2015 promises to be one of the most interesting in a quite some time.
10/20/2014
October Catalogue and List Announcements
The latest catalogue and list announcements from ABAA members.
