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Summer 2000

Including:

  • Ebay Methods and Musings
  • Committee Considers ABAA Future
  • Letters to the Editor from Sondra Langford
  • Martin Stone: Book Scout
  • 24th Annual Boston International Antiquarian Book Fair: Weekend of Excitement for Collectors
  • One that Didn’t Get Away
  • Arion Press Launches Nonprofit Institute
  • Beyond Words: ABAA at RBMS Preconference
  • Gregor Offers Seminar for Book Collectors
  • Gordon Lectures on Maritime Dangers
  • In Memoriam – Leonard Baskin, William F. Robinson, Anna Sosenko, Geoffrey Steele, George H. Tweney
  • Sonoma State University Receives Jack London Collection
  • Books, Briefly Noted: Journeys Through the Market: Travel, Travelers and the Book Trade edited by Robin Myers & Michael Harris. The Pre-Raphaelite Illustrators by Gregory R. Suriano. The Shakespeare Head Bronte Bibliography by John Alexander Symington. The Gilded Page: The History & Technique of Manuscript Gilding by Kathleen P. Whitley.
  • Recent Books by Members: Early Mapping of Southeast Asia by Thomas Suarez. Mary Wollstonecraft Goodwin, 1759-1797 by John Windle. Thomas Frognall Dibdin, 1776-1847: A Bibliography by John Windle and Karma Pippin.

And more.

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Spring 2000

Including:

  • ABAA Elects New Board
  • A Statement from the President
  • Letters to the Editor from Tom Suarez, Wayne Somers
  • An Update from the Internet Committee
  • ABAA Committees, 200-2001
  • New Locale, Dates for Boston 2000
  • AB Bookman’s Weekly and the ABAA
  • Gibson Redux
  • 22nd year for Colorado Seminar
  • ILAB and the Internet
  • ABA to Open Web Database
  • ILAB Announces $10,000 Prize
  • ABAJ Elects New Officers
  • LA 2000 Fair a Big Success
  • In Memoriam – Harvey Brewer, James G. Davis, Kenneth M. Ramsuer, III, Richard Rykken, Byra J. Wreden
  • Library of Congress Celebrates Bicentennial with Major Exhibition on Thomas Jefferson
  • Dewitt Stern Group Announces Changes
  • Rare Book Course at Lilly Library
  • RBS Offers Summer Sessions

And more.

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Winter 2000

Including:

  • 23rd Annual Boston International Antiquarian Book Fair a Huge Success
  • The Database Race: An Account and Comparison of Two Cataloging Programs
  • Letters to the Editor from Hugh Tolford, Samuel J. Hessel
  • Greg Gibson’s Gone Boy Raises Funds for the ABAA
  • ILAB Friendship Program to Continue in Edinburgh
  • Bibliography Bar: Everson’s Psalter
  • Recent Books by Members: Gone Boy. A Walkabout by Gregory Gibson. Book Collecting 2000: A Comprehensive Guide by Allen and Patricia Ahearn.
  • Book Reviews: A Descriptive Bibliography of the Primary Sources of Charles Bukowski by Aaron Krumhansl. Charles Bukowski: A Comprehensive Price-Guide and Checklist 1944-1999 by Al Fogel.

And more.

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Fall 1999

Including:

  • ALAI Hosts ILAB Presidents’ Meeting in Florence
  • New Web Site for ABAA
  • Letters to the Editor from Donald Farren, George Ritzlin
  • …and to All ABAA Members and Friends
  • UK Police Seek ABAA Members’ Assistance
  • The Hot Dog Boat and Other Diversions
  • 33rd California Book Fair
  • French Association Premieres Virtual Book Fair
  • 13th ILAB Prize for Bibliography
  • Middle Atlantic Chapter Symposium in Buffalo Offers Many Rewards
  • Hazelton Sale
  • Caxton Club Corrals Dust Jackets in the Windy City
  • A Ha! Christmas at the Grolier Club
  • Goethe the Scientist at Yale’s Beinecke Library
  • RBS Offers Winter and Spring Session Courses
  • Recent Books by Members: Walter Benjamin at the Dairy Queen: Reflections at Sixty and Beyond by Larry McMurtry. The History of Atomic Energy Collection at Oregon State University: A Catalogue of Holdings complied by Leif Laudamus and Ramesh S. Krishnamurthy. New Worlds in Old Books by Leona Rostenberg and Madeleine Stern. Poems by Dorothy Crutchfield edited by Charles Parkhurst. Thomas Frognall Dibdin, 1776-1847: A Bibliograpy by John Windle and Karma Pippin.
  • Book Reviews: Apart from the Text by Anthony Rota.

And more.

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Summer 1999

Including:

  • Digital Alternatives to Printed Catalogs
  • Internet Mania: Boom and Bust for Books
  • Letters to the Editor from Frank Manasek
  • MAC Symposium: Bookselling Today
  • A Preliminary Inquiry into the Nature of Book Collecting
  • 23rd Annual Boston International Antiquarian Book Fair
  • Year Two at Olympia II
  • An American Tale of The London Book Fair
  • New York Chelsea Fair Canceled
  • Bibliography Bar: Arthur Rackham and His Books
  • House Calls: Their Marks
  • Lighting a Fire
  • Obituaries – Edgar Franco
  • Hertzog Award Competition Open
  • Sam Weller’s Zion Bookstore Marks Seventieth Anniversary
  • Reese Company Inaugurates Fellowship Program
  • BSA Offers Fellowships
  • Former Librarian of Congress ‘Reinaugurates’ Maury A. Bromsen Lecture Series
  • Books, Briefly Noted: Salts of Silver, Toned with Gold. The Harrison D. Horblit Collection of Early Photography by Anne Anninger and Julie Mellby, edited by Victoria Alexander
  • Recent Books by Members: Stamped with a National Character: Nineteenth Century American Color Plate Books. An Exhibition by William S. Reese

And more.

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Spring 1999

Including:

  • A Toast to Junk on its Centennial
  • New England Forger Brought to Justice
  • Letters to the Editor from Greg Gibson, John Sinkankas, Harry L. Stern
  • Internet Committee Still on Track
  • ABAA Elects new Governors
  • Some notes of a Generalist
  • MAC Sponsors Program on E-Commerce
  • San Francisco Fair 1999: Bigger than Ever
  • From Royals to Reverends: Exhibitions Celebrate Words
  • ABAA Lends Support to Fortieth RBMS Preconference in Montreal
  • Obituaries – Howard Baron, Frits Knuf, Ben Weinreb
  • Drew University Inaugurates Book History Program
  • UCLA Forum Examines Print and Electronic Culture
  • Briefly Noted: Affectionately H. Twenty Years of Correspondence between a Bookseller and a Collector. A Tribute to Helen Burt Hennessey. Forward by William Steinkraus, by John H. Daniels
  • Book Reviews: A Descriptive Bibliography of the Mormon Church Volume One, 1830-1847 by Peter Crawley.

And more.

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Winter 1999

Including:

  • Book Cataloging: Present Future
  • MAC Sponsors Appraisal Seminar
  • Letter to the Editor from Steven C. Bernard, Ed Henderson, Bennett Gilbert
  • University of Rochester Book Fair Celebrates 26 Years with a Boost from MAC
  • Appraisal Videotape Available
  • 1998 Boston Fair Highlights Popular “Book Fair Weekend”
  • Newsletters Forms Editorial Board
  • Bibliography Bar: The Great Gatsby
  • 1999 Directory, Annual Meeting Celebrates ABAA Jubilee
  • Obituaries – George Rankin Allen, Mary A. Benjamin, Curt Bohling
  • Recent Books by Members: Collecting Old Maps by Fancis J. Manasek

And more.

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Fall 1998

Including:

  • Vienna Congress a Winner
  • Why Johnny Can’t Sell Books: Education and the Future of the American Rare Book Trade
  • Letters to the Editor from Peter L. Stern
  • ILAB Adopts Internet Proposal
  • ABAA Security Committee Forgery Alert
  • BPL Establishes Flood Relief Fund
  • New at ABAC: Committee, Newsletter
  • Bibliography Bar: Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
  • Middle Atlantic Chapter Offers Program on Rare Book Appraisals
  • Booksellers, Librarians Meet in LA
  • Society of American Archivists Annual Meeting: An Update
  • Chessler Speaks on Mountaineering Books
  • Recent Books by Members: Under Cover: Death Stalks the Book Dealer. Twelve Tales of the Intrigue, Murder and Mayhem that Infected the Rare Book World by F.J. Manasek. Thomas Bird Mosher: Pirate Prince of Publishers. A Comprehensive Bibliography and Source Guide by Philip R. Bishop

And more.

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Summer 1998

Including:

  • ABAA Well-Represented at RBMS Conference in Washington, DC
  • Planning Committee Meets in Cambridge
  • Letters to the Editor from Steven C. Bernard, Florence Shay
  • ABAA and RBMS Discuss Joint Projects
  • Brokering Books-On the Internet or Elsewhere
  • Flaws Not Noted
  • Rostenberg & Stern Honored at 49th Annual Meeting
  • ABAA Responds to Starr Subpoena
  • Year One at Olympia 2 for the London Fair
  • ILAB Awards Prize
  • Obituaries – Raffaela “Rae” Lien, Preston “Mac” McMann
  • Ritzlin on Lilly Library Roster
  • Ginsberg to Speak at SAA Meeting

Glassman Thwarts Thieves

And more.

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Spring 1998

Including:

  • Your ABAA Board: How it Operates
  • Buying Insurance for Stock-in-Trade
  • ABAA Board of Governors and Committees
  • Highlights of ABAA Board of Governors’ Meeting, April 15th, 1998, New York City
  • ABAA’s New “Outreach Program” Aims at New and Aspiring Booksellers
  • ANZAAB Melbourne Fair Welcomes Exhibitors
  • Hilde Rosenthal, 1910-1998: A Memorial
  • Chicago Book Fair Moves into New Era
  • A Plea to Members from Publicity
  • Colorado Antiquarian Book Seminar Set for August 9-14, 1998
  • Leona Rostenberg Honored by CAS
  • Books, Briefly Noted: The Leonard L. Milberg Collection of Irish Poetry compiled by J. Howard Woolmer with Essays by Wes Davis, edited by John L. Logan and Patricia H. Marks. Dictionary of American Antiquarian Bookdealers by Donald Dickinson

And more.

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